Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3795
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، سُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةِ قَالَتْ مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِطَلْحَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ مُكْتَئِبًا أَسَاءَتْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لاَ يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلاَّ كَانَتْ نُورًا لِصَحِيفَتِهِ وَإِنَّ جَسَدَهُ وَرُوحَهُ لَيَجِدَانِ لَهَا رَوْحًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ " . فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ . قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا هِيَ الَّتِي أَرَادَ عَمَّهُ عَلَيْهَا وَلَوْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَيْئًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْهَا لأَمَرَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated from Yahya ibn Talhah that his mother, Sa‘da al-Murriyyah, said: After the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died, ‘Umar passed by Talhah and asked, ‘Why are you so sorrowful? Has your cousin’s leadership displeased you?’ He replied, ‘No. But I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “I know a word that, if anyone says it at the time of death, it will be a light in his record, and his body and soul will find comfort through it at death.” I did not ask him about it before he died.’ ‘Umar said, ‘I know it. It is the word he wanted his uncle to say. Had he known anything that would save him better than it, he would have instructed him to say it.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report does not name the word explicitly; ‘Umar’s reference is to the declaration he wanted his uncle Abu Talib to say. The word is preserved as unstated in the narration.