The Story of the Man Who Attended the Janāzah of Bishr al-Marīsī
An example of the strong stance the Salaf took in opposing those who openly disbelieved in Allāh’s might.
The Story of the Man Who Attended the Janāzah of Bishr al-Marīsī
An example of the strong stance the Salaf took in opposing those who openly disbelieved in Allāh’s might.


When Bishr ibn Ghiyāth al-Marīsī died, not a single person from the people of knowledge and Sunnah attended his janāzah except for ʿUbayd al-Shūnīzī. So when he returned from the janāzah of al-Marīsī, Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah confronted him.
They said: O enemy of Allāh! You claim to be upon the Sunnah and the Jamāʾah but you attend the janāzah of al-Marīsī?
He replied: Allow me respite until I inform you! I have never attended a janāzah in which I hoped for [so much] reward as this janāzah. When he [Bishr al-Marīsī] was placed in the designated place for the janāzah, I stood up in the row and said:
O Allāh! This slave of yours used to disbelieve in [the believers] seeing you in the hereafter. O Allāh, blind him from seeing your face on the day the believers will see you.
O Allāh! This slave of yours used to disbelieve in the punishments of the grave. O Allāh, punish him this day—in his grave—with a punishment you have never punished anyone from the creation with.
O Allāh! This slave of yours used to disbelieve in the mīzān [scale]. O Allāh, lighten his scale on the Day of Judgement.
O Allāh! This slave of yours used to disbelieve in al-shafāʿah [intercession], O Allāh, let not anyone from your creation intercede for him on the Day of Judgement.
So upon hearing this, they [Ahl al-Sunnah] remained silent [i.e. they let him be] and laughed.
Source: Tārīkh Baghdād lil Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Tarjamat Bishr al-Marīsī al-Jahmī, Volume #7, Pg. 66.
Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī
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