Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثنا مُحَمد بن عَبد الرحيم قَال حَدَّثنا زكريا بن عَدِيّ قَال حَدَّثنا عُبَيد اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرو عَن عَبد الْكَرِيمِ عَن عِكْرِمة عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِي اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يُصَلِّي لأَطِأَنَّ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ هُوَ ذَاكَ هُوَ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَاهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم لَوْ فَعَلَ لأَخَذَتْهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ عَيَانًاوَلَوْ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَمَاتُوا اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم لَوْ فَعَلَ لأَخَذَتْهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ عَيَانًاوَلَوْ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَمَاتُوا
English Translation
Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, he said: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be well pleased with them both), who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was asked about a child who had died. He said: «Allah knows best what they would have done.» And through another chain from Habib ibn Abi Thabit from Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Ibn Abbas from the Prophet with a similar meaning.