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ahmad:1386Ibrāhīm b. Mahdī > Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar > Muṭarrif > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh from his father > ʿUmar Rāh Kaʾīb > Mā Lak Yā Abū Muḥammad Kaʾīb Laʿallah Sāʾatk Imrah Ibn ʿAmmik / Abū Bakr > Lā And ʾAthná > Abū Bakr Walakinnī

“What is the matter with you, O Abu Muhammad? Perhaps you are upset about your cousin being appointed as caliph?” [referring to Abu Bakrؓ ]. He said: “No.” And he spoke highly of Abu Bakr ؓ , [then he said:] “But I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ʿ[There is] a word which no one says when he is dying but Allah will relieve him of distress and his colour will brighten.” Nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it and I did not ask him about it until he died.” ‘Umar said to him: “I know what it is.” Talhah said to him: “What is it?ʿ ‘Umar said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, ‘La ilaha illallah’?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.”  

أحمد:١٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَآهُ كَئِيبًا فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ كَئِيبًا؟ لَعَلَّهُ سَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَالَ

لَا وَأَثْنَى عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَلِمَةٌ لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلا فَرَّجَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ وَأَشْرَقَ لَوْنُهُ فَمَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ وَمَا هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَمَرَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ؟فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ هِيَ وَاللهِ هِيَ  


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ahmad:1384Asbāṭ > Muṭarrif > ʿĀmir > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah from his father > Raʾá ʿUmar Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh Thaqīl > Mā Lak Yā Abū Fulān Laʿallak Sāʾatk Imrah Ibn ʿAmmik Yā Abū Fulān > Lā Ilā Annī

ʿUmarؓ saw Talhah bin ʿUbaidullah looking upset and said: “What is the matter with you, O Father of so and so? Perhaps your cousin being appointed as caliph has upset you, O Father of so and so?” He said: “No, but I heard a Hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it sand I did not ask him about it until he died. I heard him say: ʿI know a word which no one says at the time of death but his colour will brighten and Allah will relieve him of his distress.ʿ Umar ؓ said: “I know what it is.” Talhah said: “What is it?” ’Umarؓ said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, La ilaha illallah?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.”  

أحمد:١٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَى عُمَرُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ثَقِيلًا فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا فُلانٍ؟ لَعَلَّكَ سَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ يَا أَبَا فُلانٍ؟ قَالَ لَا إِلا أَنِّي

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا مَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهُ إِلا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلا أَشْرَقَ لَهَا لَوْنُهُ وَنَفَّسَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي لأعْلَمُ مَا هِيَ قَالَ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً أَعْظَمَ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَمَرَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ صَدَقْتَ هِيَ وَاللهِ هِيَ  

hakim:1297Muḥammad b. al-Khalīl al-Aṣbahānī > Mūsá b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Minjāb b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Muṭarrif b. Ṭarīf al-Ḥārithī > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh from his father > ʿUmar Rāh Kaʾīb > Lah Mā Lak Laʿallah Sāʾatk Imrah Ibn ʿAmmik > Lā And ʾAthná > Abū Bakr Walakinnī

“What is the matter with you, O Abu Muhammad? Perhaps you are upset about your cousin being appointed as caliph?” [referring to Abu Bakrؓ ]. He said: “No.” And he spoke highly of Abu Bakr ؓ , [then he said:] “But I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ʿ[There is] a word which no one says when he is dying but Allah will relieve him of distress and his colour will brighten.” Nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it and I did not ask him about it until he died.” ‘Umar said to him: “I know what it is.” Talhah said to him: “What is it?ʿ ‘Umar said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, ‘La ilaha illallah’?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1386)  

الحاكم:١٢٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْخَلِيلِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ الْحَارِثِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَآهُ كَئِيبًا فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ لَعَلَّهُ سَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ قَالَ

لَا وَأَثْنَى عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ وَأَشْرَقَ لَوْنُهُ» فَمَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ وَمَا هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ «هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَمَرَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ هِيَ وَاللَّهِ هِيَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجْاهُ فَأَمَّا الْوَهْمُ الَّذِي أَتَى بِهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ»

سُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةُ امْرَأَةُ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ

tabarani:21238Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Qannād > Misʿar > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah > Ummih Suʿdá al-Murriyyah

[Machine] Umar passed by Talhah after the death of the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , and he was in a state of grief. He said to him, "What is wrong with you? Has the mother of your cousin's son hurt you?" Talhah replied, "No, but I heard the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , say, 'I know a word that if a person does not utter it before his death, it will be a light in his record of deeds. His body and soul will find comfort in it at the time of death.'" So I did not ask him about it until he died. Umar then said, "I know it; it is what his uncle wished for him. If he had known anything that would save him from it, he would have ordered him to do so."  

الطبراني:٢١٢٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْقَنَّادُ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ سُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةِ قَالَتْ

مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُكْتَئِبٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ أَسَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنُ عَمِّكَ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ نُورًا فِي صَحِيفَتِهِ وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانِ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ» فَمَا سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا هِيَ الَّتِي أَرَادَ عَلَيْهَا عَمَّهُ فَلَوْ عَلِمَ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْهَا لَأَمَرَهُ  

nasai-kubra:10872Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Muṭarrif > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh > Raʾá ʿUmar Ṭalḥah Ḥazīn > Mā Lak Yā Fulān

ʿUmarؓ saw Talhah bin ʿUbaidullah looking upset and said: “What is the matter with you, O Father of so and so? Perhaps your cousin being appointed as caliph has upset you, O Father of so and so?” He said: “No, but I heard a Hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it sand I did not ask him about it until he died. I heard him say: ʿI know a word which no one says at the time of death but his colour will brighten and Allah will relieve him of his distress.ʿ Umar ؓ said: “I know what it is.” Talhah said: “What is it?” ’Umarؓ said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, La ilaha illallah?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1384)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ رَأَى عُمَرُ طَلْحَةَ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا فُلَانُ؟ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا نَفَّسَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كَرْبَهُ فَمَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا هَلْ تَعْلَمُ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ هِيَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَمَرَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» قَالَ هِيَ وَاللهِ هِيَ  

nasai-kubra:10873ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Muṭarrif > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah from his father > ʿUmar Rāh Kaʾīb > Yā Abū Muḥammad Mā Lī Arāk Kaʾīb Laʿallah Sāʾak Amr Ibn ʿAmmik / Abū Bakr

ʿUmarؓ saw Talhah bin ʿUbaidullah looking upset and said: “What is the matter with you, O Father of so and so? Perhaps your cousin being appointed as caliph has upset you, O Father of so and so?” He said: “No, but I heard a Hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it sand I did not ask him about it until he died. I heard him say: ʿI know a word which no one says at the time of death but his colour will brighten and Allah will relieve him of his distress.ʿ Umar ؓ said: “I know what it is.” Talhah said: “What is it?” ’Umarؓ said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, La ilaha illallah?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1384)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَآهُ كَئِيبًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِيبًا لَعَلَّهُ سَاءَكَ أَمْرُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؟» قَالَ

لَا وَأَثْنَى عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنْ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا فَرَّجَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ وَأَشْرَقَ لَوْنُهُ فَمَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُهَا قَالَ طَلْحَةُ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً أَعْظَمَ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ عَرَضَهَا عَلَى عَمِّهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ؟ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ هِيَ هِيَ  

suyuti:2-199bYḥyá b. Ṭlḥh b. ʿByd Allāh > Rʾá ʿMr Ṭlḥh b. ʿByd Allāh Ḥzyn Fqāl Mālk > Ná Smʿt Rswl Allāh
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السيوطي:٢-١٩٩b

"عن يحيى بن طلحة بن عبيد الله (قال: رأى عمر طلحة بن عبيد الله) حزينًا، فقال: مالك؟ قال إنى سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: "إِنِّى لأَعْلَمُ كلِمَةً - وفى لفظ: كَلِمَاتٍ - لَا يَقُولُهُنَّ عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ المَوْتِ إِلَّا نُفِّسَ عَنْهُ، وَفِى لَفْظٍ: إِلَّا فَرَّجَ الله عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً وَأَشْرَقَ لَهَا لَوْنُهُ وَرَأَى مَا يَسُرُّهُ، فَمَا مَنَعَنِى أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنِّى لأَعْلَمُ مَا هِىَ، قَالَ: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كلِمَةً هِىَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ كلِمَةٍ دَعَا إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ عَمَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ؟ قالَ طلحة: هى والله هِىَ قال عمر: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله".  

[حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى والجوهرى في أماليه، ورجاله ثقات