Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

I (Ibn Katheer) say: And it is in regards to this that Allaah تعاىل revealed:
‏﴿مَنُ‏ كَفَرُبِاللَّهُُِمِنُبَع دُُِإِْيَانِهُُِإِّلَُُّمَن ‏ُُأ ك رِهَُُوَقَل ب هُُم ط مَئِنٌُُّبِاْل ‏ِْيَانُُِوَلَىكِنُمَّنُشَرَحَُُبِال ك ف رُُِصَد ر اُفَعَلَي هِم ُُ
غَضَب ‏ُُمِّنَُُاللَّهُُِوََلَ‏ م ‏ُُعَذَاب ‏ُُعَظِيمُ﴾‏
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{Whoever disbelieved in Allaah after his belief, - except him who is forced (to
renounce his religion) while his heart is at rest with Faith 214 - but those who (willingly)
[TN: There is another supporting chain for this narration: `Uthmaan Ibn `Affaan رضيُاهللُعنه said: “Should I tell you
about `Ammaar? I was walking with the Messenger of Allaah ‏,ﷺ who was holding my hand, and we were
walking in al-Bat-ḥaa’ until he came to where his (`Ammaar’s) father and mother were being tortured. `Ammaar’s
father said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah! Are we going to be like this forever?’ The Prophet ﷺ said to him: ❝Be
patient.❞ Then he ﷺ said: ❝O Allaah! Forgive the family of Yaasir, and You have already done so.❞
[Musnad Aḥmad (439), but it is “Ḍha`eef” as it is interrupted (Inqitaa`). Saalem Ibn Abee al-Ja`d did not meet
‏.رضيُاهللُعنه `Uthmaan
Al-Ṭabaraanee also reported it in “al-Kabeer” (24/303) from `Uthmaan رضيُاهللُعنه that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Be
patient O family of Yaasir. Your promised place is the Paradise.❞ Al-Haithamee (9/293) said: “Reported by al-
Ṭabaraanee, but in its chain is someone who I don’t know.”]
214 I (al-Albaanee) say: It is unanimously agreed that this Aayah was revealed regarding `Ammaar, as mentioned
by al-Ḥaafiẓh Ibn Ḥajar in “al-Isaabah”. And there are many Aḥaadeeth regarding this which were recorded by al-
Suyooṭee in “al-Durr al-Manthoor” (4/132), but all of them are “Mursal”, except for the narration of Ibn `Abbaas
which was mentioned by Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Abee Ḥaatim, and Ibn Mardawaih, but he (al-Suyooṭee) did ‏,رضيُاهللُعنه
not mention it, nor did he report from the route of Ibn `Abbaas, as was his habit most of the time. I so wished
that this narration were “Ṣaḥeeḥ”, because of the incident which happened (with `Ammaar), but the knowledge
(and authentication) is not according to one’s wishes. And from these Aḥaadeeth is the one reported by al-
Ḥaakim in his “al-Mustadrak” (3362) and said that it is “Ṣaḥeeḥ”, and al-Dhahabee agreed with him, then this is
from their imagination, which I have explained in my checking of “Fiqh al-Seerah” (1/108).
[TN: The narration reported by al-Ḥaakim is as follows: Abu `Ubaidah Ibn Muḥammad Ibn `Ammaar Ibn Yaasir
reported from his father (i.e. Muḥammad Ibn `Ammaar) that he said: The Mushriks seized `Ammaar Ibn Yaasir and
did not let him go until he reviled the Prophet ﷺ and spoke well of their gods, then they let him go. When he
came to the Messenger of Allaah ‏,ﷺ he ﷺ asked: ❝What happened to you?❞ He said: “Something bad, O
Messenger of Allaah; I was not let go until I reviled you and spoke well of their gods.” He ﷺ said: ❝How do
you find your heart?❞ He said: “It is at rest with faith.” He ﷺ said: ❝If they do that again, do the same again
(as you did).❞
Then al-Ḥaakim said: “It is “Ṣaḥeeḥ” as per the condition of Shaikhain”, and al-Dhahabee agreed with him.
Shaikh al-Albaanee said in his checking of “Fiqh al-Seerah” (1/108): This is what they both said, and long ago I was
misled by what they had said. But their mistake has now become clear to me. A group of scholars have reported
this as a narration of Abee `Ubaidah from his father, but his father (Muḥammad Ibn `Ammaar) is a Taabi`ee and
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