to a faction of them, and they ask your permission to go out, then say: "You will never go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy."
His saying the Exalted: "Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind." And "al-khalifin" (those who stay behind): [they are] the men.
His saying the Exalted: "And do not pray over any one of them who has died - ever."
10205 - Abu 'Ubayd Allah, the nephew of Ibn Wahb, narrated to us, Shu'ayb ibn al-Layth narrated to us, al-Layth ibn Sa'd informed me, from 'Aqil ibn Khalid, from al-Zuhri, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utbah, from Ibn 'Abbas, from 'Umar that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, will you pray over Ibn Ubayy, and he said on such and such a day [this and that]?"—counting off some of his sayings. He said: "So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed over him, then he turned away. He did not remain but a short while until the [verses of] condemnation were revealed in [Surat] Bara'ah: 'And do not pray over any one of them who has died - ever, and do not stand at his grave.'"
10206 - My father narrated to us, Musaddad and Hammad ibn Zadhan narrated to us, they said: Yahya narrated to us, from 'Ubayd Allah, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar: "When 'Abd Allah ibn Ubayy died, his son came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said: 'Give me your shirt so that I may shroud him in it, and pray over him, and ask forgiveness for him.' He gave him his shirt, then said: 'Inform me [when he is ready] so that I may pray over him.' He informed him. When he intended to pray over him, 'Umar pulled him and said: 'Has Allah not forbidden you to pray over the hypocrites?!' He said: 'I am between two choices: "Ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them; if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them."' So he prayed over him, then it was revealed: 'And do not pray over any one of them who has died - ever, and do not stand at his grave.' So he abandoned praying over them."
His saying the Exalted: "And do not stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient."
10207 - Yazid ibn Sinan al-Basri, a resident of Egypt, narrated to us, 'Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham narrated to us, Ziyad ibn 'Abd Allah, meaning al-Bakka'i, narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, he said: al-Zuhri narrated to us, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utbah ibn Mas'ud, from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: "I heard 'Umar ibn al-Khattab say: 'When 'Abd Allah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul died, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was called to pray over him, he stood...'
