Sahih Muslim, 132

Rapporté par Sa’id ibn Musayyib, d’après son père رضي الله عنه : Lorsque Abu Talib était sur le point de mourir, le Messager d’Allah ﷺ est venu le voir. Il y avait auprès de lui Abu Jahl et Abdullah ibn Abi Umayya ibn al-Mughira. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ a dit : « Mon oncle, dis simplement qu’il n’y a de dieu qu’Allah, et je témoignerai devant Allah en ta faveur. » Abu Jahl et Abdullah ibn Abi Umayya lui ont dit : « Abu Talib, vas-tu abandonner la religion d’Abdul-Muttalib ? » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ n’a cessé de lui demander, tandis qu’eux répétaient la même chose, jusqu’à ce qu’Abu Talib donne sa décision finale : il resta sur la religion d’Abdul-Muttalib et refusa de dire qu’il n’y a de dieu qu’Allah. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ dit alors : « Par Allah, je demanderai pardon pour toi tant que cela ne me sera pas interdit. » C’est alors qu’Allah, le Majestueux et le Glorieux, révéla ce verset : « Il n’appartient pas au Prophète ni à ceux qui croient de demander pardon pour les polythéistes, même s’ils sont des proches, après qu’il leur a été clairement montré qu’ils sont les gens de l’Enfer » (Coran 9:113). Et il fut dit au Messager d’Allah ﷺ : « Tu ne guides pas celui que tu aimes, mais c’est Allah qui guide qui Il veut, et Il connaît mieux ceux qui sont bien guidés » (Coran 28:)

It is reported by Sa'id b. Musayyib who narrated it on the authority of his father (Musayyib b. Hazm) that when Abu Talib was about to die, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to him and found with him Abu Jahl ('Amr b. Hisham) and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya ibn al-Mughirah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:My uncle, you just make a profession that there is no god but Allah, and I will bear testimony before Allah (of your being a believer), Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya addressing him said: Abu Talib, would you abandon the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) constantly requested him (to accept his offer), and (on the other hand) was repeated the same statement (of Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya) till Abu Talib gave his final decision and be stuck to the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib and refused to profess that there is no god but Allah. Upon this the Messenger of Allah remarked: By Allah, I will persistently beg pardon for you till I am forbidden to do so (by God), It was then that Allah, the Magnificent and the Glorious, revealed this verse: " It is not meet for the Prophet and for those who believe that they should beg pardon for the polytheists, even though they were their kith and kin, after it had been made known to them that they were the denizens of Hell" (ix. 113) And it was said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will, and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii)