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Musnad Ahmad 187 (Book 2, Hadith 104) #33879
The Comfort of Saying Shahada at Death

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of saying the shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith) when one is dying, as it will provide comfort and provision for them in the afterlife.

It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: I heard 'Umar bin al-Khattab say to Talhah bin'Ubaidullah: Why do I see you looking unkempt and dusty since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died? Perhaps you were upset about your cousin becoming caliph? He said: Allah forbid! I am the most unlikely among you to feel like that, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'I know a word which, if a man says it when dying his soul will find rest and provision when it comes out from his body and it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection". I did not ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it and he did not tell me it. This is what has been upsetting me'.Umar said: I know what it is. He said: To Allah be praise! What is it? He said: It is the word that he said to his uncle: La ilaha illallah. Talhah said: You are right.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ لِطَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ شَعِثْتَ وَاغْبَرَرْتَ مُنْذُ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَلَّكَ سَاءَكَ يَا طَلْحَةُ إِمَارَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَجْدَرُكُمْ أَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ حَضْرَةِ الْمَوْتِ إِلَّا وَجَدَ رُوحَهُ لَهَا رَوْحًا حِينَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنِي بِهَا فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي دَخَلَنِي قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُهَا قَالَ فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ فَمَا هِيَ قَالَ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا لِعَمِّهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ صَدَقْتَ‏.‏
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QUICK LESSONS:
Say shahada at deathbed .
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the importance of saying the shahada, or Islamic declaration of faith, when one is dying. It was narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah that he heard Umar bin al-Khattab speaking to Talhah bin'Ubaidullah about why he looked unkempt and dusty since the death of Prophet Muhammad. Talhah said that what was upsetting him was not his cousin becoming caliph but rather something else - he had heard Prophet Muhammad say that if a man says a certain word when they are dying their soul will find rest and provision in the afterlife and it will be light for them on Judgment Day. Umar then revealed that this word was la ilaha illallah - there is no god but Allah - which Talhah confirmed as being correct. This hadith thus speaks to how important it is to say this phrase when one dies, as it will bring comfort and provision in their afterlife journey.

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