صحيح الادب المفرد
Sahih Adab al-Mufrad
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باب لا يستغفر لأبيه المشرك
Not seeking forgiveness for a polytheist father
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Hadith 17
17/23 (حسن الإسناد) عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ} [الإسراء: 24] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا} [الإسراء: 24] فَنَسَخَتْهَا الْآيَةُ فِي بَرَاءَةَ: {مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ} [التوبة: 113] .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: «إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاَهُمَا فَلاَ تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ» "If one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them 'uff'..." up to His saying: «كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا» "...as they brought me up when I was small." This was abrogated by the verse of Surah Bara’ah: «مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ» "It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they are close relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are the companions of the Fire."
