Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (7/1027)

“Take him to your quarters, al-ʿAbbās, and bring him to me in the morning.”

So I took him to my quarters, and he spent the night with me. When morning came, I took him to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw him, he said:

“Woe to you, Abū Sufyān! Has the time not yet come for you to know that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah?”

He said, “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! How generous, forbearing, and mindful of kinship ties you are! By Allah, I had thought that, if there were another god besides Allah, he would surely have availed me something by now.”

He said, “Woe to you, Abū Sufyān! Has the time not yet come for you to know that I am the Messenger of Allah?”

He said, “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! How forbearing, generous, and mindful of kinship ties you are! By Allah, I still had some reservation about this until now.” (1)

Al-ʿAbbās said, “Woe to you, Abū Sufyān! Embrace Islam and testify that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, before your neck is struck.” So he bore the testimony of truth and embraced Islam. (2)

I said, “O Messenger of Allah, Abū Sufyān is a man who loves such distinction, so grant him something.” He said:

“Yes. Whoever enters the house of Abū Sufyān is safe; whoever shuts his door is safe; and whoever enters the mosque is safe.”

(1) This is the reading in the base text and al-Majma'. In al-Sirah, it reads: “As for this, by God, I still have some reservation about it...” The additions are from al-Sirah. (2) See the preceding note, no. 1, p. 1025.

اذهب به إلى رحلك يا عباس! فإذا أصبح فأتني به. فذهبت به إلى رحلي فبات عندي، فلما أصبح غدوت به إلى رسول الله ﷺ فلما رآه رسول الله ﷺ قال: ويحك يا أبا سفيان! ألم يأن لك أن تعلم أن لا إله إلا الله؟!. قال: بأبي أنت وأمي، ما أكرمك [وأحلمك] وأوصلك! والله لقد ظننت أن لو كان مع الله غيره، لقد أغنى عني شيئاً [بعد] ، قال: ويحك يا أبا سفيان! ألم يأن لك أن تعلم أني رسول الله؟!. قال: بأبي أنت وأمي، ما أحلمك وأكرمك وأوصلك! هذه- والله- كان في نفسي منها شيء حتى الآن (١) ، قال العباس: ويحك يا أبا سفيان! أسلم واشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمداً رسول الله قبل أن يضرب عنقك، قال: فشهد بشهادة الحق وأسلم (٢) . قلت: يا رسول الله! إن أبا سفيان رجل يحب هذا الفخر، فاجعل له شيئاً. قال: نعم، من دخل دار أبي سفيان، فهو آمن، ومن أغلق بابه؛ فهو آمن، ومن دخل المسجد، فهو آمن.

(١) كذا الأصل، و"المجمع "! وفي "السيرة": أما هذه- والله- فإن في النفس منها حتى الآن شيئاً ... والزيادات منه. (٢) انظر التعليق المتقدم رقم (١) صفحة (١٠٢٥) . ******