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ahmad:9687Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his uncle, "Say: There is no god except Allah, I testify for you with it before Allah on the Day of Judgment." He (his uncle) said, "If it were not for the fact that the Quraish would accuse me of seeking praise, I would have declared it for your sake." He (the Messenger of Allah) said to him, "Then Allah revealed: 'Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.' " [Surah Al-Qasas, verse 56]  

أحمد:٩٦٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَمِّهِ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَشْهَدْ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِيقُرَيْشٌ لَأَقْرَرْتُ عَيْنَكَ بِهَا قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ} [القصص56]  


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muslim:25aMuḥammad b. ʿAbbād And Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Marwān > Yazīd / Ibn Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allah and I will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day of judgment. But he (Abu Talib) refused to do so. Then Allah revealed this verse: " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii. 56).  

مسلم:٢٥aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَمِّهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَبَى فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ { إِنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ} الآيَةَ  

muslim:25bMuḥammad b. Ḥātim b. Maymūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim al-Ashjaʿī > Abū Hurayrah

Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allah and I will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day of judgment. He (Abu Talib) said: Were it not the fear of the Quraysh blaming me (and) saying that it was the fear of (approaching death) that induced me to do so, I would have certainly delighted your eyes. It was then that Allah revealed: " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii-56).  

مسلم:٢٥bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَمِّهِ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِي قُرَيْشٌ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجَزَعُ لأَقْرَرْتُ بِهَا عَيْنَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ { إِنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ}  

tirmidhi:3188Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yazīd b. Kaysān from my father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his uncle: 'Say La Ilaha Illallah and I may bear witness with that, on your behalf, on the Day of Judgement.' So he said: 'If it weren't that the Quraish would insult me (saying): "He only said it out of fright" then I would delight your eyes.' Then Allah the Mighty and Sublime revealed: Verily, you guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills (28:56)."  

الترمذي:٣١٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ هُوَ كُوفِيٌّ اسْمُهُ سَلْمَانُ مَوْلَى عَزَّةَ الأَشْجَعِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَمِّهِ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدْ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِي بِهَا قُرَيْشٌ أَنَّمَا يَحْمِلُهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَزَعُ لأَقْرَرْتُ بِهَا عَيْنَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ (إنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ
ahmad:9610Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allah and I will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day of judgment. He (Abu Talib) said: Were it not the fear of the Quraysh blaming me (and) saying that it was the fear of (approaching death) that induced me to do so, I would have certainly delighted your eyes. It was then that Allah revealed: " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii-56). (Using translation from Muslim 25b)  

أحمد:٩٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَمِّهِ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَشْهَدْ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِي قُرَيْشٌ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجَزَعُ لَأَقْرَرْتُ بِهَا عَيْنَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ} [القصص 56]  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا

ibnhibban:6270Abū Yaʿlá > al-Ḥārith b. Surayj > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talib when death came to him, "Say: There is no god but Allah, and I will intercede for you with it on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Talib said, "O son of my brother, if it were not for fear of the Quraysh's reproach, I would have opened my eyes to it." Then the verse was revealed: "Indeed, you do not guide whom you like."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ سُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنَ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي طَالِبٍ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ «قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْفَعْ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي لَوْلَا أَنْ تُعَيِّرَنِيَ قُرَيْشٌ لَأَقْرَرْتُ عَيْنَيْكَ بِهَا فَنَزَلَتْ {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ}  

tabarani:18018Abū Khalīfah al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣalt Abū Yaʿlá al-Tūzī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib from his father

[Machine] When death approached Abu Talib and Abu Jahl ibn Hisham and Abdullah ibn Abu Umayyah were with him, the Prophet ﷺ came to him and said, "O uncle, say 'There is no god but Allah' as a word I can argue for you with before Allah." They said, "O Abu Talib, are you going to abandon the religion of Abd al-Muttalib?" So Allah revealed, "Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided."  

الطبراني:١٨٠١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ أَبُو يَعْلَى التُّوزِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ أَبَا طَالِبٍ الْوَفَاةُ وَعِنْدَهُ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ أَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عَمِّ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ كَلِمَةً أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ أَتَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ}