Chapter 115

What to say upon being told of the death of an enemy of Islam

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE IN the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd Honorific symbol who reported: “I came to the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Allah Honorific symbol has killed Abū Jahl.’ He said: ‘Praise be to Allah, Who has helped His servant and given glory to His religion.’” [1].
Arabic text from the source edition
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī naṣara ‘abdahu wa a‘azza dīnah.

References

[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (567). The narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ, except that Abū ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd did not hear hadiths from his father. Al-Futūḥāt (4/125).