#2036

It was narrated that 'Ali said:"I heard a man praying for forgiveness for his parents who were idolaters, and I said: 'Are you praying for forgiveness for them even though they are idolators?" He said: 'Didn't Ibrahim pray for forgiveness for his father?' I went to the Prophet and told him about that, then the following revealed: And Ibrahim's (Abraham) invoking (of Allah) for his father's forgiveness was only because of a promise he (Ibrahim) had made to him (his father)." (Daif)

اخبرنا اسحاق بن منصور، قال حدثنا عبد الرحمن، عن سفيان، عن ابي اسحاق، عن ابي الخليل، عن علي، قال : سمعت رجلا، يستغفر لابويه وهما مشركان فقلت : اتستغفر لهما وهما مشركان فقال اولم يستغفر ابراهيم لابيه . فاتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكرت ذلك له فنزلت { وما كان استغفار ابراهيم لابيه الا عن موعدة وعدها اياه}