حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا الصَّفَا فَقَالَ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ قَالَ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي فَقَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا تَبًّا لَكَ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2544
it was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: One day the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) climbed as-Safa and said: "Ya sabahah, ya sabahah (be on your guard)!" Quraish gathered and said to him: What is the matter? He said: "Do you think if I told you that the enemy is about to attack you in the morning or the evening, would you believe me?" They said: Of course. He said: "I am a wamer to you of an imminent severe punishment." Abu Lahab said: Is it for this that you called us together? May you perish! Then Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet) and perish he!", to the end of the soorah [al-Masad 111].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020