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ahmad:23523ʿAffān > Hammām > ʿĀṣim > a man from Ahl Makkah

[Machine] When Abu Ayyub dies, recite my greetings to the people and inform them that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever dies without associating anything with Allah, Allah will admit him to Paradise. Let them carry me, and let them take me far away in the land of the Romans as much as they can." So, when Abu Ayyub died, people felt hesitant and carried his funeral.  

أحمد:٢٣٥٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي غَزَا فِيهِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ

لَهُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِذَا مِتُّ فَاقْرَءُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ فَأَخْبِرُوهُمْ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَلْيَنْطَلِقُوا بِي فَلْيَبْعُدُوا بِي فِي أَرْضِ الرُّومِ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا فَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَاسْتَلْأَمَ النَّاسُ وَانْطَلَقُوا بِجِنَازَتِهِ