Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29259

Mahmoud bin Ghaylan narrated to us, Waki’ narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Abu Al-Khalil, Kufa on the authority of Ali, he said, I heard a man, He asks forgiveness for his parents while they were polytheists. So I said to him, “Do you ask forgiveness for your parents while they were polytheists?” He said, “Didn’t Abraham ask for forgiveness?” to his father, and he was a polytheist, so I mentioned that to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and it was revealed: (It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists) Abu Issa said, “This is a good hadith.” He said, “And in this chapter, on the authority of Sa’id bin Al-Musayyab, on the authority of his father.”