Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Ḥaleemah al-Sa`diyyah:
Ibn Is-ḥaaq reported that a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ said: O Messenger of
Allaah ‏!ﷺ Tell us about yourself. He ﷺ said: ❝Yes, I am the answer to the prayer
of my father, Ibraaheem ( السالم ), and the glad tidings of `Eesa ( ‏,(عليه and when
السالم
عليه
my mother became pregnant with me, she saw (a vision) that something, as if a light,
came out of her and illuminated the palaces in the land of Syria. I was breastfed in
the tribe of Banee Sa`d Ibn Bakr. While I was (playing) with my (foster) brother
behind our house where we used to pasture our sheep and goats, two men
approached me. They were wearing white clothes and were carrying a basin of gold
filled with ice. They took hold of me and cut open (my chest up to) my abdomen and
took out the heart. Then they cut opened my heart and extracted a black blood-clot
out of it and cast it away. Then they washed my heart and my chest with that ice till it
was cleansed. Then one of them said to his companion: “Weigh him against ten
This is how Imaam Ibn Katheer reported with the additional wording of al-Bukhaaree, except that the mentioning
of the thumb and fingers are not from the “Ṣaḥeeḥ”, but this is found in the narration of al-Ismaa`eelee, as
mentioned by Ibn Ḥajar.
But I (al-Albaanee) have removed this addition as it does not fulfill our condition. Firstly: It is a “Mursal” narration.
Secondly: Even if we find the chain to be uninterrupted, the person who saw the dream is still “Majhool”
(unknown), and there is no proof for his statement. Thirdly: It is a dream, and it has no value (i.e. it is not
considered as evidence), especially when it is about this Kaafir, Abu Lahab, about whom Allaah said:
‏﴿تَبَّت ‏ُُيَدَاُأَبِ‏ ‏َُُلََب ‏ُُوَتَبَُّ﴾‏
{Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he!} [Surah al-Masad (111): 1]
And this is why Ibn Ḥajar said: This narration indicates that a Kaafir may benefit from his good deeds in the
Hereafter, but this opposes the apparent meaning of the Qur’aan, as Allaah تعاىل said:
‏﴿وَقَدِم نَاُإِىلَىُُمَاُعَمِل واُمِن ‏ُُعَمَل ‏ُُفَجَعَل نَاهُُهَبَاءُُمَّنث ور ا﴾‏
{And We shall turn to whatever deeds they (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) did, and We shall make such
deeds as scattered floating particles of dust.} [Surah al-Furqaan (25): 23]
I (Ibn Ḥajar) respond by saying, firstly: this is “Mursal” narration of `Urwah and he did not mention the name of
the person who informed him of this. Even if we were to accept that the chain is uninterrupted; what is being
narrated is only a dream and it cannot be used as evidence (against the established Text). Moreover, the one who
had the dream, it is not clear if he had accepted Islaam at that time, and so he counted as evidence. Secondly:
even if we assume that it is acceptable, it can be based on what the Prophet ﷺ said specifically about Abu
Ṭaalib that the punishment was lessened for him and that he was removed from the depths of Hell to its shallow
parts. [Fatḥ al-Baaree (9/145)]
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