Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 24a
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ أَبَا طَالِبٍ الْوَفَاةُ جَاءَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا عَمِّ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ . كَلِمَةً أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ " . فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ أَتَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ . فَلَمْ يَزَلْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعْرِضُهَا عَلَيْهِ وَيُعِيدُ لَهُ تِلْكَ الْمَقَالَةَ حَتَّى قَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ آخِرَ مَا كَلَّمَهُمْ هُوَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ . وَأَبَى أَنْ يَقُولَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ مَا لَمْ أُنْهَ عَنْكَ " . فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ} . وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم { إِنَّكَ لاَ تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ} .
Harmalah ibn Yahya al-Tujibi narrated to me; Abdullah ibn Wahb informed us; Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab informed me, from his father, who said: When death approached Abu Talib, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and found Abu Jahl and Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah ibn al-Mughirah with him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Uncle, say, “There is no deity except Allah,” a word by which I may testify for you before Allah.’ Abu Jahl and Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah said, ‘Abu Talib, would you turn away from the religion of Abd al-Muttalib?’ The Messenger of Allah kept presenting it to him and repeating that statement to him until Abu Talib's final words to them were, ‘He is upon the religion of Abd al-Muttalib,’ and he refused to say, ‘There is no deity except Allah.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘By Allah, I will surely seek forgiveness for you so long as I am not forbidden to do so.’ Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: ‘It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they are close relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of the Blaze.’ And the Exalted Allah revealed concerning Abu Talib, saying to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): ‘Indeed, you do not guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills, and He knows best those who are guided.’