Umar reported, "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 on such a day he said such and such?'" Umar went on listing his statements against him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said, "Stand aside, Umar."When I persisted with him, he said, "I was given a choice, and I made my choice. If I knew that by exceeding seventy times he would be forgiven, I would have exceeded it."Umar continued, "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over him and then left. Only a short while passed before the two verses of Baraah were revealed, 'And never pray over any of them who has died' down to His words, 'and they are rebellious' [Tawba 9:84]."Umar said, "Afterward I was amazed at my own boldness toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Allah and His Messenger know best."
لما مات عبد الله بن أبي ابن سلول دعي له رسول الله ﷺ ليصلي 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: فصلى 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 فاسقون} [التوبة: ٨٤] قال: فعجبت بعد من جرأتي على رسول الله ﷺ، والله ورسوله أعلم.
Bukhari narrated it in the tafsir (4671) from Yahya bin Bukayr, who said, Layth narrated to us, from Aqeel. Others said, Layth narrated to me, Aqeel narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, who said, Ubaydullah bin Abdullah informed me, from Ibn Abbas, from Umar bin Khattab, who said, and then he mentioned it.