Reference: http://www.saltaweel.com/articles/112
Sa’eed Ibn Al-Musayyib has reported from his father:
‘When death approached Abu Taalib, the Messenger of Allaah (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to him and found Abu Jahl and Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah in his company. The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) said,
O uncle, proclaim there is nothing worthy of worship except Allaah, a statement which will enable me to plead for you with Allaah.
Abu Jahl and Abdullah Ibn Abu Umayyah said, “Will you forsake the religion of Abdul Muttalib?” The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) repeatedly said this to him, and the two of them also repeated their statement.
The final statement of Abu Taalib was about being on the religion of Abdul-Muttalib and he refused to say: La ilaaha ilIa Allah. The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) said,
By Allaah, I shall continue to pray for your forgiveness as long as I am not prohibited to do so. [1]
It was then that Allah revealed the verse:
{It is not correct for the Prophet and those who believe, to ask Allah’s forgiveness for the Mushrikeen even though they are of kin} [9:113]
Benefits (Continued):
13. This hadeeth explains the reason behind the misguidance and disbelief of many people; it is due to them holding on to the way of their fathers and grandfathers. Just as Allaah said:
{And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, “Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are following in their footsteps} [43:23]
14. It is not always necessary that the one being called (the one who is being preached) will answer the caller (the one who admonishes and preaches). Consider the example of the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam), he had all the attributes of human perfection such as knowledge, tolerance, patience, a strong desire, being steadfast, eloquence, a good manner in explaining, cheerful, takes care to be perfumed and maintain a good appearance, he cares for the one he is preaching, honesty and a desire to advise and so on…he came to face to face with Abu Taalib and yet despite all this he did not respond to him.
15. Patience in calling to Allaah the most High, and to bear the harms in the path of Allaah. The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) continued to preach to his uncle for approximately 10 years, beginning from the time when he was sent as a prophet, to the last moments of his life. Abu Taalib died in the 10th year of Prophethood, and the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) continued to admonish him until this time, until death came to him; in fact even at this time, he would repeat,
‘O my uncle, proclaim there is not deity worthy of worship so I am able to plead for you with Allaah.’
16. The hadeeth contains an example of the obedience that the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) showed towards his uncle, who was like a father to him. He did not stop preaching and advising his uncle until the last moments of his life.
17. Had Abu Taalib proclaimed that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah, he would have benefitted from it despite not having prayed, fasted nor performed any righteous actions due to his situation not allowing him to do so.
18. The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) only encouraged his uncle to say ‘Laa ilaaha illa Allaah’ before his final moments of life [2]
19. This authentic hadeeth contradicts all the other fabricated ahadeeth which are bought to try and prove that Abu Taalib died as a Muslim; such ahadeeth are not authentic at all.
20. Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar mentions in Fath Al-Baaree that the following verse:
{It is not correct for the Prophet and those who believe, to ask Allah’s forgiveness for the Mushrikeen even though they are of kin} [9:113]
This verse was actually revealed a while after the death of Abu Taalib; it is a general verse relating to him as well as other Mushrikeen.
21. Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajr also mentions: “from the strange coincidences is that the message of Islaam reached four uncles of the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) however only two of them accepted Islaam whilst two rejected it. As for the two that did not accept Islaam, their names are contrary to Islaam. Abu Taalib’s real name was actually Abd Munaaf [3] and Abu Lahab was named AbdulUzza. This is contrary to the ones who accepted Islaam – they are Hamza and Al-Abbaas.
22. An-Nawawee explained the hadeeth and said: “as for the saying of the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) ‘’By Allaah, I will seek forgiveness for you…” it shows the permissibility of taking an oath even when one is not asked to do so. The oath of the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) was to show his strong desire to seek forgiveness for his uncle, and to make Abu Taalib content.
23. An-Nawawee also said: “Abu Taalib died when the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) was 49 years, 8 months and 11 days old. Khadeejah (may Allaah be pleased with her) passed away after Abu Taalib by three days.
Footnotes
[1] Compiled by Al-Bukhaaree & Muslim
[2] The prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) admonished his uncle towards the end of his life, when he was on his death bed and the signs of his demise were clear. The last actual moment of life is when the soul reaches the throat of the living person whereby he finally realises that death has come to him; at this stage the repentance is not accepted. Allaah said:
{But repentance is not accepted of those who continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, “Indeed, I have repented now…”} [04:18]
[3] Lit. the slave of Munaaf and the slave of Uzzah – both were idols worshipped at the period in time.
أي عم: قل لا إله إلا الله كلمة أحاج لك بها عند الله” – 2
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13 – أن سبب ضلال وكفر كثير من الناس هو التمسك بما كان عليه الآباء والأجداد كما في قوله تعالى:
{كَذَلًكَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مًن قَبْلًكَ فًي قَرْيَة مًّن نَّذًير إًلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إًنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءنَا عَلَى أُمَّة وَإًنَّا عَلَى آثَارًهًم مُّقْتَدُونَ} [الزخرفـ 23]
14 – ليس بالضرورة أن يستجيب المدعو للداعي، فها هو رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد استكمل جميع صفات الكمال البشري من العلم والحلم والصبر والحرص والاستقامة والبلاغة وحسن البيان وبشاشة الوجه وطيب الرائحة وحسن المنظر والشفقة على المدعو والصدق والنصح وغير ذلك ويأتي لأبي طالب وجها لوجه ومع ذلك لم يستجب له!!
15 – الصبر في الدعوة إلى الله تعالى وتحمل الأذى في سبيل الله تعالى، فإن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم استمر في دعوة عمه أبي طالب نحو عشر سنين منذ أن بعثه الله إلى آخر لحظة من حياته حيث مات في آخر السنة العاشرة من المبعث ولم يتوقف عن دعوته لما حضرته الوفاة، بل أخذ يكرر عليه: يا عم يا عم قل “لا إله إلا الله” كلمة أحاج لك بها عند الله!!
16 – وفيه بر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعمه الذي هو صنو أبيه، إذ لم يتخل عن دعوته ونصحه إلى آخر لحظة من حياته.
17 – وفيه أن أبا طالب لو قال لا إله إلا الله لنفعته ولو لم يصل ويصم ولم يعمل شيئا من الأعمال لعدم تمكنه من العمل في مثل هذه الحال.
18 – إنما عرض النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على عمه أن يقول “لا إله إلا الله” قبل أن يدخل في الغرغرة التي لا تنفع بعدها التوبة
19 – هذا الحديث الصحيح يعارض كل الأحاديث الواهية والموضوعة الدالة على إسلام أبي طالب التي لا يثبت منها شيء البتة.
20 – ذكر الحافظ ابن حجر في الفتح أن نزول قوله تعالى
{ما كان للنبي والذين آمنوا أن يستغفروا للمشركين….}
[الآية] فيه نظر ويظهر أن المراد أن الآية المتعلقة بالاستغفار نزلت بعد أبي طالب بمدة وهي عامة في حقه وفي حق غيره.
21 – وذكر الحافظ أيضا (تكملة) فقال: من عجائب الاتفاق أن الذين أدركهم الإسلام من أعمام النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أربعة: لم يسلم منهم اثنان، وأسلم اثنان، وكان اسم من لم يسلم ينافي أسامي المسلمين، وهما أبو طالب واسمه عبد مناف وأبو لهب واسمه عبد العزى، بخلاف من أسلم وهما حمزة والعباس.
22 – قال النووي في شرح الحديث «24»: وقوله {أما والله لاستغفرن لك} فيه جواز الحلف من غير استحلاف وكان الحلف هنا لتوكيد العزم على الاستغفار وتطييباً لنفس أبي طالب.
23 – وقال النووي أيضا: مات أبو طالب ولرسول الله تسع وأربعون سنة وثمانية أشهر وأحد عشر يوماً وتوفيت خديجةـ رضي الله عنهاـ بعد موت أبي طالب بثلاثة أيام. والحمد لله أولا وآخرا، وصلى الله وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.
