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And he said to his uncle Abu Talib:
“O uncle, say, ‘There is no deity except Allah’—a declaration with which I may plead on your behalf before Allah.” (1)
He also said:
“Whoever’s final words are ‘There is no deity except Allah’ will enter Paradise.” (2)
And he said:
“Prompt those among you who are dying to say, ‘There is no deity except Allah.’” (3)
All these hadiths are found in the Sahih collections.
(1) The hadith is narrated by Sa'īd ibn al-Musayyab from his father, al-Musayyab ibn Hazn (may Allah be pleased with him), in al-Bukhārī, 2/95 (Book of Funerals, chapter “When a Polytheist Says at the Point of Death, ‘There Is No Deity except Allah’”), 5/52 (Book of the Virtues of the Ansār, chapter “The Story of Abū Tālib”), 6 (Book of Quranic Exegesis, Sūrat Barā'a, on the words of the Exalted, “It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists...” [al-Tawbah 9:113]), 6/112–113 (Book of Quranic Exegesis, Sūrat al-Qasas, chapter “Indeed, You Do Not Guide Whom You Love” [al-Qasas 28:56]), and 8/138–139 (Book of Oaths and Vows, chapter “If One Says, ‘By Allah, I Will Not Speak Today...’”); Muslim, 1/54–55 (Book of Faith, chapter “Evidence for the Validity of the Islam of One Overtaken by Death...”); Muslim also narrated the hadith with the same meaning through two chains from Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 5/433.
(2) The hadith is narrated from Mu'ādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 3/258–259 (Book of Funerals, chapter “On Prompting the Dying”); al-Hākim’s *al-Mustadrak*, 1/351 (Book of Funerals, chapter “One Whose Final Words Were...”); al-Hākim said, “This hadith has an authentic chain of transmission, though al-Bukhārī and Muslim did not record it,” and al-Dhahabī concurred; and al-Tabrīzī’s *Mishkāt al-Masābīh*, 1/511. Al-Albānī also classified it as authentic (t [0–9]).
(3) The hadith is narrated from Abū Sa'īd al-Khudrī and Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Muslim, 2/631 (Book of Funerals, chapter “Prompting the Dying to Say, ‘There Is No Deity except Allah’...”); *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 3/259 (Book of Funerals, chapter “On Prompting the Dying”); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 2/225 (Book of Funerals, chapter “Prompting the Sick Person at the Point of Death and Supplicating for Him”). Al-Tirmidhī said, “Reports on this subject are also narrated from Abū Hurayra, Umm Maslama, 'Ā'isha, Jābir, and Su'dā al-Murriyya, the wife of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allāh.” It is also found in *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1/464 (Book of Funerals, chapter “Reports Concerning Prompting the Dying to Say, ‘There Is No Deity except Allah’”), and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 3/3.
وَقَالَ لِعَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ:
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«يَا عَمِّ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ كَلِمَةً أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ»
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وَقَالَ:
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«مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
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وَقَالَ:
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«لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ»
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وَكُلُّ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثِ فِي الصِّحَاحِ.
(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ حَزْنٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/٩٥ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ الْمُشْتَرِكَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ) ، ٥/٥٢ (كِتَابُ مَنَاقِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ، بَابُ قِصَّةِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ) ، ٦ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، سُورَةُ (بَرَاءَةٌ) ، قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: (مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ. .) " سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ١١٣ "، ٦/١١٢ - ١١٣ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، سُورَةُ الْقَصَصِ، بَابُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ) سُورَةُ الْقَصَصِ: ٥٦) ، ٨/١٣٨ - ١٣٩ (كِتَابُ الْأَيْمَانِ وَالنُّذُورِ، بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ الْيَوْمَ. .) ; مُسْلِمٍ ١/٥٤ - ٥٥ (كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ، بَابُ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى صِحَّةِ إِسْلَامِ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ. .) وَذَكَرَ مُسْلِمٌ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَاهُ مِنْ طَرِيقَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٥/٤٣٣.
(٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣/٢٥٨ - ٢٥٩ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابٌ فِي التَّلْقِينِ) ; الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ لِلْحَاكِمِ ١/٣٥١ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ. .) وَقَالَ الْحَاكِمُ: " هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ " وَوَافَقَهُ الذَّهَبِيُّ ; مِشْكَاةُ الْمَصَابِيحِ لِلتَّبْرِيزِيِّ ١/٥١١ وَصُحَّحَهُ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ (ت [٠ - ٩] ) .
(٣) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٦٣١ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ تَلْقِينِ الْمَوْتَى لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. .) ; سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣/٢٥٩ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابٌ فِي التَّلْقِينِ) ; سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٢/٢٢٥ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابٌ فِي تَلْقِينِ الْمَرِيضِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالدُّعَاءِ لَهُ) وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: " وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُمِّ مَسْلَمَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَجَابِرٍ وَسُعْدَى الْمُرِّيَّةِ وَهِيَ امْرَأَةُ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ " ; سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١/٤٦٤ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي تَلْقِينِ الْمَيِّتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/٣.