Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 12210 — A man whose polytheist relative dies

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: A Christian man died, and his son handed him over to the people of his religion. When this was mentioned to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: "There would have been no harm on him if he had gone along with him, buried him, and sought forgiveness for him as long as he (the father) was alive." Then he recited this verse: "And Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was not (except because of a promise he had made to him)" [al-Tawbah: 114].