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Evidence That The Islam Of One Who Becomes Muslim On His Deathbed Is Valid, So Long As The Death Throes Have Not Begun; Abrogation Of Permission To Supplicate For Forgiveness For The Idolators; Evidence That One Who Dies An Idolator Is One Of The People Of Hell And No Intervention Can Save Him From That

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book Of Faith

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الحديث: 24 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 54

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[132] 39 - (24) Sa‘eed bin Al-Mūsāyyab narrated that his father said: “When Abū Tālib was dying, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to him and found Abū Jahl and ‘Abdullāh bin Abī Umayyah bin Al-Mughīrah with him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘O uncle, say Lā ilāha illallāh, a word for which I will testify for you before Allāh.’ Abū Jahl and ‘Abdullāh bin Abī Umayyah said: ‘O Abū Tālib, will you turn away from the religion of ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib?’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ kept calling him to Islam and he repeated this statement to him, until the last words that Abū Tālib spoke indicated that he followed the religion of ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib, and he refused to say Lā ilāha illallāh. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘By Allāh, I shall pray for forgiveness for you so long as I am not forbidden to do so.’ Then Allāh, Most High revealed: “It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allāh’s forgiveness for the Mushrikūn even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire.[1] And Allāh, Most High revealed concerning Abū Tālib, and said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: “Verily, you (O Muḥammad) guide not whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided.”[2]

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39 - (24) وحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ أَبَا طَالِبٍ الْوَفَاةُ جَاءَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ، وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا عَمِّ، قُلْ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، كَلِمَةً أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ "، فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ: يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، أَتَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْرِضُهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَيُعِيدُ لَهُ تِلْكَ الْمَقَالَةَ حَتَّى قَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ آخِرَ مَا كَلَّمَهُمْ: هُوَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَأَبَى أَنْ يَقُولَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَا وَاللهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ مَا لَمْ أُنْهَ عَنْكَ»، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ} [التوبة: 113]، وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ}

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