Hadith #75
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَوْفَلِ بْنُ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ قَالَ جَزِعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَا الْجَزَعُ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُدْنِيكَ وَيَسْتَعْمِلُكَ قَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأُخْ
بِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَحُبًّا ذَلِكَ كَانَ أَمْ تَأَلُّفًا يَتَأَلَّفُنِي وَلَكِنِّي أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّهُمَا ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ وَابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَلَمَّا حَدَّثَهُ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ مَوْضِعَ الْغِلَالِ مِنْ ذَقْنِهِ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمَرْتَنَا فَتَرَكْنَا وَنَهَيْتَنَا فَرَكِبْنَا وَلَا يَسَعُنَا إِلَّا مَغْفِرَتُكَ وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ هِجِّيرَاهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ
Isnad Chain
عفان
الأسود بن شيبان
أبو نوفل بن أبي عقرب
English Translation
Abū Nawfal ibn Abī ʿAqrab narrated: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ was extremely distressed at the time of death. When his son ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr saw this, he said: 'O Abū ʿAbdillāh, what is this distress? the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to draw you near and appoint you.' ʿAmr said: 'O my son, that is true, and I will tell you about it. By Allah, I do not know whether that was out of love or whether he was winning me over. But I bear witness regarding two men that the Prophet ﷺ departed this world while he loved them: Ibn Sumayyah (ʿAmmār) and Ibn Umm ʿAbd (Ibn Masʿūd).' After he had spoken, he placed his hand where the collar rests on his chin and said: 'O Allah, You commanded us and we fell short. You forbade us and we transgressed. Nothing suffices us but Your forgiveness.' And this remained his repeated supplication until he died.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 75
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17113
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53503