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The Statement of Allāh تعالى: 'Whether you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them — (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness — Allāh will not forgive them..." (V.9:80)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4671 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 68

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4671. Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه: When ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy bin Saṭūl died, Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ was called in order to offer the funeral prayer for him. When Allāh’s Messenger got up (to offer the prayer), I got hold of him and said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! Do you offer the prayer for Ibn Ubayy although he said so-and-so on such-and-such a day?” I went on mentioning his sayings. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ smiled and said, “Keep away from me, O ‘Umar!” But when I spoke too much to him, he said, “I have been given the choice, and I have chosen (this); and if I knew that if I asked forgiveness for him more than seventy times, he would be forgiven; I would ask it for more times than that.” So Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for him and then left, but he did not stay long before the two Verses of Sūrat Barā’a were revealed: “And never (O Muḥammad ﷺ) pray (funeral prayer) for any of them (hypocrites) who dies... (up to) ... while they were Fāsiqūn.” (V.9:84) Later I was astonished at my daring to speak like that to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ; and Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ know better.

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4671 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، وقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ، دُعِيَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَثَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَى ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ، وَقَدْ قَالَ يَوْمَ كَذَا: كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: أُعَدِّدُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلَهُ، فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ: «أَخِّرْ عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ» فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: «إِنِّي خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ، لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنْ زِدْتُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ لَزِدْتُ عَلَيْهَا» قَالَ: فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، فَلَمْ يَمْكُثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا، حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الآيَتَانِ مِنْ بَرَاءَةَ: {وَلاَ تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا} [التوبة: 84] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ} [التوبة: 84] قَالَ: فَعَجِبْتُ بَعْدُ مِنْ جُرْأَتِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ

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