English translation
2638. Aṣ-Ṣunābīhī narrated from 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit, he said: "I entered upon him while he was dying, so I cried, and he said: 'There now, why are you crying?' For by Allāh, if I am a martyr, then I will bear witness for you, and if I am granted intercession I will intercede for you, and if I can I will benefit you,' then he said: 'By Allāh! There is no Hadīth which I heard from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ which is good for you but I narrated it to you, except for one – and I shall narrate it to you today, while I am near death. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever testifies to Lā Ilāha Illallāh and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh, then Allāh has forbidden the Fire to him." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmān, 'Alī, Ṭalhah, Jābir, Ibn 'Umar and Zaid bin Khālid.
[He said: I heard Ibn Abī 'Umar say: "I heard Ibn 'Uyainah say: Muḥammad bin 'Ajlān (a narrator in the chain) was trustworthy and reliable in Hadīth].
Aṣ-Ṣunābīhī is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Usailah, Abū 'Abdullāh.
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb from this route.
It has been related from Az-Zuhri
that he was asked about the statement of the Prophet ﷺ: "Whoever says Lā Ilāha Illallāh, will enter paradise," so he said: "That was only in the beginning of Islam before the revelation of the obligations, and the commands and prohibitions."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] According to some of the people of knowledge, the meaning of this Hadīth is that the people of Tawhīd will enter Paradise, even if they are punished in the Fire because of their sins, so they will not dwell eternally in the Fire.
It has been related from ['Abdullāh] bin Mas'ūd, Abū Dharr, 'Imrān bin Ḥusāin, Jābir bin 'Abdullāh, Ibn 'Abbās, Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī and Anas bin Mālik that the Prophet ﷺ said: "A group of people from the people of Tawhīd will come out of the Fire and enter Paradise."
This is what has been reported from Sa'eed bin Jubair, Ibrāhīm An-Nakha'i, and others among the Tābi'īn – and it has been reported through other routes from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ – regarding the explanation of the Āyah: And those who disbelieve will wish that they were Muslims.[1] They said: "When the people of Tawhīd are taken out from the Fire and admitted into Paradise, those who disbelieved will wish that they had been Muslims."
Arabic text
٢٦٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ، عَنِ الصُّنَابِحِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَوْتِ، فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ: مَهْلًا لِمَ تَبْكِي فَوَاللهِ لَئِنِ اسْتُشْهِدْتُ لَأَشْهَدَنَّ لَكَ،» وَلَئِنْ شُفِّعْتُ لَأَشْفَعَنَّ لَكَ، وَلَئِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُ لَأَنْفَعَنَّكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا مِنْ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَكُمْ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ إِلَّا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا وَاحِدًا، وَسَوْفَ أُحَدِّثُكُمُوهُ الْيَوْمَ، وَقَدْ أُحِيطَ بِنَفْسِي، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ.
وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، وَعُثْمَانَ، وَعَلِيٍّ، وَطَلْحَةَ، وَجَابِرٍ، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ.
سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي عُمَرَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ كَانَ ثِقَةً مَأْمُونًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ.
هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.
وَالصُّنَابِحِيُّ هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُسَيْلَةَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، قَبْلَ نُزُولِ الْفَرَائِضِ وَالْأَمْرِ وَالنَّهْيِ.
وَوَجْهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ أَهْلَ التَّوْحِيدِ سَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَإِنْ عُذِّبُوا بِالنَّارِ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُخَلَّدُونَ فِي النَّارِ.
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّوْحِيدِ وَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ.
هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ، وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ فِي تَفْسِيرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: {رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ}، قَالُوا: إِذَا أُخْرِجَ أَهْلُ التَّوْحِيدِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلُوا الْجَنَّةَ، وَدَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ.
