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ahmad:6704Hushaym > Ḥajjāj > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "And that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet ﷺ about this? So he said, 'As for your father, if he had shown firm belief in monotheism, then you would have fasted for him and given charity on his behalf, and it would have benefited him.'"  

أحمد:٦٧٠٤حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ يَنْحَرَ مِائَةَ بَدَنَةٍ وَأَنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ الْعَاصِي نَحَرَ حِصَّتَهُ خَمْسِينَ بَدَنَةً

وَأَنَّ عَمْرًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَبُوكَ فَلَوْ كَانَ أَقَرَّ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ فَصُمْتَ وَتَصَدَّقْتَ عَنْهُ نَفَعَهُ ذَلِكَ  


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