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hakim:7260[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār al-ʿAdl And ʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Mufīd > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl b. Sulaymān [Chain 2] al-Ḥasan b. Ḥalīm al-Marwazī > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān > Usayd b. ʿAlī > ʿUbayd al-Sāʿidī from his father > Abū Usayd Mālik b. Rabīʿah al-Sāʿidī

While we were with the Messenger of Allah! ﷺ a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said: Messenger of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death? He replied: Yes, you can invoke blessings on them, forgiveness for them, carry out their final instructions after their death, join ties of relationship which are dependent on them, and honour their friends. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5142)   

الحاكم:٧٢٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْعَدْلُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُفِيدُ قَالَا ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ ثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَلِيمٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَانُ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُبَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أُسَيْدٍ مَالِكَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ السَّاعِدِيَّ يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَيَّ شَيْءٌ أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِمَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمُ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عُهُودِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّذِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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abudawud:5142Ibrāhīm b. Mahdī And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿná > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān > Asīd b. ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd a freed slave of Banī Sāʿidah from his father > Abū Usayd Mālik b. Rabīʿah al-Sāʿidī

While we were with the Messenger of Allah! ﷺ a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said: Messenger of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death? He replied: Yes, you can invoke blessings on them, forgiveness for them, carry out their final instructions after their death, join ties of relationship which are dependent on them, and honour their friends.  

أبو داود:٥١٤٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ الْمَعْنَى قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَسِيدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ مَالِكِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَىَّ شَىْءٌ أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا قَالَ نَعَمِ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالاِسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لاَ تُوصَلُ إِلاَّ بِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا  

ibnmajah:3664ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān > Asīd b. ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd a freed slave of Banī Sāʿidah from his father > Abū Usayd Mālik b. Rabīʿah

"While we were with the Prophet ﷺ, a man from the Banu Salamah came to him and said: " O messenger of Allah, is there anyway of honoring my parents that I can still do for them after they die?' He said: "Yes offering the funeral prayer for them, praying for forgiveness for them, fulfilling their promises after their death, honoring their freinds and upholding the ties of kinship which you would not have were it nor for them.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَسِيدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ مَالِكِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَىَّ شَىْءٌ أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِمَا قَالَ نَعَمْ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالاِسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِيفَاءٌ بِعُهُودِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لاَ تُوصَلُ إِلاَّ بِهِمَا  

ahmad:16059Yūnus b. Muḥammad > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Asīd b. ʿAlī > Abīh ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] On the authority of Abu Usaid, companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who was present at the Battle of Badr and was their guardian. He said, Abu Usaid said, "While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man from the Ansar came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there any act of goodness that I can do for my parents after their death to benefit them?' He said, 'Yes, four characteristics: Praying for them, seeking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their promises, and honoring their friends. And maintaining family ties that do not exist except through them. These are the acts of goodness that remain for you to do for them after their death.'"  

أحمد:١٦٠٥٩حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَسِيدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ

عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا وَكَانَ مَوْلَاهُمْ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ بَقِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَيَّ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعَةٌ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا فَهُوَ الَّذِي بَقِيَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ بِرِّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ لِمَنْ تُوُفِّيَ أَبَوَاهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:418al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān > Usayd b. ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd al-Sāʿidī from his father > Abū Usayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across a man from the tribe of Salimah while I was with him. The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, both my parents have passed away. Is there anything left for me to do in their favor after their death?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes, offer prayers for them, seek forgiveness for them, fulfill their covenants after their death, honor their close friends, and maintain good relations with their relatives, for there is no kinship for you except through them." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is abundant and pleasant. What should I do?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Act upon this."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَوَيَّ قَدْ هَلَكَا فَهَلْ بَقِيَ لِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عُهُودِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ رَحِمِهِمَا الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَا أَكْثَرَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَطْيَبَهُ قَالَ «فَاعْمَلْ بِهِ»  

tabarani:16703[Chain 1] Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Abū Nuʿaym [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal And Mūsá b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāhib al-Ḥārithī [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Usayd b. ʿAlī > Abīh ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd a freed slave of Abū Usayd

[Machine] While I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, a man from the Ansar came and said, "O Messenger of Allah, will I still be dutiful to my parents after their death?" He replied, "Yes, four qualities: praying for them, seeking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their commitments after their death, and honoring their friends. And maintaining family ties, for there is no mercy for you except through them." The man said, "So, this is what is left for me to do?"  

الطبراني:١٦٧٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَمُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاهِبِ الْحَارِثِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ حَدَّثَنِي أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ أَبَرُّ وَالِدِيَّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعٌ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِيفَاءُ عَهْدِهِمَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا قَالَ فَهَذَا الَّذِي بَقِيَ عَلِيَّ  

bayhaqi:6893Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Narsī > Shabābah b. Sawwār al-Fazārī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥanẓalah b. al-Rāhib Ibn al-Ghasīl > Asīd b. ʿAlī > Abīh ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd > Abū Asīd al-Sāʿidī > Jāʾ a man Min

[Machine] A man from the tribe of Sa'dah came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my parents have passed away. Is there anything left that I can do for them after their death?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, there are four things: praying for them, seeking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their pledges after their death, and honoring their close friends. Additionally, maintaining the ties of kinship that can only be maintained through them." The man said, "How abundant and sweet these actions are, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet said, "Then perform them, for they will reach them."  

البيهقي:٦٨٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ الرَّاهِبِ ابْنِ الْغَسِيلِ ثنا أَسِيدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَسِيدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺفَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَوِيَّ قَدْ هَلَكَا فَهَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا شَيْءٌ أَصِلُهُمَا بِهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا قَالَ نَعَمْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْيَاءَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ رَحِمِهِمَا الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا فَقَالَ مَا أَكْثَرَ هَذَا وَأَطْيَبَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَاعْمَلْ بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَصِلُ إِلَيْهِمَا  

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"عَنْ أبِى أسِيدٍ قَالَ: كنتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الأنْصَارِ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: هَلْ بَقِىَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَىَّ شَىْء أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِ (*)؟ قَالَ (* *): أرْبَعَة: الصلاةُ عَلَيهِمَا، والاستِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا، وإِنفاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمِا، وَإكْرَامُ صديقهما، وَصِلَةُ الرحم التِى لا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلا مِنْ قِبَلِهَمِا، فَهَذَا الذِى بَقِى مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا".  

ابن النجار