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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الْإقْبَالُ عَلَى الضُّعَفَاءِ، وَالْقِيَامُ بِأُمُورِهِمْ، وَإِنْ كَانَ اسْتِعْمَالُ مِثْلِهِ مَوْجُودًا مِنْهُ فِي غَيْرِهِمْ

ibnhibban:535 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came and started saying, "O Prophet of Allah, guide me." There was a man among the prominent pagans with the Prophet ﷺ who he ignored and turned to someone else. The Prophet ﷺ then asked the man, "Do you perceive any difficulty in what I am saying?" and the man replied, "No." Then the verse "He frowned and turned away" (Surah Abasa, 80:1) was revealed.  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيُّ * قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أُنْزِلَتْ {عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى} فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى قَالَتْ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرْشِدْنِي قَالَتْ وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا فُلَانُ أَتَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا» فَيَقُولُ لَا فَنَزَلَتْ {عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى}  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Mālik, Ḥākim
tirmidhi:3331 – Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī from my father > Hadhā Mā ʿAraḍnā > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“He frowned and turned away” was revealed about Ibn Umm Maktum the blind man. He came to the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Guide me.’ At that time, there was a revered man from the idolaters with the Messenger of Allah. So the Messenger of Allah turned away from him and faced the other man, saying: ‘Do you think that there is something wrong with what I am saying?’ He said: ‘No.’ So it was about that that it was revealed.”  

الترمذي:٣٣٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الأُمَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ هَذَا مَا عَرَضْنَا عَلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أُنْزِلَ ( عبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى ) فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الأَعْمَى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْشِدْنِي وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ أَتَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَيُقَالُ لاَ فَفِي هَذَا أُنْزِلَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أُنْزِلََ ( عبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى ) فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ
malik:15-9 – Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said that Abasa (Sura 80) was sent down about Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to say, "O Muhammad, show me a place near you (where I can sit)," whilst one of the leading men of the idol worshippers was in audience with the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ began to turn away from him and give his attention to the other man, and he said to him, "Father of so-and-so, do you see any harm in what I am saying?" and he said, "No, by the blood (of our sacrifices) I see no harm in what you are saying." And Abasa - "He frowned and turned away when the blind man came" - was sent down.  

مالك:١٥-٩ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى فِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَدْنِينِي وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ يَا أَبَا فُلاَنٍ هَلْ تَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَيَقُولُ لاَ وَالدِّمَاءِ مَا أَرَى بِمَا تَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى أَنْ جَاءَهُ الأَعْمَى  

hakim:3896 – ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá al-Ḥīrī > al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī from my father > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

“He frowned and turned away” was revealed about Ibn Umm Maktum the blind man. He came to the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Guide me.’ At that time, there was a revered man from the idolaters with the Messenger of Allah. So the Messenger of Allah turned away from him and faced the other man, saying: ‘Do you think that there is something wrong with what I am saying?’ He said: ‘No.’ So it was about that that it was revealed.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3331)   

الحاكم:٣٨٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْحِيرِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَبْسَ وَتَوَلَّى فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى فَقَالَتْ

أَتَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ أَرْشِدْنِي قَالَتْ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَتْ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ «أَتَرَى مَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا» فَيَقُولُ «لَا» فَفِي هَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ فَقَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم