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tabarani:11709ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "Carry me to the Messenger of Allah, so that he may take me out of the land of the polytheists," he said. However, he died on the way before reaching the Prophet. Then the revelation came down: "And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah and His Messenger..." until "...Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."  

الطبراني:١١٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ §خَرَجَ ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا فَقَالَ

لِأَهْلِهِ احْمِلُوني فَأَخْرِجُوني مِنْ أَرْضِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَمَاتَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ الْوَحْيُ {وَمَنْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ وَكَانَ {اللهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا}