Sirat Ibn Hisham 489
The Messenger's hope for Abū Ṭālib's acceptance of Islam and the account of that
[ طَمَعُ الرَّسُولِ فِي إسْلَامِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَحَدِيثُ ذَلِكَ ] فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَاَللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، مَا رَأَيْتُكَ سَأَلْتَهُمْ شَطَطًا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَالَهَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ طَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي إسْلَامِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: أَيْ عَمِّ، فَأَنْتَ فَقُلْهَا أَسْتَحِلَّ لَكَ بِهَا الشَّفَاعَةَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَى حِرْصَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، وَاَللَّهِ لَوْلَا مَخَافَةُ السُّبَّةِ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى بَنِي أَبِيكَ مِنْ بَعْدِي، وَأَنْ تَظُنَّ قُرَيْشٌ أَنِّي إنَّمَا قُلْتهَا جَزَعًا مِنْ الْمَوْتِ لَقُلْتهَا لَا أَقُولُهَا إلَّا لِأَسُرَّكَ بِهَا. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا تَقَارَبَ مِنْ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ: نَظَرَ الْعَبَّاسُ إلَيْهِ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَأَصْغَى إلَيْهِ بِأُذُنِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي. وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ قَالَ أَخِي الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرْتَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَمْ أَسْمَعْ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's desire for Abū Ṭālib's conversion to Islam and the account thereof] Abū Ṭālib said to the Messenger of God ﷺ: "By God, O son of my brother, I have not seen you ask them for anything excessive." He said: When Abū Ṭālib said that, the Messenger of God ﷺ hoped for his conversion to Islam, and he began saying to him: "O uncle, just say it, and I will be permitted to intercede for you on the Day of Resurrection." He said: When he saw the eagerness of the Messenger of God ﷺ for him, he said: "O son of my brother, by God, were it not for fear of the reproach that would fall upon you and upon the sons of your father after me, and that Quraysh would think I only said it out of dread of death, I would say it. I would not say it except to please you with it." He said: When death drew near to Abū Ṭālib, he said: Al-ʿAbbās looked at him moving his lips. He said: He inclined his ear to him. He said: Then he said: "O son of my brother, by God, my brother has said the word that you commanded him to say." He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I did not hear."
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