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He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, tolerated from them what he would not tolerate from others
Umar ibn Al-Khattaab said:
“When ‘Abdullaah ibn Ubayy ibn Salool died, the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was called to pray over him. So when he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, stood, I went up quickly to him and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, are you going to pray over Ibn Ubayy, when he said such and such (bad thing about you) on a certain day?” I recounted some of what he had said. The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, smiled and said: ‘’’Umar, get away from me.” When I spoke to him persistently, he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “I have been given a choice and I have chosen. If I knew that he would be forgiven if I increased more than seventy times, I would have increased
(referring to the verse 80 of Chapter 9)
«And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muhammad], over any of them who have died [ever] or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.»
[Quran: 9:84]
Later I was amazed at my audacity towards the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, that day, and Allah and His Messenger know best.”
Ibn Hajar said: “So the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, endured the way ‘Umar spoke to him in that situation, and he only turned to him and smiled.”