The Account of Zayd Ibn ‘amr Ibn Nufayl
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 20
45- حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَزَّازُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ نُفَيْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ جَدَّهُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ أَبِيهِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو كَانَ كَمَا رَأَيْتَ وَ كَمَا بَلَغَكَ فَلَوْ أَدْرَكَكَ كَانَ آمَنَ بِكَ فَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ وَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ وَ كَانَ فِيمَا ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ يَطْلُبُ الدِّينَ فَمَاتَ وَ هُوَ فِي طَلَبِهِ ..
Narrated to us Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Husain Bazzaz that: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yaqoob bin Yusuf: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Abdul Jabbar from Yunus bin Bukair from Masudi from Nufayl bin Hisham from his father that his grandfather, Saeed bin Zaid that he asked the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم about his father, Zaid bin Amr:
“O Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Zaid bin Amr was as you have seen. He had heard the reports about you and if he had reached you he would have accepted faith. Shall we pray for his forgiveness? The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: Yes, you must pray for his forgiveness. On the Judgment Day he will be raised as a complete community. He had belief (in me) and was in search of the true religion; and he died while in pursuit for it.”
“O Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Zaid bin Amr was as you have seen. He had heard the reports about you and if he had reached you he would have accepted faith. Shall we pray for his forgiveness? The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: Yes, you must pray for his forgiveness. On the Judgment Day he will be raised as a complete community. He had belief (in me) and was in search of the true religion; and he died while in pursuit for it.”