The Book of Faith-05a
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The reciter: And Harimah ibn Yahya al-Tujibi narrated to me, saying: Abdullah ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Yunus informed me from Ibn Shihab, saying: Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib informed me from his father, saying: لما حضرت أبا طالب الوفاة جاءه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فوجد عنده أبا جهل، وعبد الله بن أبي أمية بن المغيرة ، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : يا عم قل : لا إله إلا الله كلمة أشهد لك بها عند الله ، فقال أبو جهل وعبد الله بن أبي أمية : يا أبا طالب أترغب عن ملة عبد المطلب ؟ فلم يزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعرضها عليه ، ويعيد له تلك المقالة حتى قال أبو طالب آخر ما كلمهم : هو على ملة عبد المطلب ، وأبى أن يقول : لا إله إلا الله ، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : أما والله لأستغفرن لك ما لم أنه عنك ، فأنزل الله عز وجل : ما كان للنبي والذين آمنوا أن يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا أولي قربى من بعد ما تبين لهم أنهم أصحاب الجحيم ، وأنزل الله تعالى في أبي طالب ، فقال لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إنك لا تهدي من أحببت ولكن الله يهدي من يشاء وهو أعلم بالمهتدين When the time of death approached Abu Talib, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and found Abu Jahl and Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah ibn al-Mughirah with him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O my uncle, say: There is no god but Allah, a word by which I will testify for you before Allah." Abu Jahl and Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah said: "O Abu Talib, do you desire to turn away from the religion of Abdul Muttalib?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept presenting it to him and repeating that statement to him until Abu Talib said, as his last words to them: "I am upon the religion of Abdul Muttalib," and he refused to say: There is no god but Allah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah, I will seek forgiveness for you as long as I am not forbidden from doing so." Then Allah the Exalted revealed: "It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they are close relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of the Hellfire." And Allah the Exalted revealed regarding Abu Talib, saying to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills, and He is most knowing of those who are guided."