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[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul was invited by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to perform funeral prayer for him. So, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, I hastened towards him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, would you pray for Ibn Ubayy, even though he said such and such on such and such day?' I repeated his statement to him, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said, 'O Umar, postpone it for me.' When I insisted, he said, 'I was given a choice, so I chose that if I knew that by increasing the number beyond seventy, it would be forgiven for him, I would have increased it more.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the funeral prayer for him and then left. He did not stay except for a short while until the verses were revealed in disapproval: 'And never pray for any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.' (Quran 9:84) He said, 'I was amazed by my boldness towards the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on that day. By Allah, he and his Messenger know better.'"  

البيهقي:١٦٨٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ دُعِيَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَثَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَى ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ وَقَدْ قَالَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَكَذَا وَكَذَا؟ أُعَدِّدُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَخِّرْ عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنِّي خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنْ زِدْتُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ غُفِرَ لَهُ لَزِدْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَلَمْ يَمْكُثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الْآيَتَانِ فِي بَرَاءَةَ {وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ} [التوبة 84] قَالَ فَعَجِبْتُ بَعْدُ مِنْ جُرْأَتِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَهَذَا يُبَيِّنُ مَا قُلْنَا فَأَمَّا أَمْرُهُ ﷻ أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَهُ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَأُمِّي مُخَالِفَةٌ صَلَاةَ غَيْرِهِ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ قَضَى إِذْ أَمَرَهُ بِتَرْكِ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ وَقَضَى أَنْ لَا يَغْفِرَ لِمُقِيمٍ عَلَى شِرْكٍ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى مَنْ لَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِمْ مُسْلِمًا وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْ مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ هَذَا أَحَدًا وَتَرْكُ الصَّلَاةِ مُبَاحٌ عَلَى مَنْ قَامَتْ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَدْ عَاشَرَهُمْ حُذَيْفَةُ يَعْرِفُهُمْ بِأَعْيَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ عَاشَرَهُمْ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ وَهُمْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِذَا وُضِعَتْ جِنَازَةٌ فَرَأَى حُذَيْفَةَ فَإِنْ أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اجْلِسْ جَلَسَ وَإِنْ قَامَ مَعَهُ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا عُمَرُ ؓ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْ هُوَ وَلَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا عُثْمَانُ بَعْدَهُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا شَيْئًا مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَقَدْ أَعَلَمَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ اشْرَأَبَّ النِّفَاقُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ

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ahmad:95 – Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās Qālasamiʿt ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

I heard 'Umar bin al-Khattab say: When ‘Abdullah bin Ubayy died, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was called to offer the funeral prayer for him, and when he stood by the deceased and was about to offer the prayer for him. I went and stood before him and said: O Messenger of Allah, (will you offer the funeral prayer) for the enemy of Allah who said such and such? and I listed what he had done. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was smiling until when I had said too much, he said: ʿMove away from me, O ‘Umar, for I was given the choice and I have chosen. It was said: ʿWhether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them- (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness-Allah will not forgive them' [at-Tawbah 9:80]. If I knew that by asking for forgiveness more than seventy times they would be forgiven, I would have done that.ʿ He said: Then he offered the funeral prayer for him, and walked with him (his bier), and stood by his grave until the burial was completed. He said: I was astounded that I had spoken so audaciously to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; Allah and His Messenger know best. By Allah, it was not long before these two verses were revealed: “And never (O Muhammad pray (funeral prayer) for any of them (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave. Certainly they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and died while they were Fasiqoon (rebellious, - disobedient to AIlah and His Messenger).ʿ[at-Tawbah9:84]. So after that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not offer the funeral prayer for any hypocrite or stand by his grave until he passed away.  

أحمد:٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

قَالَسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ دُعِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلصَّلاةِ عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ يُرِيدُ الصَّلاةَتَحَوَّلْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ فِي صَدْرِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَعَلَى عَدُوِّ اللهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ الْقَائِلِ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يُعَدِّدُ أَيَّامَهُ قَالَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَبَسَّمُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَكْثَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَخِّرْ عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ إِنِّي خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ قَدْ قِيلَ {اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ} [التوبة 80] لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنْ زِدْتُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ غُفِرَ لَهُ لَزِدْتُ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَمَشَى مَعَهُ فَقَامَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ حَتَّى فُرِغَ مِنْهُقَالَ فَعَجَبٌ لِي وَجَرَاءَتِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَوَاللهِ مَا كَانَ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ هَاتَانِ الْآيَتَانِ {وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ} فَمَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ عَلَى مُنَافِقٍ وَلا قَامَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ ﷻ