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Bayhaqi 16892 — Those who said: He is asked to repent three times

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، قَالُوا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَهُمْ، أَنَّهُمْ " كَانُوا مَعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَدْ فَرَّ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ فَأَقَالَهُ الْإِسْلَامَ فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ فَرَّ الثَّانِيَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَأَقَالَهُ الْإِسْلَامَ فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ فَرَّ الثَّالِثَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَنَزَعَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلًا} [النساء: ١٣٧]، فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ فِي إِسْنَادِ هَذِهِ الْآثَارِ ضَعْفٌ، وَالْآيَةُ وَارِدَةٌ فِيمَنْ ثَبَتَ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا بِإِسْنَادٍ مُرْسَلٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَتَابَ نَبْهَانَ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَلْحَقُ ⦗٣٦١⦘ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَظَاهِرُ الْأَخْبَارِ الصَّحِيحَةِ فِيمَا يُحْقَنُ بِهِ الدَّمُ، يَشْهَدُ لِهَذَا الْمُرْسَلُ وَيُوَافِقُهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Abu Ali al-Hamdani said: A man who had apostatised was brought to Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him). He invited him to Islam and he became a Muslim, but then he apostatised again. When this happened three times, he cited this verse as proof: "Indeed, those who believed, then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, then increased in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them, nor guide them to a way" [Surah al-Nisa: 137], and had him killed.
There is weakness in the chains of these reports, and the verse concerns one who remains firm upon disbelief. We have narrated with a mursal chain that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Nabhan to repent four times, each time after he had joined the polytheists; and the apparent meaning of the authentic reports about what protects (a person's) blood supports this mursal report and agrees with it. And Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب المرتد / 16892
Hadith Grading محدثین: ضعيف
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