Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1900
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَىٍّ جَاءَ ابْنُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ أَعْطِنِي قَمِيصَكَ حَتَّى أُكَفِّنَهُ فِيهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ . فَأَعْطَاهُ قَمِيصَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِذَا فَرَغْتُمْ فَآذِنُونِي أُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ " . فَجَذَبَهُ عُمَرُ وَقَالَ قَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ . فَقَالَ " أَنَا بَيْنَ خِيرَتَيْنِ " . قَالَ { اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لاَ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ } فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى { وَلاَ تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلاَ تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ } فَتَرَكَ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ .
‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, saying: ‘Ubayd Allah narrated to us, saying: Nafi‘ narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar, who said: When ‘Abd Allah ibn Ubayy died, his son came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: ‘Give me your shirt so that I may shroud him in it. Pray over him and ask forgiveness for him.’ He gave him his shirt, then said: ‘When you have finished, let me know so that I may pray over him.’ ‘Umar pulled him aside and said: ‘Allah has forbidden you to pray over the hypocrites.’ He replied: ‘I have been given a choice between two matters.’ He recited: ‘Whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them…’ Then he prayed over him. Thereafter Allah, Exalted is He, revealed: ‘Never pray over any of them who dies, nor stand at his grave.’ After that, he stopped praying over them.
Translation notes
The quoted phrases are Qur’anic wording paraphrased in the narration; ellipsis marks the omitted end of the cited verse in this source.