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tabarani:11708ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "Those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves, the angels will say, 'In what [condition] were you?' They will say, 'We were oppressed in the land.' The angels will say, 'Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?' For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.' They will say, 'They were weak and oppressed in the land.' They will say, 'They were a company from among the believers who had gone out [to battle] defiantly with those who disbelieved, and they were killed in battle.' So Allah caused this verse to be revealed, 'Except for the oppressed among men, women, and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way.' For those it is expected that Allah will pardon them.' So Allah pardoned them. And Allah is accepting of repentance and merciful.' Ibn Abbas said, 'It was I and my mother who had an excuse among them.'"  

الطبراني:١١٧٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

{الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنْتُمْ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا فَأُولَئِكَ مأواهمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا} قَالُوا كَانُوا قَوْمًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِمَكَّةَ فَخَرَجُوا مَعَ قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فِي قِتَالٍ فَقُتِلُوا مَعَهُمْ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا فَأُولَئِكَ عَسَى اللهُ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ} فَعَذَرَ اللهُ أَهْلَ الْعُذْرِ مِنْهُمْ وَأَهْلَكَ مَنْ لَا عُذْرَ لَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «وكُنتُ أَنَا وَأُمِّي مِمَّنْ كَانَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ»  


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bayhaqi:17749Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shāfiʿī > Muḥammad b. Maslamah al-Wāsiṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah And a man > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Nawfal al-Asadī > Quṭiʿ > Ahl al-Madīnah Baʿth Liyanhab Fīh Falaqīt ʿIkrimah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās Fanahānī Ashad al-Nahy Thum > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Some of the Muslims used to be with the polytheists and increase the harm against the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . They would throw arrows and hit one of them, killing him or causing him injury. So Allah, exalted be He, revealed this verse about them: "Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves, [the angels] will say, 'In what [condition] were you?' They will say, 'We were oppressed in the land.' The angels will say, 'Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?' For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination." [Quran 4:97]  

البيهقي:١٧٧٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا حَيْوَةُ وَرَجُلٌ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ قَالَ قُطِعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ بَعْثٌ لِيَنْهَبَ فِيهِ فَلَقِيتُ عِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَهَانِي أَشَدَّ النَّهْيِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ

نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُكَثِّرُونَ سَوَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَأْتِي السَّهْمُ يُرْمَى بِهِ فَيُصِيبُ أَحَدَهُمْ فَيَقْتُلُهُ أَوْ يُضْرَبُ فَيُقْتَلُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى ذِكْرَهُ فِيهِمْ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنْتُمْ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا فَأُولَئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا} [النساء 97]  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئِ