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nasai-kubra:11650Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

One day the Prophet ﷺ ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4801)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٦٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَقَالَ «يَا صَبَاحَاهُ» فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالُوا مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ» قَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ لِهَذَا دَعَوْتَنَا جَمِيعًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ } [المسد 1] إِلَى آخِرِهَا  


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bukhari:4770ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Verse:--'And warn your tribe of near-kindred, was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ ascended the Safa (mountain) and started calling, "O Bani Fihr! O Bani ʿAdi!" addressing various tribes of Quraish till they were assembled. Those who could not come themselves, sent their messengers to see what was there. Abu Lahab and other people from Quraish came and the Prophet ﷺ then said, "Suppose I told you that there is an (enemy) cavalry in the valley intending to attack you, would you believe me?" They said, "Yes, for we have not found you telling anything other than the truth." He then said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrific punishment." Abu Lahab said (to the Prophet) "May your hands perish all this day. Is it for this purpose you have gathered us?" Then it was revealed: "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab (one of the Prophet's uncles), and perish he! His wealth and his children will not profit him...." (111.1-5)  

البخاري:٤٧٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ} صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي يَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ يَا بَنِي عَدِيٍّ لِبُطُونِ قُرَيْشٍ حَتَّى اجْتَمَعُوا فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولاً لِيَنْظُرَ مَا هُوَ فَجَاءَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ وَقُرَيْشٌ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ خَيْلاً بِالْوَادِي تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُغِيرَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ مُصَدِّقِيَّ قَالُوا نَعَمْ مَا جَرَّبْنَا عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ صِدْقًا قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا فَنَزَلَتْ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ * مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ}  

bukhari:4801ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Khāzim > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

One day the Prophet ﷺ ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1)  

البخاري:٤٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّفَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ قَالُوا مَا لَكَ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ يُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ يُمَسِّيكُمْ أَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ}  

bukhari:4971Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Verse:-- 'And warn your tribe of near kindred.' (26.214) was revealed. Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out, and when he had ascended As-Safa mountain, he shouted, "O Sabahah!" The people said, "Who is that?" "Then they gathered around him, whereupon he said, "Do you see? If I inform you that cavalrymen are proceeding up the side of this mountain, will you believe me?" They said, "We have never heard you telling a lie." Then he said, "I am a plain warner to you of a coming severe punishment." Abu Lahab said, "May you perish! You gathered us only for this reason? " Then Abu Lahab went away. So the "Surat:--ul--LAHAB" 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!' (111.1) was revealed.  

البخاري:٤٩٧١حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ} وَرَهْطَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى صَعِدَ الصَّفَا فَهَتَفَ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هَذَا فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ خَيْلاً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ سَفْحِ هَذَا الْجَبَلِ أَكُنْتُمْ مُصَدِّقِيَّ قَالُوا مَا جَرَّبْنَا عَلَيْكَ كَذِبًا قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ قَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ مَا جَمَعْتَنَا إِلاَّ لِهَذَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَنَزَلَتْ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ}  

وَقَدْ تَبَّ هَكَذَا قَرَأَهَا الأَعْمَشُ يَوْمَئِذٍ
bukhari:4972Muḥammad b. Salām > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ went out towards Al-Batha' and ascended the mountain and shouted, "O Sabahah!" So the Quraish people gathered around him. He said, "Do you see? If I tell you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, will you believe me?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "Then I am a plain warner to you of a coming severe punishment." Abu Lahab said, "Is it for this reason that you have gathered us? May you perish ! " Then Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!'  

البخاري:٤٩٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ فَصَعِدَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَنَادَى يَا صَبَاحَاهْ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا تَبًّا لَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ} إِلَى آخِرِهَا  

tirmidhi:3363Hannād And ʾAḥmad b. Manīʿ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“One day the Messenger of Allah ascended As-Safa and called out: ‘O people! Come at once!’ So the Quraish gathered before him. He said: ‘I am a warner for you before the coming of a severe punishment. Do you think that if I informed you that the enemy was preparing to attack you in the evening or in the morning, would you believe me?’ So Abu Lahab said: ‘Is it for this that you gathered us? May you perish?’ So Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, revealed: Perish the hands of Abu Lahad, perish he.”  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَنَادَى يَا صَبَاحَاهُ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنِّي أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَوْ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا تَبًّا لَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ( تبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:2801ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] When Allah revealed the verse "And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred" [Surah Ash-Shu'ara: 214], the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to Mount Safa, climbed it, and called out, "O Sabahah!". The people gathered around him, including a man who would come to him and another man who would send his messenger. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O sons of 'Abdul-Muttalib! O sons of Fihr! O sons, O sons! If I were to inform you that there are horses at the foot of this mountain, would you believe me?" They said, "Yes." He then said, "I am a Warner to you before a severe punishment." Abu Lahab said, "May you perish for the rest of this day! Did you gather us only for this?" Then Allah revealed the verse "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab and perish he!" [Surah Al-Masad: 1].  

أحمد:٢٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ} [الشعراء 214] قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّفَا فَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَادَى يَا صَبَاحَاهْ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ يَجِيءُ إِلَيْهِ وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ يَبْعَثُ رَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ يَا يَا بَنِي يَا بَنِي أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ خَيْلًا بِسَفْحِ هَذَا الْجَبَلِ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُغِيرَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَدَّقْتُمُونِي؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ أَمَا دَعَوْتَنَا إِلا لِهَذَا؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ} [المسد 1]  

ahmad:2544Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“One day the Messenger of Allah ascended As-Safa and called out: ‘O people! Come at once!’ So the Quraish gathered before him. He said: ‘I am a warner for you before the coming of a severe punishment. Do you think that if I informed you that the enemy was preparing to attack you in the evening or in the morning, would you believe me?’ So Abu Lahab said: ‘Is it for this that you gathered us? May you perish?’ So Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, revealed: Perish the hands of Abu Lahad, perish he.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3363)   

أحمد:٢٥٤٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا الصَّفَا فَقَالَ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ قَالَ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَا لَكَ؟ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أخْبَرْتُكُمْ أنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي؟ فَقَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا؟ تَبًّا لَكَ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ} [المسد 1] إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ  

nasai-kubra:10753Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

One day the Prophet ﷺ ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4801)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٧٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَقَالَ «يَا صَبَاحَاهْ» فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالُوا مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ أَنْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ» فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ أَلِهَذَا دَعَوْتَنَا جَمِيعًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ} [المسد 1] إِلَى آخِرِهَا