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Mishkat al-MasabihExcellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet

Mishkat al-Masabih 5898

Chapter: Miracles - Section 1

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 5898

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَحِقَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَقْبَلُهُ» . فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَنَّهُ أَتَى الْأَرْضَ الَّتِي مَاتَ فِيهَا فَوَجَدَهُ مَنْبُوذًا فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا: دَفَنَّاهُ مِرَارًا فَلَمْ تَقْبَلْهُ الأَرْض. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

Anas said:

A man, who had acted as secretary to the Prophet apostatised from Islam and attached himself to the polytheists, so the Prophet said, "The earth will not accept him." Abu Talha told me he came to the land in which the man died and found him cast on the surface of the ground. He asked the reason and was told by the people that they had buried him several times, but that the earth would not accept him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Reported by Ahmad (No. 11769). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 5898).

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  • المجالسة وجواهر العلم للدينوري (2492)يُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ : غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا فَيَقُولُ : أَكْتُبُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : اكْتُبْ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ ، وَيُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ : عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ، فَيَقُولُ : أَكْتُبُ : سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : اكْتُبْ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ ، فَارْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ وَ
  • شرح السنة (3631)رَجُلا كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، وَقَدْ كَانَ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ ، جَدَّ فِينَا ، فَارْتَدَّ عَنِ الإِسْلامِ ، وَلَحِقَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ ، فَمَاتَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : إِنَّ الأَرْضَ لا تَقْبَلُهُ ، قَالَ أَنَسٌ :

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