Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

except Allaah and that you are the Messenger of Allaah.” The Prophet said (to the
Companions): ❝Stop the Jew (the father) from (taking charge of) your brother (in
Islaam).❞ The Prophet then personally took care of the boy’s funeral and led the
funeral prayer over him.”
(Ibn Katheer said): The chain of this Ḥadeeth is “Jayyid” (excellent) 108 and it is
109 ‏.رضيُاهللُعنه supported by a similar Ḥadeeth in the “Ṣaḥeeḥ” from the narration of Anas
Abu al-Qaasim al-Baghawee reported from his chain, that Faltaan Ibn `Aaṣim narrated
that his maternal uncle said: I was sitting with the Messenger ﷺ when he gazed over
at a certain man, a Jew wearing a shirt, trousers, and sandals. Faltaan added: The
Prophet ﷺ began talking to him, so he (the Jew in return was) saying: ‘O Messenger
of Allaah!’ So the Prophet ﷺ asked: ❝Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger
of Allaah?❞ He said: ‘No!’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Do you read the Taurah?❞ He
said: ‘Yes!’ The Prophet ﷺ asked: ❝Do you read the Injeel?❞ He said: ‘Yes!’ The
Prophet ﷺ asked: ❝and (do you read) the Qur’aan?❞ He said: ‘No! But if you wish,
I will read it.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝In what you read of the Taurah and the Injeel,
do you find my (description in them) as a Prophet?❞ He said: ‘We do find your
description and your place of origin (mentioned in them). But at the time of your
advent, we were hoping that you will be one of us (i.e. a Jew). But when we saw you we
realized that you are not him (the promised one).’ The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:
❝And why is that, O Jew?❞ He replied: ‘We find that it is written: “Seventy thousand
people from his Ummah will enter the Jannah without rendering any account.” But we
ﷺ do not see with you except only a small group of people.’ The Messenger of Allaah
said: ❝My Ummah 110 will be far greater than seventy thousand and seventy
thousand.❞
108 Musnad Aḥmad (23492) and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in “al-Ṣaḥeeḥah” (3269)
109 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): He (Ibn Katheer) is pointing towards the Ḥadeeth reported by al-Bukhaaree in his
“Ṣaḥeeḥ” (1356):
ﷺ and he became sick. So the Prophet ﷺ Narrated Anas: A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet
went to visit him. He sat near his head and asked him to embrace Islaam. The boy looked at his father, who was
sitting there; he (the father) told the boy to obey Abul-Qaasim (meaning: the Prophet) and the boy embraced
Islaam. The Prophet ﷺ came out saying: ❝Praises be to Allaah Who saved the boy from the Hell-fire.❞
[TN: In Sunan Abu Dawood (3095) the wording is: ❝Praises be to Allaah Who saved the boy through me from
the Hell-fire.❞ and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
110 I (al-Albaanee) say: meaning: those people who will enter the Jannah without rendering any account. In
Musnad al-Bazzaar (3700) and others, the wording is: ❝By the One (Allaah) in whose Hand is my soul! Indeed, I
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