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ahmad:252Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > ʿĀmir Wḥaddathanā Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > a man > al-Shaʿbī Qālamar ʿUmar Biṭalḥah Fadhakar Maʿnāh > Mar ʿUmar Biṭalḥah Farāh Muhtam > Laʿallak Sāʾak Imārah Ibn ʿAmmik > / Abū Bakr > Lā And Lakinnī

ʿUmar passed by Talhah, and he narrated a similar report. He said: ‘Umar passed by Talhah and saw him looking worried. He said: Perhaps you are upset because your cousin was appointed (as caliph)? - referring to Abu Bakr. He said: No, but by Allah, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿI know a word which, if a man says it when he is dying, it will be light in the record of his deeds, or he will find comfort in it at the time of death.ʿ ‘Umar said: I will tell you of it; it is the word that he wanted his paternal uncle to say, the testimony that there is no god but Allah. He said: It is as if a great burden has been lifted from me. He said: You are right. If he had known anything better that it, he would have instructed him to say it.  

أحمد:٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ

عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَمَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ قَالَ مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ فَرَآهُ مُهْتَمًّا قَالَ لَعَلَّكَ سَاءَكَ إِمَارَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ قَالَ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا الرَّجُلُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ نُورًا فِي صَحِيفَتِهِ أَوْ وَجَدَ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهَا هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَرَادَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ فَكَأَنَّمَا كُشِفَ عَنِّي غِطَاءٌ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ لَوْ عَلِمَ كَلِمَةً هِيَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهَا لَأَمَرَهُ بِهَا  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:3795Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Misʿar > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah > Ummih Suʿdá al-Murriyyah

his mother Su'da Al-Murriyyah said: "Umar bin Khattab passed by Talhah, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died, and said: 'Why do you look so sad? Are you upset because your cousin has been appointed leader?' He said: 'No, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I know a word which no one says at the time of death but it will be light in his record of deeds, and his body and soul will find comfort in it at the time of death," -but I did not ask him about it before he died.' He ('Umar) said: ' I know what it is. It is what he wanted his uncle (Abu Talib) to say, and if he had known anything that would be more effective in saving him, he would have told him to say it.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ سُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةِ قَالَتْ

مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ مُكْتَئِبًا أَسَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لاَ يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلاَّ كَانَتْ نُورًا لِصَحِيفَتِهِ وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانِ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا هِيَ الَّتِي أَرَادَ عَمَّهُ عَلَيْهَا وَلَوْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْهَا لأَمَرَهُ  

ahmad:187ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Mujālid > ʿĀmir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh Qālasamiʿt ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

I heard 'Umar bin al-Khattab say to Talhah bin‘Ubaidullah: Why do I see you looking unkempt and dusty since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died? Perhaps you were upset about your cousin becoming caliph? He said: Allah forbid! I am the most unlikely among you to feel like that, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿI know a word which, if a man says it when dying his soul will find rest and provision when it comes out from his body and it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection.” I did not ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it and he did not tell me it. This is what has been upsetting me. 'Umar said: I know what it is. He said: To Allah be praise! What is it? He said: It is the word that he said to his uncle: La ilaha illallah. Talhah said: You are right.  

أحمد:١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

قَالَسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ لِطَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ شَعِثْتَ وَاغْبَرَرْتَ مُنْذُ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ لَعَلَّكَ سَاءَكَ يَا طَلْحَةُ إِمَارَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأَجْدَرُكُمْ أَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَ ذَاِكَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا رجلٌ عِنْدَ حَضْرَةِ الْمَوْتِ إِلَّا وَجَدَ رُوحَهُ لَهَا رَوْحًا حِينَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنِي بِهَا فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي دَخَلَنِي قَالَ عُمَرُ فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا قَالَ فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ قَالَ فَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا لِعَمِّهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ صَدَقْتَ  

ذِكْرُ إِعْطَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا نُورَ الصَّحِيفَةِ مَنْ قَالَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ مَا وَصَفْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:205ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Misʿar b. Kidām > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah > Ummih Suʿdá al-Murriyyah

his mother Su'da Al-Murriyyah said: "Umar bin Khattab passed by Talhah, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died, and said: 'Why do you look so sad? Are you upset because your cousin has been appointed leader?' He said: 'No, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I know a word which no one says at the time of death but it will be light in his record of deeds, and his body and soul will find comfort in it at the time of death," -but I did not ask him about it before he died.' He ('Umar) said: ' I know what it is. It is what he wanted his uncle (Abu Talib) to say, and if he had known anything that would be more effective in saving him, he would have told him to say it.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3795)  

ابن حبّان:٢٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ كِدَامٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ سُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةِ قَالَتْ

مَرَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ مُكْتَئِبًا أَسَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا لِصَحِيفَتِهِ وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانِ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ» فَقُبِضَ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا الَّتِي أَرَادَ عَلَيْهَا عَمَّهُ وَلَوْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْهَا لَأَمَرَهُ  

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:10871Yaḥyá b. Mūsá Khat al-Balkhī > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Mujālid > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

I heard 'Umar bin al-Khattab say to Talhah bin‘Ubaidullah: Why do I see you looking unkempt and dusty since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died? Perhaps you were upset about your cousin becoming caliph? He said: Allah forbid! I am the most unlikely among you to feel like that, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿI know a word which, if a man says it when dying his soul will find rest and provision when it comes out from his body and it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection.” I did not ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it and he did not tell me it. This is what has been upsetting me. 'Umar said: I know what it is. He said: To Allah be praise! What is it? He said: It is the word that he said to his uncle: La ilaha illallah. Talhah said: You are right. (Using translation from Aḥmad 187)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى خَتٌّ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ لِطَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ شَعِثًا أَوْ أَغْبَرَ رَثًّا مُنْذُ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَلَّكَ إِنَّمَا بِكَ يَا طَلْحَةُ إِمَارَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأَجْدَرُكُمْ أَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا رَجُلٌ يَحْضُرُهُ الْمَوْتُ إِلَّا وَجَدَ رُوحَهُ لَهَا رَوْحًا حِينَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنِي بِهَا فَذَاكَ الَّذِي دَخَلَنِي فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا قَالَ فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ فَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي قَالَهَا لِعَمِّهِ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» قَالَ طَلْحَةُ صَدَقْتَ  

nasai-kubra:10874Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī al-Kūfī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Misʿar > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah > Ummih Suʿdá

his mother Su'da Al-Murriyyah said: "Umar bin Khattab passed by Talhah, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died, and said: 'Why do you look so sad? Are you upset because your cousin has been appointed leader?' He said: 'No, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I know a word which no one says at the time of death but it will be light in his record of deeds, and his body and soul will find comfort in it at the time of death," -but I did not ask him about it before he died.' He ('Umar) said: ' I know what it is. It is what he wanted his uncle (Abu Talib) to say, and if he had known anything that would be more effective in saving him, he would have told him to say it.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3795)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ سُعْدَى قَالَتْ

مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لِكَ مُكْتَئِبًا أَسَاءَكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ نُورًا لِصَحِيفَتِهِ وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانَ لَهَا رَوْحًا» فَقُبِضَ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا هِيَ الَّتِي أَرَادَ عَلَيْهَا عَمَّهُ وَلَوْ عَلِمَ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى مِنْهَا لَأَمَرَهُ 10875 أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ فَرَآهُ كَئِيبًا نَحْوَهُ  

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السيوطي:٢-٣٣٠b

"عَنْ سُعْدى زوجِ طلحةَ قالت: مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَالَكَ كَئِيبًا، أَسَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَلَكِنْ سِمِعْتُ رَسولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنِّى لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ نُورًا لِصَحِيفَتِهِ، وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانِ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ المَوتِ، فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ حَتَّى تُوُفِّىَ قَالَ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا، هِىَ التِى أرَادَ عَمَّهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَوْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْهَا لأَمَرَهُ".  

[ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة والمروزى في الجنائز، وابن منده في غرائب شعبة، وابن خزيمة، [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان والبغوى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره