Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1751
The illness of the Prophet ﷺ and his death
إِرَادَتِهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كِتَابًا ثُمَّ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ رَوَى الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ: لَمَّا ثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: ائْتِنِي بِكَتِفٍ أَوْ لَوْحٍ أَكْتُبُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كِتَابًا لَا يُخْتَلَفُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لِيَقُومَ قَالَ: «يَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ أَنْ يُخْتَلَفَ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ لَقَدْ: هَمَمْتُ أَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَابْنِهِ فَأَعْهَدُ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلُونَ، أَوْ يَتَمَنَّى الْمُتَمَنُّونَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَيَدْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ، أَوْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ وَيَأْبَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ بِلَفْظٍ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ ادْعُ لِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَبَاكَ وَأَخَاكَ حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ كِتَابًا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مُتَمَنٍّ أَوْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: أَنَا أَوْلَى وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَقَدْ وَرَدَ أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ كِتَابًا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ. وفِي " صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ " وَ " مُسْلِمٍ " مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقَالَتْ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ ؟ كَأَنَّهَا تَقُولُ: الْمَوْتَ. قَالَ: " إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ " وَالظَّاهِرُ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ، أَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ، صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation
✧ His ﷺ wanting to write a document for Abū Bakr, then not writing it Imām Aḥmad narrated from ʿĀʾishah ؓ that she said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, he said to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr: “Bring me a shoulder blade or a tablet so that I may write for Abū Bakr a document so that there would be no disagreement concerning him.” When ʿAbd al-Raḥmān went to get up, he said: “Allah and the believers refuse that there be any disagreement concerning you, O Abū Bakr.” Al-Bukhārī narrated it with the wording: “I intended, or I wanted, to send for Abū Bakr and his son and make a covenant, lest speakers speak or wishers wish. Then I said: Allah refuses and the believers repel, or Allah repels and the believers refuse.” Muslim narrated it with the wording: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me during his illness: “Call for me Abū Bakr, your father, and your brother, so that I may write a document, for I fear that someone may wish or a speaker may say: ‘I am more entitled,’ while Allah and the believers refuse anyone but Abū Bakr.” It has also been reported that he wanted to write a document without mentioning Abū Bakr. In “Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī” and “Muslim” from the ḥadīth of Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd, from his father, from Muḥammad b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim, from his father, who said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he told her to come back to him later. She said: “What do you think if I come and do not find you?”—as if she meant death. He said: “If you do not find me, then go to Abū Bakr.” It is apparent, and Allah knows best, that she said that to him ﷺ during the illness in which he died, may Allah’s blessings and ﷺ.
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