Sahih al-Bukhari, 4671

Rapporté par ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab : Lorsque ‘Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul mourut, on appela le Messager d’Allah ﷺ pour qu’il prie sur lui. Quand le Messager d’Allah ﷺ se leva, je me précipitai vers lui et dis : « Ô Messager d’Allah, vas-tu prier sur Ibn Ubayy alors qu’il a dit telle et telle chose tel jour ? » Je lui rappelais ses paroles. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ sourit et dit : « Éloigne-toi de moi, ô ‘Umar ! » Mais quand j’insistai, il dit : « J’ai reçu le choix et j’ai choisi. Si je savais que si je demandais pardon pour lui plus de soixante-dix fois, il serait pardonné, je le ferais. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ pria donc sur lui puis s’en alla, et il ne tarda pas avant que ne soient révélés les deux versets de la sourate Bara’a : {Et ne prie jamais sur l’un d’eux qui meurt…} jusqu’à {et ils sont pervers}. Je m’étonnai ensuite d’avoir osé cela envers le Messager d’Allah ﷺ, et Allah et Son Messager savent mieux

Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:When `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was called in order to offer the funeral prayer for him. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up (to offer the prayer) I jumped towards him and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you offer the prayer for Ibn Ubai although he said so-and-so on such-and-such-a day?" I went on mentioning his sayings. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) smiled and said, "Keep away from me, O `Umar!" But when I spoke too much to him, he said, "I have been given the choice, and I have chosen (this) ; and if I knew that if I asked forgiveness for him more than seventy times, he would be forgiven, I would ask it for more times than that." So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for him and then left, but he did not stay long before the two Verses of Surat-Bara'a were revealed, i.e.:-- 'And never (O Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies.... and died in a state of rebellion.' (9.84) Later I was astonished at my daring to speak like that to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Allah and His Apostle know best