Hadith #241
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَسِيدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا وَكَانَ مَوْلَاهُمْ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ بَيْنَمَا
أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَقِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَيَّ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعَةٌ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا فَهُوَ الَّذِي بَقِيَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا
Isnad Chain
يونس بن محمد
عبد الرحمن بن الغسيل
أسيد بن علي
أبيه علي بن عبيد
أبي أسيد صاحب رسول الله
English Translation
Yūnus ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ghasīl narrated to us: Asīd ibn ʿAlī narrated to me, from his father ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd, from Abū Usayd — a Companion of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who fought at Badr and was their freed slave. Abū Usayd said: While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, a man from the Anṣār came and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, is there any way left for me to honor my parents after their death?' He said: 'Yes, four things: praying for them, seeking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their commitments, honoring their friends, and maintaining ties of kinship that you have no connection to except through them. That is what remains for you of honoring them after their death.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 241
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15479
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51869