الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
Kunya (Honorific Titles)
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي أَبِي أَبُوبَ الْأَنْصَارِي رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Abu Abūb al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him
Hadith 11901
عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي غَزَا فِيهِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِذَا مِتُّ فَاقْرَؤُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ فَأَخْبِرُوهُمْ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ”مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ“ وَلْيَنْطَلِقُوا بِي فَلْيَبْعُدُوا بِي فِي أَرْضِ الرُّومِ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا فَحَدَّثَ النَّاسَ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَاسْتَلْأَمَ النَّاسُ وَانْطَلَقُوا بِجِنَازَتِهِ
Asim narrated from a resident of Makkah that Yazid bin Muawiyah was the commander of the army in which Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) participated. At the time of his death, Yazid came to him, so he said to him: "When I pass away, convey my greetings to the people on my behalf and inform them that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever dies in such a state that he does not associate anyone with Allah, Allah will grant him Paradise. After that, carry my body as far as possible into the territory of Rome. Thus, when Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, Yazid informed the people of his death. The people put on their weapons and set out carrying his body."
Hadith 11902
عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ظِبْيَانَ وَيَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي ظِبْيَانَ قَالَ غَزَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الرُّومَ فَمَرِضَ فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ قَالَ أَنَا إِذَا مِتُّ فَاحْمِلُونِي فَإِذَا صَافَفْتُمُ الْعَدُوَّ فَادْفِنُونِي تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا حَالِي هَذَا مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ”مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ“
It is narrated from Abu Zubyan that Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) participated in a battle against the Romans and fell ill there. When the time of his death approached, he said: When I pass away, carry me forward, and wherever you encounter the enemy, bury me beneath your feet at that spot. I will tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). If I were not in this state (i.e., in the illness of death), I would not have narrated this hadith to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever dies in such a state that he does not associate anyone with Allah, he will enter Paradise.
