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hakim:8092 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "There was a man from the Ansar who accepted Islam, then he apostatized and followed disbelief. Then he regretted his actions and sent a message to his people asking them to inquire from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ if he could still repent. Allah revealed the verses from Surah Al Imran, starting from 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them...' (3:86) until 'Except for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful' (3:89). His people then approached him and he accepted Islam."  

الحاكم:٨٠٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ ثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ وَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ سَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟» قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ} [آل عمران 86] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [آل عمران 89] قَالَ «فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ فَأَسْلَمَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:4068 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): 'Ask the Messenger of Allah [SAW], is there any repentance for me?' His people came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: 'So and so regrets (what he did), and he has told us to ask you if there is any repentance for him?' Then the Verses: 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief up to His saying: Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful' was revealed. So he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam."  

النسائي:٤٠٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ وَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ تَنَدَّمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ سَلُوا لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ فُلاَنًا قَدْ نَدِمَ وَإِنَّهُ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَنَزَلَتْ { كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ } إِلَى قَوْلِهِ { غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ } فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ  

hakim:2628 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ And ʾIbrāhīm b. ʿIṣmah b. Ibrāhīm > al-Sarī b. Khuzaymah > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): 'Ask the Messenger of Allah [SAW], is there any repentance for me?' His people came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: 'So and so regrets (what he did), and he has told us to ask you if there is any repentance for him?' Then the Verses: 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief up to His saying: Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful' was revealed. So he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4068)   

الحاكم:٢٦٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ فَلَحِقَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ سَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [آل عمران 86] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [آل عمران 89] قَالَ «فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ فَأَسْلَمَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ}

ibnhibban:4477 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad b. al-Hamdānī > Bishr b. Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): 'Ask the Messenger of Allah [SAW], is there any repentance for me?' His people came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: 'So and so regrets (what he did), and he has told us to ask you if there is any repentance for him?' Then the Verses: 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief up to His saying: Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful' was revealed. So he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4068)   

ابن حبّان:٤٤٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ فَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ سَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلِحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ فَأَسْلَمَ»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [آل عمران: 86]

nasai-kubra:10999 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): 'Ask the Messenger of Allah [SAW], is there any repentance for me?' His people came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: 'So and so regrets (what he did), and he has told us to ask you if there is any repentance for him?' Then the Verses: 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief up to His saying: Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful' was revealed. So he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4068)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ وَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ سَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَدْ نَدِمَ وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [آل عمران 86] إِلَى {غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [البقرة 173] فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ  

nasai-kubra:3517 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): 'Ask the Messenger of Allah [SAW], is there any repentance for me?' His people came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: 'So and so regrets (what he did), and he has told us to ask you if there is any repentance for him?' Then the Verses: 'How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief up to His saying: Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful' was revealed. So he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4068)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ وَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ سَلُوا لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ فُلَانًا نَدِمَ وَإِنَّهُ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [آل عمران 86] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [البقرة 173] فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ