عن أبي هريرة أن رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ قال: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لا يَسْمَعُ بِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ هذِهِ الأُمَّةِ يَهُودِيٌّ وَلا نَصْرَانِيٌّ، ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ: إِلَّا كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ» رواه مسلم
Abu Hurayrah narrated that:
God’s Messenger (peace be upon him said: By Him who holds Muhammad’s soul in His hand, anyone in this nation who hears of me, whether Jew or Christian,and then dies without believing in what I have been sent with, shall be among the dwellers in the Fire.
Related by Muslim, 250.
‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr belonged to the Daws tribe, a branch of the major Arabian tribe of Azd. The Daws used to live at Maʼrib, but later dispersed and lived in different areas. He embraced Islam in Year 7 AH, 629 CE, moving to Madinah and remaining close to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He was very keen to acquire Islamic knowledge and memorize the hadith. He narrated the largest number of the Prophet’s hadiths. He died in Madinah in Year 58 AH, 678 CE.
