38. THE DEATH OF ‘ABDULLAH IBN UBAYY, MAY ALLAH DISFIGURE HIM
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq related on the authority of Usamah Ibn Zaid who narrated: Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, went to visit ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy during his illness from which he eventually died. When Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw in him the sign of death, he said: “By Allah, I used to warn you against loving the Jews.”
On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar who narrated that when ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy died, his son ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abdullah came to Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who gave his shirt to him and ordered him to shroud his father in it. Then he stood up to offer the funeral prayer for the deceased, but ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, took hold of his garment and said: “Would you offer the funeral prayer for him though he was a hypocrite and Allah has forbidden you to ask forgiveness for the hypocrites?” The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Allah has given me the choice (or Allah has informed me) saying: “Whether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness forthem … (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness … Allah will not forgive them” (Soorah At-Tawbah 9.80)
Then he added: “I will (appeal to Allah for his sake) more than seventy times.” So Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, offered the funeral prayer for him and we also offered the prayer along with him. Then Allah revealed: “And never (O Muhammad) pray (funeral prayer) for any of them (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave. Certainly,they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger”. (Soorah At-Tawbah 9:84)
On the authority of Jabir Ibn ‘Abdullah who narrated that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came to the dead body of ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy after it had been placed in his grave. He ordered that he be taken out of the grave) and he was taken out. Then he placed him on his knees and threw some of his saliva on him and clothed him in his (the Prophet’s) own shirt.And Allah (SWT) knows best (why he did so). A similar narration is recorded in Saheeh Al-Bukhari indicating that he gave him his shirt as compensation as he had given his own shirt to ‘Abbas when he arrived in Madinah because no shirt fit him except that of ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy. Ibn Ishaq related that the Ghazwah of Tabook was the last battle that was fought by Allah’s Messenger.
By: Ibn Katheer
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