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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ

ibnhibban:1988Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Zuhayr al-Ḥāfiẓ Bitustar > Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn ʿAjlān > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate against certain individuals in his prayer. So, Allah revealed: 'You have no authority over the matter, [O Muhammad], or over them. So, do not blame yourself for their disbelief or be distressed by their actions. Indeed, they are wrongdoers.'"  

ابن حبّان:١٩٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ الْحَافِظُ بِتُسْتَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو عَلَى أَقْوَامٍ فِي قُنُوتِهِ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ}  


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Collected by Qurʾān, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad
quran:3:128

Not for you, ˹O Muhammad, but for Allah˺, is the decision whether He should ˹cut them down˺ or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.  

When, on the Day of Uhud, the Prophet received a head wound and his front tooth was broken, and he said, ‘How does a people who have drenched the face of their Prophet in blood ˹expect to˺ prosper?’, the following was revealed: It is no concern at all of yours, nay, it is God’s concern, so be patient, whether, meaning, until such time as, He relents to them, through ˹their acceptance of˺ Islam, or chastises them; for they are indeed evildoers, by ˹virtue of their˺ disbelief.
القرآن:٣:١٢٨

لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ  

ونزلت لما كسرت رباعيته ﷺ وشج وجهه يوم أحد وقال: "" كيف يفلح قوم خضبوا وجه نبيهم بالدم "" (ليس لك من الأمر شيء) بل الأمر لله فاصبر (أو) بمعنى إلى أن (يتوب عليهم) بالإسلام (أو يعذبهم فإنهم ظالمون) بالكفر.
tirmidhi:3005Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī al-Baṣrī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was supplicating against four people, so Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: Not for you is the decision; whether He turns in mercy towards them or punishes them; verily they are the wrongdoers (3:128). So Allah guided them to Islam."  

الترمذي:٣٠٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ (لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ) فَهَدَاهُمُ اللَّهُ لِلإِسْلاَمِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ يُسْتَغْرَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَرَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ
ahmad:5997Hārūn > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray against certain men of the polytheists and call them by their names, until Allah revealed, "It is not for you to decide a matter, whether He turns in mercy to (pardon) them or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers" [Quran 3:128]. So he stopped doing that.  

أحمد:٥٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو عَلَى رِجَالٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُسَمِّيهِمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ {لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ} [آل عمران 128] فَتَرَكَ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:5812Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Ghalābī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was supplicating against four people, so Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: Not for you is the decision; whether He turns in mercy towards them or punishes them; verily they are the wrongdoers (3:128). So Allah guided them to Islam." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3005)   

أحمد:٥٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الْغَلَابِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو عَلَى أَرْبَعَةٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ} [آل عمران 128] قَالَ وَهَدَاهُمُ اللهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ