95. The illness of the Messenger of God ﷺ in the house of ʿĀʾishah

Sirat Ibn Hisham 1639No grade recorded
[ كَلِمَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَاخْتِصَاصُهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِالذِّكْرِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، ثُمَّ كَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى أَصْحَابِ أُحُدٍ، وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمْ، فَأَكْثَرَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ خَيَّرَهُ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَيْنَ مَا عِنْدَهُ، فَاخْتَارَ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: فَفَهِمَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعَرَفَ أَنَّ نَفْسَهُ يُرِيدُ، فَبَكَى وَقَالَ: بَلْ نَحْنُ نَفْدِيكَ بِأَنْفُسِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا، فَقَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اُنْظُرُوا هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابَ اللَّافِظَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسُدُّوهَا إلَّا بَيْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَفْضَلَ فِي الصُّحْبَةِ عِنْدِي يَدًا مِنْهُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُرْوَى: إلَّا بَابَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ آلِ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ يَوْمئِذٍ فِي كَلَامِهِ هَذَا: فَإِنِّي لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ الْعِبَادِ خَلِيلًا لَاِتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، وَلَكِنْ صُحْبَةٌ وَإِخَاءُ إيمَانٍ حَتَّى يَجْمَعَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا عِنْدَهُ
✧ [A word of the Prophet ﷺ and his singling out Abū Bakr for mention] Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Zuhrī said: Ayyūb b. Bashīr narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with his head bandaged until he sat on the minbar. Then the first thing he spoke was to pray over the martyrs of Uḥud and ask forgiveness for them, and he prayed over them at length. Then he said: "A servant among Allah's servants whom Allah gave the choice between this world and what is with Him, and he chose what is with Allah." He said: Abū Bakr understood it and knew that he meant himself, so he wept and said: "Rather, we ransom you with our own selves and our children." He said: "Gently, O Abū Bakr." Then he said: "Look at these doors opening into the mosque, and close them except the house of Abū Bakr, for I know no one who was more excellent in companionship toward me than him." Ibn Hishām said: It is also related: "except the door of Abū Bakr." Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to me from some of the family of Abū Saʿīd b. al-Muʿallā that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that day in this speech of his: "If I were to take a close friend from among the servants, I would take Abū Bakr as a close friend, but it is companionship and brotherhood of faith until Allah gathers us together with Him."
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1640No grade recorded
[ أَمْرُ الرَّسُولِ بِإِنْفَاذِ بَعْثِ أُسَامَةَ ] وَقَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ الْعُلَمَاءِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَبْطَأَ النَّاسَ فِي بَعْثِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، وَهُوَ فِي وَجَعِهِ، فَخَرَجَ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَقَدْ كَانَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا فِي إمْرَةِ أُسَامَةَ: أَمَّرَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا عَلَى جِلَّةِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ. فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَنْفِذُوا بَعْثَ أُسَامَةَ، فَلِعَمْرِي لَئِنْ قُلْتُمْ فِي إمَارَتِهِ لَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ فِي إمَارَةِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَخَلِيقٌ لِلْإِمَارَةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبُوهُ لَخَلِيقًا لَهَا قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَانْكَمَشَ النَّاسُ فِي جَهَازِهِمْ، اسْتَعَزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعُهُ، فَخَرَجَ أُسَامَةُ، وَخَرَجَ جَيْشُهُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى نَزَلُوا الْجُرْفَ، مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى فَرْسَخٍ، فَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَسْكَرَهُ، وَتَتَامَّ إلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، وَثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَقَامَ أُسَامَةُ وَالنَّاسُ، لِيَنْظُرُوا مَا اللَّهُ قَاضٍ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ [The Messenger's command to dispatch Usāmah's expedition] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr and other scholars, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deemed the people slow in dispatching the expedition of Usāmah b. Zayd while he was in his illness. He came out with his head bandaged and sat upon the pulpit. The people had spoken about the command of Usāmah, saying: "He has put a young lad in command over the leading men of the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār." He praised Allah and lauded Him as is His due, then said: "O people, carry out the expedition of Usāmah. By my life, if you speak about his command, you have indeed spoken about the command of his father before him. He is truly worthy of command, and his father was truly worthy of it." He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended, and the people hastened in their preparations. The illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intensified, so Usāmah went out, and his army went out with him until they camped at al-Jurf, one farsakh from Madinah. He pitched his camp there, and the people kept assembling to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew worse, so Usāmah and the people stayed to see what Allah would decree regarding the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1641No grade recorded
[ وَصِيَّةُ الرَّسُولِ بِالْأَنْصَارِ ] وَقَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ صَلَّى وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَصْحَابِ أُحُدٍ، وَذَكَرَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ مَا ذَكَرَ مَعَ مَقَالَتِهِ يَوْمئِذٍ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، اسْتَوْصُوا بِالْأَنْصَارِ خَيْرًا، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزِيدُونَ، وَإِنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهَا لَا تَزِيدُ، وَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عَيْبَتِي الَّتِي أَوَيْتُ إلَيْهَا، فَأَحْسِنُوا إلَى مُحْسِنِهِمْ، وَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ مُسِيئِهِمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَدَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَتَتَامَّ بِهِ وَجَعُهُ، حَتَّى غُمِرَ
✧ [The Messenger's testament concerning the Anṣār] Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik related to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day he prayed and sought forgiveness for the companions of Uḥud, and mentioned of their affair what he mentioned, along with his statement on that day: "O company of the Muhājirūn, enjoin good treatment of the Anṣār, for the people are increasing, while the Anṣār, as they are now, are not increasing. They were my close companions (ʿaybah) with whom I took refuge, so be good to the good ones among them and overlook the wrongdoers among them." ʿAbd Allāh said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended, entered his house, and his illness intensified until he was overcome.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1642No grade recorded
[ شَأْنُ اللُّدُودِ ] قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: فَاجْتَمَعَ إلَيْهِ نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ: أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ، وَمَيْمُونَةُ، وَنِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، مِنْهُنَّ أَسَمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ، وَعِنْدَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ عَمُّهُ، فَأَجْمَعُوا أَنْ يَلُدُّوهُ، وَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: لَأَلُدَّنَّهُ. قَالَ: فَلَدُّوهُ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: مَنْ صَنَعَ هَذَا بِي ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، عَمُّكَ، قَالَ: هَذَا دَوَاءٌ أَتَى بِهِ نِسَاءٌ جِئْنَ مِنْ نَحْوِ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ، وَأَشَارَ نَحْوَ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ؛ قَالَ: وَلِمَ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ عَمُّهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: خَشِينَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِكَ ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ، فَقَالَ: إنَّ ذَلِكَ لَدَاءٌ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِيَقْذِفَنِي بِهِ، لَا يَبْقَ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ إلَّا لُدَّ إلَّا عَمِّي، فَلَقَدْ لُدَّتْ مَيْمُونَةُ وَإِنَّهَا لَصَائِمَةٌ، لِقَسَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، عُقُوبَةً لَهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا بِهِ
✧ Regarding the matter of the ludud. ʿAbd Allāh said: Some of his wives gathered around him: Umm Salamah, Maymūnah, and some women of the Muslims, among them Asmāʾ bt. ʿUmays, while his uncle al-ʿAbbās was with him. They agreed to give him the ludud, and al-ʿAbbās said: I shall certainly give him the ludud. He said: So they gave him the ludud. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regained consciousness, he said: Who did this to me? They said: O Messenger of Allah, your uncle. He said: This is a remedy brought by women who came from the direction of that land, and he pointed toward the land of Abyssinia. He said: Why did you do that? His uncle al-ʿAbbās said: We feared, O Messenger of Allah, that you had pleurisy. He said: That is a disease with which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, would not afflict me. Let no one remain in the house without being given the ludud, except my uncle. For Maymūnah was indeed given the ludud while she was fasting, due to the oath of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as a punishment for what they had done to him.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1643No grade recorded
[ دُعَاءُ الرَّسُولِ لِأُسَامَةَ بِالْإِشَارَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا ثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَبَطْتُ وَهَبَطَ النَّاسُ مَعِي إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَقَدْ أُصْمِتَ فَلَا يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَجَعَلَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَهُ إلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَضَعُهَا عَلَيَّ، فَأَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو لِي قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَثِيرًا مَا أَسْمَعُهُ يَقُولُ: إنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْبِضْ نَبِيًّا حَتَّى يُخَيِّرْهُ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلِمَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: بَلْ الرَّفِيقُ الْأَعْلَى مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: إذًا وَاَللَّهِ لَا يَخْتَارُنَا، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُولُ لَنَا: إنَّ نَبِيًّا لَمْ يُقْبَضْ حَتَّى يُخَيَّرَ
✧ [The Messenger's supplication for Usāmah by gesture] Ibn Isḥāq said: Saʿīd b. ʿUbayd b. al-Sabbāq narrated to me, from Muḥammad b. Usāmah, from his father Usāmah b. Zayd, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, I descended, and the people descended with me to al-Madinah. I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he had been rendered speechless, so he was not speaking. He began raising his hand toward the sky, then placing it upon me, and I knew that he was supplicating for me. Ibn Isḥāq said: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī said: ʿUbayd b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtbah narrated to me, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ often—I used to hear him say: "Allah does not take a prophet until He gives him the choice." She said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was near death, the last word I heard from him was his saying: "Nay, the Highest Companion, from Paradise." She said: I said: Then, by Allah, he will not choose us. And I knew that it was what he used to say to us: "A prophet is not taken until he is given the choice."
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1644No grade recorded
[ صَلَاةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِالنَّاسِ ] قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَحَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: لَمَّا اُسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، إنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ، ضَعِيفُ الصَّوْتِ، كَثِيرُ الْبُكَاءِ إذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: مُرُوهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَتْ: فَعُدْتُ بِمِثْلِ قَوْلِي، فَقَالَ: إنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ، فَمُرُوهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ إلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصْرَفَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يُحِبُّونَ رَجُلًا قَامَ مَقَامَهُ أَبَدًا، وَأَنَّ النَّاسَ سَيَتَشَاءَمُونَ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ حَدَثٍ كَانَ، فَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصْرَفَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَمَعَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا اُسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، قَالَ: دَعَاهُ بَلَالٌ إلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: مُرُوا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ. وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ غَائِبًا؛ فَقُلْتُ: قُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ قَالَ: فَقَامَ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ، سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَهُ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ رَجُلًا مِجْهَرًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَأَيْنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ، يَأْبَى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ. قَالَ: فَبُعِثَ إلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَجَاءَ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَلَّى عُمَرُ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ: قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَمَعَةَ: قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ: وَيْحَكَ، مَاذَا صَنَعْتُ بِي يَا بْنَ زَمَعَةَ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا ظَنَنْتُ حِينَ أَمَرْتنِي إلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَكَ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنِّي حِينَ لَمْ أَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَأَيْتُكَ أَحَقَّ مَنْ حَضَرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ بِالنَّاسِ
✧ [Abū Bakr's leading the people in prayer] Al-Zuhrī said: And Ḥamzah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar related to me that ʿĀʾishah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, he said: "Command Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer." She said: I said: "O Prophet of Allah, Abū Bakr is a tender-hearted man, weak of voice, and weeps much when he recites the Qurʾān." He said: "Command him to lead the people in prayer." She said: I repeated the like of my words, and he said: "You are indeed the companions of Joseph; so command him to lead the people in prayer." She said: By Allah, I did not say that except because I wished that it be turned away from Abū Bakr, and I knew that the people would never love a man who stood in his place, and that the people would regard him as an ill omen in every event that occurred; so I wished that it be turned away from Abū Bakr. Ibn Isḥāq said: And Ibn Shihāb said: ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abī Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām related to me, from his father, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Zamaʿah b. al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Asad, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, and I was with him among a group of the Muslims, he said: Bilāl called him to prayer, and he said: "Command someone to lead the people in prayer." He said: So I went out and found ʿUmar among the people, while Abū Bakr was absent; so I said: "Rise, O ʿUmar, and lead the people in prayer." He said: So he rose, and when he said the takbīr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard his voice, for ʿUmar was a man with a loud voice. He said: So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Where is Abū Bakr? Allah and the Muslims refuse that; Allah and the Muslims refuse that." He said: So someone was sent to Abū Bakr, and he came after ʿUmar had prayed that prayer, and then he led the people in prayer. He said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Zamaʿah said: ʿUmar said to me: "Woe to you, what have you done to me, O Ibn Zamaʿah? By Allah, when you ordered me, I thought only that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had ordered you to do that; and had it not been for that, I would not have led the people in prayer." He said: I said: "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not order me to do that; but when I did not see Abū Bakr, I considered you the most entitled of those present to lead the people in prayer."
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1645No grade recorded
[ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي قَبَضَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ نَبِيَّهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ: أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ الَّذِي قَبَضَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ، خَرَجَ إلَى النَّاسِ، وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ الصُّبْحَ، فَرَفَعَ السِّتْرَ، وَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَامَ عَلَى بَابِ عَائِشَةَ، فَكَادَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُفْتَتَنُونَ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ فَرَحًا بِهِ، وَتَفَرَّجُوا، فَأَشَارَ إلَيْهِمْ أَنْ اُثْبُتُوا عَلَى صَلَاتِكُمْ؛ قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُرُورًا لَمَّا رَأَى مِنْ هَيْئَتِهِمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحَسَنَ هَيْئَةً مِنْهُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَعَ وَانْصَرَفَ النَّاسُ وَهُمْ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَفْرَقَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ، فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إلَى أَهْلِهِ بِالسُّنْحِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ حِينَ سَمِعَ تَكْبِيرَ عُمَرَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ: أَيْنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ. فَلَوْلَا مَقَالَةٌ قَالَهَا عُمَرُ عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ، لَمْ يَشُكَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ: إنْ أَسْتَخْلَفَ فَقَدْ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، وَإِنْ أَتَرَكَهُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَهُمْ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي. فَعَرَفَ النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ أَحَدًا، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ غَيْرَ مَتَّهُمْ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ إلَى الصُّبْحِ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَفَرَّجَ النَّاسُ، فَعَرَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَصْنَعُوا ذَلِكَ إلَّا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَنَكَصَ عَنْ مُصَلَّاهُ، فَدَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ظَهْرِهِ، وَقَالَ: صَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، وَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَى جَنْبِهِ، فَصَلَّى قَاعِدًا عَنْ يَمِينِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَكَلَّمَهُمْ رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ، حَتَّى خَرَجَ صَوْتُهُ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، يَقُولُ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، سُعِّرَتْ النَّارُ، وَأَقْبَلَتْ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ، وَإِنِّي وَاَللَّهِ مَا تَمَسَّكُونِ عَلَيَّ بِشَيْءِ، إنِّي لَمْ أُحِلَّ إلَّا مَا أَحَلَّ الْقُرْآنُ، وَلَمْ أُحَرِّمْ إلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ الْقُرْآنُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ، قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إنِّي أَرَاكَ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ مِنْ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ كَمَا نُحِبُّ، وَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ بِنْتِ خَارِجَةَ، أَفَآتِيهَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إلَى أَهْلِهِ بِالسُّنْحِ
✧ [The day on which Allah took His Prophet's soul] Ibn Isḥāq said, and al-Zuhrī said: Anas b. Mālik reported to me that on the Monday on which Allah took His Messenger ﷺ, he went out to the people while they were praying the dawn prayer. He lifted the curtain and opened the door, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and stood at the door of ʿĀʾishah. The Muslims almost broke off their prayer because of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when they saw him, in joy at him, and they made way. He gestured to them: Remain steadfast in your prayer. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled in delight at what he saw of their bearing in their prayer, and I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a finer bearing than he had at that hour. Then he went back, and the people left, thinking that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had recovered from his illness. Abū Bakr returned to his family in al-Sunḥ. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith reported to me, from al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when he heard ʿUmar's takbīr in the prayer: "Where is Abū Bakr? Allah and the Muslims refuse that." Were it not for a statement ʿUmar made at his death, the Muslims would not have doubted that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had appointed Abū Bakr as his successor. But at his death he said: "If I appoint a successor, one better than I appointed a successor; and if I leave them, one better than I left them." So the people knew that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not appointed anyone as successor, and ʿUmar was not suspected of anything against Abū Bakr. Ibn Isḥāq said: Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Mulaykah reported to me: On Monday the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with his head bandaged for the dawn prayer while Abū Bakr was leading the people in prayer. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, the people made way. Abū Bakr realized that the people did that only for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he stepped back from his place of prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pushed him in the back and said: "Lead the people in prayer." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down beside him and prayed seated to the right of Abū Bakr. When he finished the prayer, he turned to the people and spoke to them, raising his voice until it came out of the door of the mosque, saying: "O people, the Fire has been kindled, and trials have come like patches of dark night. By Allah, you cannot hold anything against me. I have not made lawful except what the Qur'an made lawful, and I have not made unlawful except what the Qur'an made unlawful." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his speech, Abū Bakr said to him: "O Prophet of Allah, I see that you have risen with Allah's favor and grace as we love. Today is the day of the daughter of Khārijah. Shall I go to her?" He said: "Yes." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered, and Abū Bakr went out to his family in al-Sunḥ.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1646No grade recorded
[ شَأْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ وَعَلِيٍّ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ يَوْمئِذٍ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّاسُ: يَا أَبَا حَسَنٍ، كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: أَصْبَحَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ بَارِئًا، قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ الْعَبَّاسُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، أَنْتَ وَاَللَّهِ عَبْدُ الْعَصَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ، أَحْلِفُ بِاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ الْمَوْتَ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، كَمَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ فِي وُجُوهِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَانْطَلِقْ بِنَا إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فِينَا عَرَفْنَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِنَا، أَمَرْنَاهُ فَأَوْصَى بِنَا النَّاسَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: إنِّي وَاَللَّهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ، وَاَللَّهِ لَئِنْ مُنِعْنَاهُ لَا يُؤْتِينَاهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَهُ. فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ اشْتَدَّ الضُّحَاءُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ
✧ [The affair of al-ʿAbbās and ʿAlī] Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Zuhrī said: And ʿAbd Allāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik narrated to me, from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās, who said: On that day ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out to the people from the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the people said to him: O Abū al-Ḥasan, how has the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arisen this morning? He said: He has arisen, praise be to Allah, recovered. He said: Then al-ʿAbbās took him by the hand and said: O ʿAlī, you are, by Allah, after three days a slave of the stick. I swear by Allah, I have recognized death in the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, just as I used to recognize it in the faces of the Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib. So come with us to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; if this matter is to be among us, we will know it, and if it is to be among other than us, we will order him so that he may commend us to the people. He said: ʿAlī said to him: I, by Allah, will not do it. By Allah, if we are denied it, no one after him will give it to us. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died when the forenoon had become intense on that day.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1647No grade recorded
[ سِوَاكُ الرَّسُولِ قُبَيْلَ الْوَفَاةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَتْ: رَجَعَ إلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ حِينَ دَخَلَ مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَاضْطَجَعَ فِي حِجْرِي، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ آلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَفِي يَدِهِ سِوَاكٌ أَخَضَرَ. قَالَتْ: فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَيْهِ فِي يَدِهِ نَظَرًا عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُهُ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ هَذَا السِّوَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَتْ: فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَمَضَغْتُهُ لَهُ حَتَّى لَيَّنْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَعْطَيْتُهُ إيَّاهُ؛ قَالَتْ: فَاسْتَنَّ بِهِ كَأَشَدِّ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَسْتَنُّ بِسِوَاكٍ قَطُّ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ؛ وَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَثْقُلُ فِي حِجْرِي، فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَإِذَا بَصَرُهُ قَدْ شَخَصَ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: بَلْ الرَّفِيقُ الْأَعْلَى مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ وَاَلَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ قَالَتْ: وَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبَّادٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ: مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ سَحْرِي وَنَحْرِي وَفِي دَوْلَتِي، لَمْ أَظْلِمْ فِيهِ أَحَدًا، فَمِنْ سَفَهِي وَحَدَاثَةِ سِنِّي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُبِضَ وَهُوَ فِي حِجْرِي، ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ، وَقُمْتُ ألْتَدِمُ مَعَ النِّسَاءِ، وَأَضْرِبُ وَجْهِي
✧ [The Messenger's tooth-stick shortly before death] Ibn Isḥāq said: Yaʿqūb b. ʿUtbah narrated to me, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to me that day when he entered from the mosque, and lay down in my lap. A man from the household of Abū Bakr came in to me with a green tooth-stick in his hand. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at it in his hand with a look by which I knew that he wanted it. She said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, would you like me to give you this tooth-stick?" He said, "Yes." She said: So I took it and chewed it for him until I softened it, then I gave it to him. She said: He cleaned his teeth with it as vigorously as I ever saw him clean his teeth with a tooth-stick, then he laid it down. And I found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ becoming heavy in my lap. I went to look at his face, and behold his gaze was fixed, and he was saying, "Rather, the Highest Companion, from Paradise." She said: I said, "You were given the choice, and you chose, by the One who sent you with the truth." She said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken. Ibn Isḥāq said: Yaḥyā b. ʿAbbād b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr narrated to me, from his father ʿAbbād, who said: I heard ʿĀʾishah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died between my chest and my neck, and in my turn; I did not wrong anyone concerning him. It was from my foolishness and youth that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken while he was in my lap, then I laid his head on a pillow and got up beating my breast with the women and striking my face.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1648No grade recorded
[ مَقَالَةُ عُمَرَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ، وَحَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ عُمْرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: إنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ تُوُفِّيَ؛ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مَاتَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إلَى رَبِّهِ كَمَا ذَهَبَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، فَقَدْ غَابَ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ قِيلَ قَدْ مَاتَ؛ وَوَاللَّهِ لَيَرْجِعَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا رَجَعَ مُوسَى، فَلَيَقْطَعَنَّ أَيْدِي رِجَالٍ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَاتُ
✧ [The speech of ʿUmar after the death of the Messenger] Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī said, and Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib narrated to me, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb stood up and said: "Indeed some men among the hypocrites claim that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has died; but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has not died—rather he has gone to his Lord as Mūsā b. ʿImrān went, for he was absent from his people forty nights, then returned to them after it was said that he had died. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will surely return just as Mūsā returned, and he will surely cut off the hands and feet of men who claimed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died."
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1649No grade recorded
[ مَوْقِفُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ: وَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ حِينَ بَلَغَهُ الْخَبَرُ، وَعُمَرُ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ، فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إلَى شَيْءٍ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسَجًّى فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ، عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ حِبَرَةٌ، فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى كَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، أَمَّا الْمَوْتَةُ الَّتِي كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ ذُقْتهَا، ثُمَّ لَنْ تُصِيبَكَ بَعْدَهَا مَوْتَةٌ أَبَدًا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَدَّ الْبُرْدَ عَلَى وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَعُمَرُ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ يَا عُمَرُ، أَنْصِتْ، فَأَبَى إلَّا أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَا يَنْصِتُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ النَّاسُ كَلَامَهُ أَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَتَرَكُوا عُمَرَ؛ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إنَّهُ مَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ مُحَمَّدًا فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ مَاتَ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ. قَالَ: فَوَاَللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ النَّاسُ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ حَتَّى تَلَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَوْمئِذٍ؛ قَالَ: وَأَخَذَهَا النَّاسُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ؛ قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إلَّا أَنْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَلَاهَا، فَعَقِرْتُ حَتَّى وَقَعْتُ إلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا تَحْمِلُنِي رِجْلَايَ، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ مَاتَ
✧ [ The stance of Abū Bakr after the death of the Messenger ] He said: Abū Bakr came forward until he dismounted at the door of the mosque when the news reached him, while ʿUmar was speaking to the people. He did not pay attention to anything until he entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the house of ʿĀʾishah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covered with a cloak in a corner of the house, with a striped Yemeni cloak over him. He came forward until he uncovered the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Then he turned to him and kissed him, then said: May my father and mother be your ransom. As for the death that Allah decreed for you, you have tasted it; then after it no death will ever befall you. He said: Then he returned the cloak over the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then went out while ʿUmar was speaking to the people. He said: Gently, O ʿUmar, be silent. But ʿUmar refused to stop speaking. When Abū Bakr saw that he would not be silent, he turned to the people. When the people heard his words, they turned to him and left ʿUmar. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: O people, whoever worshipped Muhammad, Muhammad has died; whoever worshipped Allah, Allah is alive and does not die. He said: Then he recited this verse: "Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers have passed away before him. If he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels? Whoever turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in the least, and Allah will reward the grateful." He said: By Allah, it was as if the people did not know that this verse had been revealed until Abū Bakr recited it that day. He said: The people took it from Abū Bakr, and it was on their tongues. He said: Abū Hurayrah said: ʿUmar said: By Allah, it was only when I heard Abū Bakr recite it that I was stunned and fell to the ground, my legs could not carry me, and I knew that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had died.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1638No grade recorded
تَمْرِيضُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ [ مَجِيئُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَتْ: فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ: أَحَدُهُمَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ، عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ، تَخُطُّ قَدَمَاهُ، حَتَّى دَخَلَ بَيْتِي. قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، فَحَدَّثْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنْ الرَّجُلُ الْآخَرُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا ؟ قَالَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. [ شِدَّةُ الْمَرَضِ وَصَبُّ الْمَاءِ عَلَيْهِ ] ثُمَّ غُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَاشْتَدَّ بِهِ وَجَعُهُ، فَقَالَ هَريقُوا عَلَيَّ سَبْعَ قِرَبٍ مِنْ آبَارٍ شَتَّى، حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إلَى النَّاسِ فَأَعْهَدُ إلَيْهِمْ. قَالَتْ: فَأَقْعَدْنَاهُ فِي مِخْضَبٍ لِحَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ، ثُمَّ صَبَبْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى طَفِقَ يَقُولُ: حَسْبُكُمْ حَسْبُكُمْ
✧ THE NURSING OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ﷺ IN ʿĀʾISHAH'S HOUSE [HIS COMING TO ʿĀʾISHAH'S HOUSE] Ibn Isḥāq said: Yaʿqūb b. ʿUtbah narrated to me, from Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtbah, from ʿĀʾishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that she said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out walking between two men of his family: one of them was al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAbbās and another man, with his head bandaged, his feet dragging, until he entered my house. ʿUbayd Allāh said: I related this ḥadīth to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-ʿAbbās, and he said: Do you know who the other man was? He said: I said: No? He said: ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib. [THE SEVERITY OF THE ILLNESS AND POURING WATER OVER HIM] Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was overcome, and his pain intensified, and he said: Pour over me seven water-skins from different wells, so that I may go out to the people and give them my testament. She said: So we seated him in a tub belonging to Ḥafṣah bt. ʿUmar, then we poured water over him until he began to say: Enough of you, enough of you.