ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

I invited my mother, who was a polytlieist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said to me something about Messenger of Allah ﷺ which I hated. I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ weeping and said: Messenger of Allah, I invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my invitation). I invited her today but she said to me something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplication of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and when I came near the door it was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait. And I heard the noise of falling of water. She took a bath and put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira, I bear witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu Huraira) said: I went back to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. I said: Messenger of Allah, be happy, for Allah has responded to your supplication and He has set on the right path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I said: Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah so that He may instill love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i.e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said: This prayer) was so well granted by Allah that no believer was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not love me.  

كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ فَدَعَوْتُهَا يَوْمًا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَىَّ فَدَعَوْتُهَا الْيَوْمَ فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِيكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَخَرَجْتُ مُسْتَبْشِرًا بِدَعْوَةِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ فَصِرْتُ إِلَى الْبَابِ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُجَافٌ فَسَمِعَتْ أُمِّي خَشْفَ قَدَمَىَّ فَقَالَتْ مَكَانَكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَسَمِعْتُ خَضْخَضَةَ الْمَاءِ قَالَ فَاغْتَسَلَتْ وَلَبِسَتْ دِرْعَهَا وَعَجِلَتْ عَنْ خِمَارِهَا فَفَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي مِنَ الْفَرَحِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبْشِرْ قَدِ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ دَعْوَتَكَ وَهَدَى أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ خَيْرًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُحَبِّبَنِي أَنَا وَأُمِّي إِلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيُحَبِّبَهُمْ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ هَذَا يَعْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُمَّهُ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحَبِّبْ إِلَيْهِمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَمَا خُلِقَ مُؤْمِنٌ يَسْمَعُ بِي وَلاَ يَرَانِي إِلاَّ أَحَبَّنِي  

I invited my mother, who was a polytlieist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said to me something about Messenger of Allah ﷺ which I hated. I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ weeping and said: Messenger of Allah, I invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my invitation). I invited her today but she said to me something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplication of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and when I came near the door it was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait. And I heard the noise of falling of water. She took a bath and put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira, I bear witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu Huraira) said: I went back to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. I said: Messenger of Allah, be happy, for Allah has responded to your supplication and He has set on the right path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I said: Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah so that He may instill love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i.e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said: This prayer) was so well granted by Allah that no believer was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not love me. (Using translation from Muslim 2491)   

وَقَالَ لَنَا وَاللهِ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ مُؤْمِنًا يَسْمَعُ بِي وَلَا يَرَانِي إِلَّا أَحَبَّنِي قُلْتُ وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أُمِّي كَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مُشْرِكَةً وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُوهَا إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَتْ تَأْبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَعَوْتُهَا يَوْمًا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَتْ تَأْبَى عَلَيَّ وَإِنِّي دَعَوْتُهَا الْيَوْمَ فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِيكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ اهْدِ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَعْدُو أُبَشِّرُهَا بِدُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ الْبَابَإِذَا هُوَ مُجَافٍ وَسَمِعْتُ خَضْخَضَةَ الْمَاءِ وَسَمِعَتْ خَشْفَ رِجْلَىَّ يَعْنِي وَقْعَهُمَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَمَا أَنْتَ ثُمَّ فَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ وَقَدْ لَبِسَتْ دِرْعَهَا وَعَجِلَتْ عَنْ خِمَارِهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ﷺفَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْكِي مِنَ الْفَرَحِ كَمَا بَكَيْتُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبْشِرْ فَقَدِ اسْتَجَابَ اللهُ دُعَاءَكَ وَقَدْ هَدَى أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُحَبِّبَنِي أَنَا وَأُمِّي إِلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيُحَبِّبُهُمْ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ هَذَا وَأُمَّهُ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحَبِّبْهُمْ إِلَيْهِمَا فَمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ مُؤْمِنًا يَسْمَعُ بِي وَلَا يَرَانِي أَوْ يَرَى أُمِّي إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّنِي  

I invited my mother, who was a polytlieist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said to me something about Messenger of Allah ﷺ which I hated. I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ weeping and said: Messenger of Allah, I invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my invitation). I invited her today but she said to me something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplication of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and when I came near the door it was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait. And I heard the noise of falling of water. She took a bath and put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira, I bear witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu Huraira) said: I went back to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. I said: Messenger of Allah, be happy, for Allah has responded to your supplication and He has set on the right path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I said: Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah so that He may instill love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i.e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said: This prayer) was so well granted by Allah that no believer was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not love me. (Using translation from Muslim 2491)   

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّنِي قَالَ قُلْتُ وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى وَإِنِّي دَعَوْتُهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ وَإِنِّي دَعَوْتُهَا يَوْمًا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِيكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَدَعَا لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أُمِّي أُبَشِّرُهَا بِدَعْوَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كُنْتُ عَلَى الْبَابِ إِذِ الْبَابُ مُغْلَقٌ فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَسَمِعَتْ حِسِّي فَلَبِسَتْ ثِيَابَهَا وَجَعَلَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا خِمَارَهَا وَقَالَتْ أَرْفِقْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَفَتَحَتْ لِيَ الْبَابَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ قَالَتْ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي مِنَ الْفَرَحِ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَبْكِي مِنَ الْحُزْنِ وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ أَبْشِرْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدِ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ دَعَوْتَكَ وَهَدَى اللَّهُ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقُلْتُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُحَبِّبَنِيَ وَأُمِّي إِلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيُحَبِّبَهُمْ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ هَذَا وَأُمُّهُ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحَبِّبْهُمْ إِلَيْهِمَا» فَمَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّنِي وَأَحَبُّهُ  

[Machine] He hears about me and does not see me except that he loves me. I said, "And how did you know that, Abu Hurairah?" He said, "My mother was a pagan woman and I invited her to Islam but she refused. So one day, I invited her and she heard me talking about the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , what I did not like. So I went to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , while I was crying and I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I invited my mother to Islam but she refused, and when I invited her, she heard me talking about you and she did not like it. So I ask Allah to guide the mother of Abu Hurairah.' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, 'O Allah, guide the mother of Abu Hurairah.' I came out feeling hopeful to give her the good news about the invitation of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . But when I came to the door, I heard the sound of water and the sound of her footsteps. She said, 'O Abu Hurairah, as you are.' She opened the door, put on her armor, and hastened to fix her head covering. She said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' I returned to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , crying from joy as I used to cry from sadness. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Allah has answered your supplication regarding my mother. So supplicate to Allah to make me and my mother beloved to His believing slaves and to make them love us.' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, 'O Allah, make Your slave and his mother beloved to Your believing slaves, and make them love them.'  

يَسْمَعُ بِي وَلَا يَرَانِي إِلَّا أَحَبَّنِي قُلْتُ وَمَا عَلِمْتَ بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أُمِّي كَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مُشْرِكَةً وَكُنْتُ أَدْعُوهَا إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَعَوْتُهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ وَإِنِّي دَعَوْتُهَا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِيكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ اهْدِ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ» قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَعْدُو أُبَشِّرُهَا بِدَعْوَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ الْبَابَ إِذَا هُوَ مُجَافٍ فَسَمِعْتُ بِخَضْخَضَةِ الْمَاءِ وَسَمِعْتُ خَشْفَةَ رِجْلِي فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَمَا أَنْتَ وَفَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ وَلَبِسَتْ دِرْعِهَا وَعَجِلَتْ عَلَى خِمَارِهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْكِي مِنَ الْفَرَحِ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَبْكِي مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَجَابَكَ فِي أُمِّي فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُحَبِّبَنِي وَأُمِّي إِلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيُحَبِّبَهُمْ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عَبْدَكَ وَأَمَتَكَ إِلَى عِبَادَكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَحِبَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمَا»