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Said that the Messenger of Allah announced the death of An-Najashi, the ruler of Ethiopia, to them on the day that he died, and said "Pray for forgiveness for your brother."  

النسائي:٢٠٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرُوا لأَخِيكُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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that Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed them (i.e. his companions) of the death of Negus, the king of Ethiopia, on the very day on which the latter died, and said, "Ask Allah's Forgiveness for your brother"  

البخاري:٣٨٨٠حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَخْبَرَهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرُوا لأَخِيكُمْ  

The Prophet ﷺ asked to pray for Negus' forgiveness after his death

nasai:1879Abū Dāwud > Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah And Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah Akhbarahumā

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had told them of the death of an-Najāshī, the ruler of Ethiopia, on the day that he died, and he said: "Pray for forgiveness for your brother."  

النسائي:١٨٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرُوا لأَخِيكُمْ  

nasai-kubra:2018Abū Dāwd > Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah And Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah Akhbarahumā

the Messenger of Allah had told them of the death of An-Najashi, the ruler of Ethiopia, on the day that he died, and he said: "Pray for forgiveness for your brother." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1879)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاودَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمُ»  

nasai-kubra:2180Abū Dāwd > Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman And Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah Akhbarahumā

the Messenger of Allah had told them of the death of An-Najashi, the ruler of Ethiopia, on the day that he died, and he said: "Pray for forgiveness for your brother." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1879)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاودَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمُ»