Chapter Introduction
۱۳۷ ـ باب فى استحباب سؤال أهل المريض عن حاله
Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 137: About asking a Sick Person's Family for News about him
Hadith 465: Hadith 465
٤٦٥- عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا : أَن عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ له خَرَجَ من عند رَسُول الله صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ في وَجَعه الذي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ : يَا أَبَا الحَسَنِ ، كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : أَصْبَحَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ بَارِثًا ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ عَبّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ لَهُ : أَنْتَ وَاللَّهِ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثِ عَبْدُ الْعَصَا ، وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لِأَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَوْفَ يُتَوَفَّى مِنْ وَجَعه هَذَا ، إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ وُجُوهَ بَنِي عَبْدِ المطَّلِبِ عِنْدَ المَوْتِ اذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلْنَسْأَلْهُ فِيمَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ ، إِنْ كانَ فِينَا عَلِمْنَا ذلِكَ ، وَإِنْ كانَ في غَيْرِنَا عَلِمْنَاهُ ، فَأَوْصَى بِنَا . فَقَالَ عَلِي : إِنَّا والله لئن سَأَلْنَاهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَنَعَنَاهَا لاَ يُعْطِينَاهَا النَّاسُ بَعْدَهُ ، وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لا أَسْأَلُهَا رَسُولُ الله . رواه البخاري
Translation: 465. Narrated Abdoulah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): ' Ali bin Abu-Taleb came out of the house of
Translation: Allah's Messenger during his final illness. The people asked: " O Abul-Hasan! How is Allah's Messenger this morning? " Ali replied: " He has recovered with the Grace of Allah. " Abbas ibn Abdul-Mottaleb held him by the hand and said to him: " In three days you, by Allah, will be ruled (by somebody else), And by Allah, I feel that Allah's Messenger will die from this ailment of his, for I know how the faces of the offspring of Abdul-Mottaleb look at the time of their death. So let us go to Allah's Messenger and ask him who will take over the caliphate. If it is given to us we will know about it, and if it is given to somebody else, we will inform him so that he may tell the new ruler to take care of us. " Ali said: " By Allah, if we asked Allah's Messenger for it (the caliphate) and he refused to give it to us, the people will never give it to us after that. And by Allah, I will not ask Allah's Messenger for it. " (Bukhari)