Umar said, When Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul died, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was called to pray over him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose, I sprang up to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, are you going to pray over Ibn Ubayy, when he said such and such on such a day?" And I began listing his statements against him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said, "Step aside, Umar."When I kept pressing him, he said, "I was given a choice, so I chose. If I knew that by exceeding seventy he would be forgiven, I would exceed it."Umar continued, So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over him and then departed. Only a short while passed before the two verses of Baraah were revealed, "And never pray over any of them who has died" up to His words, "and they were rebellious" [Tawbah 9:84].Umar said, Afterward I was astonished at my own boldness toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah and His Messenger know best.
لما مات عبد الله بن أبي ابن سلول دعي له رسول الله ﷺ ليصلى عليه، فلما قام رسول الله ﷺ وثبت إليه، فقلت: يا رسول الله أتصلي على ابن أبي؟ وقد قال يوم كذا كذا وكذا، قال: أعدد عليه قوله، فتبسم رسول الله ﷺ، وقال: أخر عني يا عمر فلما أكثرت عليه قال: إني خيرت فاخترت، لو أعلم أني إن زدت على السبعين يغفر له لزدت عليها قال: فصلي عليه رسول الله ﷺ ثم انصرف، فلم يمكث إلا يسيرا حتى نزلت الآيتان من براءة {ولا تصل على أحد منهم مات أبدا} إلى قوله {وهم فسقون} [سورة التوبة: ٨٤] قال: فعجبت بعد من جرأتي على رسول الله ﷺ، والله ورسوله أعلم.
Bukhari narrated it in tafsir (4671) through several routes from Layth, who said, Aqeel narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, who said, Ubaydullah bin Abdullah informed me, from Ibn Abbas, from Umar bin Khattab, and he related it.