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Sahih Muslim 121

He said: We went to Amr b. al-As and he was about to die. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son said: Did the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ، وَأَبُو مَعْنٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ، (وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى) حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ، (يَعْنِي أَبَا عَاصِمٍ) قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شَمَاسَةَ الْمَهْرِيِّ

قَالَ حَضَرْنَا عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَهُوَ فِي سِيَاقَةِ الْمَوْتِ. فَبَكَى طَوِيلاً وَحَوَّلَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى الْجِدَارِ فَجَعَلَ ابْنُهُ يَقُولُ: يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَمَا بَشَّرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِكَذَا أَمَا بَشَّرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِكَذَا قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ.

فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا نُعِدُّ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ عَلَى أَطْبَاقٍ ثَلَاثٍ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَمَا أَحَدٌ أَشَدَّ بُغْضًا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنِّي وَلَا أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدِ اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَلَوْ مُتُّ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ لَكُنْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَلَمَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الإِسْلَامَ فِي قَلْبِي أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ ابْسُطْ يَمِينَكَ فَلأُبَايِعْكَ.

فَبَسَطَ يَمِينَهُ (قَالَ) فَقَبَضْتُ يَدِي. قَالَ: «مَا لَكَ يَا عَمْرُو». قَالَ قُلْتُ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِطَ. قَالَ: «تَشْتَرِطُ بِمَاذَا».

قُلْتُ: أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لِي. قَالَ: «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الإِسْلَامَ يَهْدِمُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ وَأَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ تَهْدِمُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهَا وَأَنَّ الْحَجَّ يَهْدِمُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ». وَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا أَجَلَّ فِي عَيْنِي مِنْهُ وَمَا كُنْتُ أُطِيقُ أَنْ أَمْلأَ عَيْنَىَّ مِنْهُ إِجْلَالاً لَهُ وَلَوْ سُئِلْتُ أَنْ أَصِفَهُ مَا أَطَقْتُ لأَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَمْلأُ عَيْنَىَّ مِنْهُ وَلَوْ مُتُّ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ لَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ وَلِينَا أَشْيَاءَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا حَالِي فِيهَا فَإِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَلَا تَصْحَبْنِي نَائِحَةٌ وَلَا نَارٌ فَإِذَا دَفَنْتُمُونِي فَشُنُّوا عَلَىَّ التُّرَابَ شَنًّا ثُمَّ أَقِيمُوا حَوْلَ قَبْرِي قَدْرَ مَا تُنْحَرُ جَزُورٌ وَيُقْسَمُ لَحْمُهَا حَتَّى أَسْتَأْنِسَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْظُرَ مَاذَا أُرَاجِعُ بِهِ رُسُلَ رَبِّي

He said: We went to Amr b. al-As and he was about to die. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son said: Did the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace be upon him not give you tidings of this? Did the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) not give you tidings of this? He (the narrator) said: He turned his face (towards the audience) and said: The best thing which we can count upon is the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

Verily I have passed through three phases. (The first one) in which I found myself averse to none else more than I was averse to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and there was no other desire stronger in me than the one that I should overpower him and kill him. Had I died in this state, I would have been definitely one of the denizens of Fire.

When Allah instilled the love of Islam in my heart, I came to the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said: Stretch out your right hand so that may pledge my allegiance to you. He stretched out his right hand, I withdrew my hand, He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said: What has happened to you, O Amr?

replied: I intend to lay down some condition. He asked: What condition do you intend to put forward? I said: should be granted pardon. He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) observed: Are you not aware of the fact that Islam wipes out all the previous (misdeeds)? Verily migration wipes out all the previous (misdeeds), and verily the pilgrimage wipes out all the (previous) misdeeds.

And then no one as or dear to me than the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and none was more sublime in my eyes than he, Never could I, pluck courage to catch a full glimpse of his face due to its splendour.

So if I am asked to describe his features, I cannot do that for I have not eyed him fully. Had I died in this state had every reason to hope that I would have bee among the dwellers of Paradise. Then we were responsible for certain things (in the light of which) I am unable to know what is in store for me. When I die, let neither female mourner nor fire accompany me.

When you bury me, fill my grave well with earth, then stand around it for the time within which a camel is slaughtered and its meat is distributed so that I may enjoy your intimacy and (in your company) ascertain what answer I can give to the messengers (angels) of Allah.

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শাইবাহ, আবূ কুরায়ব ও ইসহাক ইবনু ইবরাহীম (রহঃ) ... ইবনু আব্বাস (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। মু'আয ইবনু জাবাল (রাযিঃ) বলেছেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম আমাকে (ইয়ামানের প্রশাসক নিযুক্ত করে) পাঠালেন।

তিনি বললেন, তুমি এমন এক সম্প্রদায়ের নিকট যাচ্ছে যারা কিতাবধারী। সুতরাং তাদেরকে আহবান জানাবে এ সাক্ষ্য দেয়ার জন্য, আল্লাহ ব্যতীত প্রকৃত কোন ইলাহ (উপাস্য) নেই আর আমি আল্লাহর রাসূল। যদি তারা তোমার এ কথা মেনে নেয়, তবে তাদেরকে জানিয়ে দিবে যে, প্রত্যহ দিন ও রাতে আল্লাহ তাদের উপর পাঁচ ওয়াক্ত সালাত ফরয করেছেন।

যদি তারা তোমার এ কথাও মেনে নেয়, তবে তাদেরকে জানিয়ে দিবে যে, আল্লাহ তাদের উপর যাকাত ফরয করেছেন- যা তাদের ধনীদের থেকে আদায় করা হবে এবং তাদের দরিদ্রদের মাঝে বিতরণ করা হবে। যদি তারা এ কথাও মেনে নেয়, তবে তাদের ভালো ভালো সম্পদগুলো গ্রহণ করা থেকে বিরত থেকো। আর মাযলুমের অভিশাপকে ভয় কর, কেননা তার ও আল্লাহর মাঝখানে কোন আড়াল নেই।

بن ابی شیبہ ، ابو کریب اور اسحاق بن ابراہیم سب نے وکیع سے حدیث سنائی ۔ ابو بکر نے کہا : وکیع نے ہمیں زکریا بن اسحاق حدیث سنائی ، انہوں نے کہا : مجھے یحییٰ بن عبداللہ بن صیفی نے ابو معبد سے حدیث سنائی ، انہوں نے سیدنا ابن عباس ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے ابو بکر اور انہوں نے حضرت معاذ بن جبل ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت کی ( ابوبکرنے کہا : بعض اوقات وکیع کہا ) ابن عباس ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے مروی ہے کہ حضرت معاذ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نے کہا : مجھے رسول اللہ ﷺ نے بھیجا اور فرمایا : ’’تم اہل کتاب کی ایک قوم کے پاس جا رہے ہو ،

انہیں اس کی گواہی دینے کی دعوت دو کہ اللہ کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں اور میں اللہ کا رسول ہوں ۔ اگر وہ اس میں ( تمہاری ) اطاعت کریں تو انہیں بتانا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان پر ہر دن رات میں پانچ نمازیں فرض کی ہیں ۔ اگر وہ اسے مان لیں تو انہیں بتانا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان پر صدقہ ( زکاۃ ) فرض کیا ہے جو ان کے مالدار لوگوں سے لیا جائے گا اور ان کے مجتاجوں کوواپس کیا جائے گا ، پھر اگر وہ اس بات کو قبول کر لیں تو ان کے بہترین مالوں سے احتراز کرنا ( زکاۃ میں سب سے اچھا مال وصول نہ کرنا ۔ ) اور مظلوم کی بددعا س ےبچنا کیونکہ اس ( بددعا ) کے اور اللہ کے درمیان کو ئی حجاب نہیں ۔ ‘ ‘

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Abu Kuraib], dan [Ishaq bin Ibrahim] semuanya dari [Waki'], [Abu Bakar] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Waki'] dari [Zakariya bin Ishaq] dia berkata, telah menceritakan kepadaku [Yahya bin Abdullah bin Shaifi] dari [Abu Ma'bad] dari [Ibnu Abbas] dari [Mu'adz bin Jabal], Abu Bakar berkata, "Barangkali, " Waki' berkata, dari Ibnu Abbas, bahwa Mu'adz berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengutusku.

Beliau bersabda: "Sesungguhnya kamu akan mendatangi suatu kaum dari Ahli Kitab, maka ajaklah mereka kepada persaksian bahwa tidak ada tuhan (yang berhak disembah) selain Allah, dan bahwa aku adalah utusan Allah. Jika mereka mentaatimu untuk hal tersebut, maka beritahukanlah kepada mereka bahwa Allah telah mewajibkan kepada mereka shalat lima waktu pada setiap siang dan malam.

Jika mereka mentaatimu untuk hal tersebut maka beritahukanlah kepada mereka bahwa Allah telah mewajibkan kepada mereka sedekah yang diambil dari orang kaya mereka lalu dibagikan kepada orang-orang fakir di antara mereka. Jika mereka mentaatimu untuk hal tersebut maka kamu jauhilah harta mulia mereka. Takutlah kamu terhadap doa orang yang terzhalimi, karena tidak ada penghalang antara dia dan Allah'."

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Abu Umar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Bisyr bin as-Sari] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zakariya' bin Ishaq]. (dalam riwayat lain disebutkan) Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abd bin Humaid] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Ashim] dari [Zakariya' bin Ishaq] dari [Yahya bin Abdullah bin Shaifi] dari [Abu Ma'bad] dari [Ibnu Abbas], bahwa Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengutus Mu'adz ke Yaman, maka beliau bersabda: "Sesungguhnya kamu akan mendatangi suatu kaum." Sebagaimana hadits Waki

Bize Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe, Eyyub b. Kureyb ve İshak b. İbrahim hepsi Veki" den tahdis etti. Ebu Bekr dedi ki: Bize Vek!', Zekeriya b. İshak'tan şöyle dediğini tahdis etti: Bana Yahya b. Abdullah b. Sayfi, Ebu Mabed'den tahdis etti. O İbn Abbas'tan, o Muaz b. Cebel'den.

Ebu Bekr dedi ki: Bazen Veki': İbn Abbas'tan Muaz'ın şöyle dediğini nakletti dedi: Beni Rasulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) gönderdi ve şöyle buyurdu: "Sen kitap ehlinden bir kavmin yanına gideceksin. Onları Allah'tan başka hiçbir ilah olmadığına ve şüphesiz benim Allah'ın Resulü olduğuma şahddet getirmeye çağır. Eğer onlar buna itaat ederlerse kendilerine Allah'ın üzerlerine her gün ve gecede beş vakit namazı farz kılmış olduğunu bildir.

Şayet buna itaat ederlerse onlara Allah'ın üzerlerine zenginlerinden alınıp, fakirleri arasına geri verilecek bir sadakayı (zekatı) farz kılmış olduğunu bildir ama sakın mallarının en değerlilerini almayasın. Mazlumun (bed)duasından da sakın çünkü onunla Allah arasında bir perde yoktur.

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Sahih Muslim 121, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 228. 2 min read

What it means

The Hadīth of ‘Amr ibn al-Āas (may Allah be pleased with him) which includes the subject of conveying glad tidings and congratulating because it bears a story. The summary of this great story is that some of his companions were present with him while he was in the throes of death. He cried profusely and turned his face towards the wall as he was about to depart this world, so his son said to him: Why are you crying so long as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) had given you the glad tidings of entering Paradise?

He said: O my son, I was in three different states (in this world). Then he described these three states. First, he used to hate the Prophet so much and there was no one on the face of the earth who hated him more, and wished he could catch him and kill him, and that was extreme disbelief. He remained like that until Allah instilled love for Islam in his heart.

So, he went to the Prophet and said: O Messenger of Allah, extend your right hand so that I may give you my pledge of Islam. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) who was the best of all people in terms of manners, extended his hand, but ‘Amr withdrew his hand, not out of arrogance, but rather to ascertain what he was about to say.

The Prophet asked him: What is the matter? He said: O Messenger of Allah, I have a condition (for embracing Islam). The Prophet asked: What is your condition? He said: That Allah forgive all my previous disbelief and sins. That was his biggest worry,(may Allah be pleased with him) fearing that Allah would not forgive him due to what he had done previously.

So the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do you not know that Islam wipes out what precedes it, and that migration wipes out what precedes it, and that the pilgrimage wipes out what precedes it? Three things wipe out all sins: Islam: it wipes out what precedes it according to the text of the Qur’an; Allah, the Exalted, says: {Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them.

But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] nations has already taken place} [Sūrat al-Anfāl: 38]. Hijrah: when one's homeland is a land of disbelief and he emigrates from it, this action wipes out what preceded it. Hajj: it wipes out what preceded it, as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The accepted Hajj has no reward but Paradise."

So ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) pledged allegiance to the Prophet and loved him intensely, so much so that the Prophet became the dearest of all people to him and he could never take a good look at him out of reverence for him. Glorified is Allah who turns the hearts! In the past, he hated him so much that he wished to kill him, and now he is not even able to lift his eyes to him out of reverence for him, and is not able to describe him because he never fully stared at him out of awe and respect.

‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if he had died in the first state, he would have been from the dwellers of Hellfire. Then he said that if he had died in the second state, he could have hoped to be from the dwellers of Paradise. Notice his cautious choice of words; he was definitive in saying that if he had died in the first state, he would have been from the dwellers of Hellfire; but when it came to the second state, due to his intense fear, he said that if he had died in that state: "I could have hoped to be from the dwellers of Paradise," and he did not say: "I would have been from the dwellers of Paradise," since the confirmation of admittance to Paradise is a difficult thing to make.

Then he said that, afterwards, he was entrusted with many affairs – being a ruler and a leader – and there occurred the incident of the battle with Mu‘āwiyah and others, and ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās was known to be one of the shrewdest and most intelligent men among the Arabs.

So he said: I fear that what had occurred after the second state might have nullified my deeds. Then he gave orders that no wailer (a woman who wails and laments the deceased) should follow his funeral, and that after they bury him, they should remain at his grave for as long as it would take them to slaughter a camel and distribute its meat, until he had answered the questions of the messengers of his Lord, meaning the angels who come to the dead person after he is buried.

When the dead person is buried, two angels come to him and make him sit upright in his grave and ask him three questions: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet? So, ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered his family to stand by his grave for a time interval equal to the time it would take them to slaughter a camel and divide its meat, to seek solace and comfort in their presence.

This is evidence that the deceased person can sense the presence of his family, and it was confirmed from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) that the deceased person hears the sound of their footsteps when they are leaving after his burial. Though the sound of sandals as they beat the ground is almost inaudible, the deceased hears it as the mourners depart after burying him.

It was confirmed from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in a sound Hadīth that when he buried a dead person, he used to stand over his grave and say: "Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask for steadfastness for him because he is being asked right now." So, when the dead person is buried, it is recommended to stand over his grave and say: "O Allah, make him firm (thrice); O Allah, forgive him (thrice)."

Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said "Salām" (greetings of peace), he used to say it thrice; and whenever he made a supplication, he used to repeat it thrice.

In short, the son of Āmr Ibn al-‘Ās said to him: "The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) gave you the glad tidings of being admitted to Paradise", and he said this as a way of giving glad tidings and congratulating for it.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn al-MuthannaTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Zayd ibn YazidWith, Fourth generation, died 231 AH
  4. 4Ishaq ibn Mansur al-KawsajWith, Fourth generation, died 251 AH
  5. 5Abu Asim ad-Dahhak ibn MakhladFrom, Third generation, died 211 AH
  6. 6Haywah ibn ShurayhInformed us, Third generation, died 158 AH
  7. 7Yazid ibn Abi HabibTold me, Successor, died 128 AH
  8. 8Abd ar-Rahman ibn ShumasahFrom, Successor, died 101 AH

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