حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنِ
النَّضْرِ أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنْ
عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ , أَوْ بِعُمَرَ " ، قَالَ : فَأَصْبَحَ فَغَدَا عُمَرُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْلَمَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا غَرِيبٌ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ، وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي النَّضْرِ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَهُوَ يَرْوِي مَنَاكِيرَ .
´Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:` that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "O Allah honor Islam through Abu Jahl bin Hisham or through 'Umar bin Al-Khattab." He said: "So it happened that 'Umar came the next day to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and accepted Islam."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Nadr bin Abdur Rahman Abu Umar al-Khazzaz is a narrator who has been abandoned (matruk), and Imam Tirmidhi has also mentioned weakness for this very reason.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3683