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4772. Narrated Al-Mūsaiyab: When Abū Tālib was on his deathbed, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ came to him and found with him, Abū Jahl and 'Abdullāh bin Abī Umaiyya bin Al-Mughīra. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "O uncle! Say: "Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh) a sentence with which I will defend you (argue for your case with it) before Allāh." On that Abū Jahl and 'Abdullāh bin Abī Umaiyya said to Abū Tālib, "Do you want to denounce Abdul-Muṭṭalib's religion?" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ kept on inviting him to say that sentence while the other two kept on repeating their sentence before him till Abū Tālib said as his last statement (he said to them), "I am on the religion of 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib," and refused to say: "Lā ilāha illallāh" (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh). On that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "By Allāh, I will keep on asking Allāh's forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden (by Allāh) to do so." So, Allāh revealed:
"It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allāh's forgiveness for Mushrikūn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh) even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief)." (V.9:113)
And then Allāh revealed especially about Abū Tālib:
"Verily! You (O Muḥammad ﷺ) guide not whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills..." (V.28:56) (See H. 1360)
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