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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3921

وَعَنْ يَحْيَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ : رَأَى عُمَرُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ : مَا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ : إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : " إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَاتٍ لَا يَقُولُهُنَّ عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَّا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَأَشْرَقَ لَهُ لَوْنَهُ ، [ وَرَأَى ] مَا يَسُرُّهُ " قَالَ : فَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةُ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ مَا هِيَ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ : مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ : هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً هِيَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ دَعَا إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَمَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ ، قَالَ طَلْحَةُ : هِيَ - وَاللَّهِ - هِيَ [ قَالَ عُمَرُ ] لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ .
رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Yahya bin Talhah narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) sad and asked: "What is the matter with you?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I know some words which, if a servant says them at the time of death, Allah Almighty will relieve his distress and make his complexion radiant, and he will see what pleases him.'" Then Sayyiduna Talhah said: "I could have asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, yet I still did not ask him about it." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I know what those words are." Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What are they?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Do you know of any word more excellent than the word to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invited his uncle (Abu Talib) near the time of his death?" Sayyiduna Talhah said: "That is it, by Allah, that is it." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is 'La ilaha illallah'."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3921
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