Also Allah revealed to the Prophet (s) about Abu Talib...

Also Allah revealed to the Prophet (s) about Abu Talib: (Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guide whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way)." (1) From Harmala bin Yahya at-Tajeebi, from Abdullah bin Wahab, from Younus, from ibn Shihab, from Sa'eed bin al-Mussayab, from his father: "When Abu Talib was dying, the Prophet (s) came to him ...

etc." (2) From Muhammad bin Abbad and ibn Abu Omar, from Marwan, from Yazeed bin Kayssan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayra: "The Prophet (s) said to his uncle when he was dying: "Say: there is no god but Allah so that I witness to you with it in the Day of Resurrection." He refused. Then Allah revealed: (Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way).

(3) From Muhammad bin Hatim bin Maymoon, from Yahya bin Sa'eed, from Yazeed bin Sa'eed, from Yazeed bin Kayssan, from Abu Hazim al-Ashja'iy, from Abu Hurayra: "The Prophet (s) said to his uncle: "Say: there is no god but Allah so that I witness to you with it in the Day of Resurrection." Abu Talib said: "I fear that Quraysh may blame me.

They may say that he is forced by fearing death to say that, otherwise I will delight your eyes with it." Then Allah revealed: (Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way). (4) The Narrators of the First Three Traditions We started with the narrators of the first three traditions for some reasons: ____________ 1 Al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol.3 p.107. 2 Muslim's Sahih, vol.1 p.40. 3 Ibid p.41.

4 Ibid Among the narrators of the first traditions there was Iss~haq bin Ibraheem, whose name was incomplete. There were many persons having this name. We didn't know which one he was. Was he Iss~haq bin Ibraheem, the weak (unreliable)? Or whose sheikh was unregarded? Or who was not trusty? Or whom ath-Thahabi didn't know and who was considered as liar by ibn Adiy and al-Azdi because of fabricating traditions? Or about whom al-Hakim and ad-Darqutni said: he was not reliable?

Or about whom an-Nassa'iy said that he was not trusty, Abu Dawood said that he was nothing and was considered at liar by the speaker of Him, (1) Muhammad bin Ouf at-Ta'iy? Or who narrated the denied traditions? Or who was left without paying any attention to his traditions?