Sahih al-Bukhari 4772

Translation

When Abu Talib was on his death bed, Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him and found with him, Abu Jahl and ʿAbdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, a sentence with which I will defend you before Allah." On that Abu Jahl and ʿAbdullah bin Abi Umaiya said to Abu Talib, "Will you now leave the religion of ʿAbdul Muttalib?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept on inviting him to say that sentence while the other two kept on repeating their sentence before him till Abu Talib said as the last thing he said to them, "I am on the religion of ʿAbdul Muttalib," and refused to say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah. On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Allah, I will keep on asking Allah's forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden (by Allah) to do so." So Allah revealed:-- 'It is not fitting for the Prophet ﷺ and those who believe that they should invoke (Allah) for forgiveness for pagans.' (9.113) And then Allah revealed especially about Abu Talib:--'Verily! You (O, Muhammad) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He will.' (28.56)

Notes

• قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ {أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ} لاَ يَرْفَعُهَا الْعُصْبَةُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ {لَتَنُوءُ} لَتُثْقِلُ {فَارِغًا} إِلاَّ مِنْ ذِكْرِ مُوسَى {الْفَرِحِينَ} الْمَرِحِينَ {قُصِّيهِ} اتَّبِعِي أَثَرَهُ وَقَدْ يَكُونُ أَنْ يَقُصَّ الْكَلاَمَ {نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ} {عَنْ جُنُبٍ} عَنْ بُعْدٍ عَنْ جَنَابَةٍ وَاحِدٌ وَعَنِ اجْتِنَابٍ أَيْضًا يَبْطِشُ وَيَبْطُشُ {يَأْتَمِرُونَ} يَتَشَاوَرُونَ الْعُدْوَانُ وَالْعَدَاءُ وَالتَّعَدِّي وَاحِدٌ {آنَسَ} أَبْصَرَ الْجِذْوَةُ قِطْعَةٌ غَلِيظَةٌ مِنَ الْخَشَبِ لَيْسَ فِيهَا لَهَبٌ وَالشِّهَابُ فِيهِ لَهَبٌ وَالْحَيَّاتُ أَجْنَاسٌ الْجَانُّ وَالأَفَاعِي وَالأَسَاوِدُ {رِدْءًا} مُعِينًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ {يُصَدِّقُنِي} وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ {سَنَشُدُّ} سَنُعِينُكَ كُلَّمَا عَزَّزْتَ شَيْئًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْتَ لَهُ عَضُدًا مَقْبُوحِينَ مُهْلَكِينَ {وَصَّلْنَا} بَيَّنَّاهُ وَأَتْمَمْنَاهُ {يُجْبَى} يُجْلَبُ {بَطِرَتْ} أَشِرَتْ {فِي أُمِّهَا رَسُولاً} أُمُّ الْقُرَى مَكَّةُ وَمَا حَوْلَهَا {تُكِنُّ} تُخْفِي أَكْنَنْتُ الشَّىْءَ أَخْفَيْتُهُ وَكَنَنْتُهُ أَخْفَيْتُهُ وَأَظْهَرْتُهُ {وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ} مِثْلُ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ {يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ} يُوَسِّعُ عَلَيْهِ وَيُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِ

  machine translationIbn ʿAbbās said: {أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ} — a group of men could not lift them. {لَتَنُوءُ} — it weighs down. {فَارِغًا} — empty, except of the remembrance of Mūsā. {الْفَرِحِينَ} — the exultant. {قُصِّيهِ} — follow his trail; and it may also mean to relate a speech, as in {نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ}. {عَنْ جُنُبٍ} — from a distance; it is the same as from janābah, and also from ijtināb (avoidance). Yabṭishu and yabṭushu (both forms are used). {يَأْتَمِرُونَ} — they consult one another. ʿUdwān, ʿadāʾ and taʿaddī are the same. {آنَسَ} — he saw. Al-jidhwah is a thick piece of wood with no flame in it, whereas the shihāb has a flame. Snakes come in kinds: the jānn, the vipers and the black snakes. {رِدْءًا} — a helper. Ibn ʿAbbās said: {يُصَدِّقُنِي}. And another said: {سَنَشُدُّ} — we will help you. Whenever you strengthen something, you have made an arm (ʿaḍud) for it. Maqbūḥīn — destroyed. {وَصَّلْنَا} — we made it clear and completed it. {يُجْبَى} — is brought. {بَطِرَتْ} — it was arrogantly insolent. {فِي أُمِّهَا رَسُولاً} — the Mother of the Towns is Makkah and what surrounds it. {تُكِنُّ} — it conceals. I made something hidden (aknantu) means I concealed it, and kananttuhu means I concealed it, and I made it manifest. {وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ} is like "Do you not see that God" — {يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ}: He gives him abundance and restricts him. Report a problem

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Sahih al-Bukhari 4675Sahih Muslim 25aMusnad Ahmad 9610al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 18999Musnad al-Bazzar 9763

Narrators

1. 1
   al-Musayyib b. Ḥazn al-Makhzūmī

   He has companionship (Companion, ṣuḥbah)d. in the caliphate of ʿUthmān (may Allah be pleased with him)
   المُسَيِّب بن حَزْن المَخْزُومِيّله صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

   One of the reliable (athbāt), eminent jurist scholarsd. 87 AH, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, Ibn Maʿīn and Ibn al-Madīnī said: 105 AH
   سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِأحد العلماء الأثبات الفقهاء الكبار
   أخبرني
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   الزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Shuʿayb

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 162 AH, or 163 AH
   شُعَيْبٌثقة عابد
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   Abū al-Yamān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 221 AH, or 222 AH
   أَبُو الْيَمَانِثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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