Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1761
The illness of the Prophet ﷺ and his death
اسْتِعْمَالُهُ لِلسِّوَاكِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ﷺ. [أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَوَّلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَرَبْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْبُخَارِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا عَمْرٍو ذَكَرَ أَنَّ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ] عَائِشَةَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ مِنْ نِعَمِ اللَّهِ عَلَيَّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تُوُفِّيَ [فِي بَيْتِي] وَفِي يَوْمِي وَبَيْنَ سَحْرِي وَنَحْرِي، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ رِيقِي وَرِيقِهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ، وَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَبِيَدِهِ سِوَاكٌ وَأَنَا مُسْنِدَةٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ السِّوَاكَ، فَقُلْتُ: آخُذُهُ لَكَ؟ وَأَشَارَ بِرَأْسِهِ أَنْ نَعَمْ، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: أُلَيِّنُهُ لَكَ، فَأَشَارَ بِرَأْسِهِ أَنْ نَعَمْ، فَلَيَّنْتُهُ وَأَخَذَهُ فَأَمَرَّهُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَكْوَةٌ - أَوْ عُلْبَةٌ يَشُكُّ عَمْرٌو - فِيهَا مَاءٌ، فَجَعَلَ يُدْخِلُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَاءِ فَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: "لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٌ"، ثُمَّ يَصُبُّ يَدَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: "فِي الرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى"، حَتَّى قُبِضَ وَمَالَتْ يَدُهُ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ «جَرِيدَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ يُشِيرُ بِهَا وَأَنَا مُسْنِدَةٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى صَدْرِي، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يَحِبُّ السِّوَاكَ فَقُلْتُ: آخُذُهُ لَكَ، فَأَشَارَ بِرَأْسِهِ أَيْ نَعَمْ فَقَصَمْتُهُ ثُمَّ مَضَغْتُهُ وَنَقَضْتُهُ فَأَخَذَهُ، فَاسْتُنَّ بِهِ أَحْسَنُ مَا كَانَ مُسْتَتِنًا. وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْعُرَنِيُّ- بِرِجَالٍ ثِقَاتٍ- عَنْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ قَالَتْ: فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَأَسْنَدْتُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي فَدَخَلَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَبِيَدِهِ سِوَاكُ أَرَاكٍ رَطْبٍ، فَلَحَظَهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُهُ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَنَكَشْتُهُ بِفِيَّ، فَدَفَعْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ وَأَهْوَاهُ إِلَى فِيهِ، فَخَفَقْتُ يَدَهُ فَسَقَطَ مِنْ يَدِهِ.
Translation
✧ His use of the tooth-stick before his death ﷺ. [ʿAbd al-Awwal informed us; Ibn al-Muẓaffar informed us; Ibn Aʿyan informed us; al-Firabrī related to us; al-Bukhārī related to us; he said: Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd related to me; he said: ʿĪsā b. Yūnus related to us, from ʿUmar b. Saʿīd; he said: Ibn Abī Mulaykah informed me that Abū ʿAmr mentioned that the mawlā of ʿĀʾishah informed him that] ʿĀʾishah used to say: It is among God's favors upon me that the Messenger of God ﷺ died [in my house] and on my day and between my chest and my throat, and that God joined my saliva with his at his death. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān entered upon me with a tooth-stick in his hand while I was supporting the Messenger of God ﷺ. I saw him looking at it and knew that he loved the tooth-stick. I said: Shall I take it for you? He gestured with his head, meaning yes. I handed it to him, and it was too hard for him. I said: Shall I soften it for you? He gestured with his head, meaning yes. I softened it and he took it and passed it over his teeth. In front of him was a small leather water vessel—or a wooden bowl, ʿAmr was unsure—containing water. He began dipping his hands in the water and wiping his face with them, saying: "There is no god but God. Death has its pangs." Then he raised his hand and began saying: "In the highest company," until he was taken and his hand fell limp. In another narration: "a green palm branch he was pointing with while I was supporting the Messenger of God ﷺ against my chest. I saw him looking at it and knew that he loved the tooth-stick. I said: Shall I take it for you? He gestured with his head, meaning yes. I broke it, then chewed it and frayed it, and he took it and cleaned his teeth with it in the best manner he had ever done." Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Abī ʿAmr al-ʿUranī related—with trustworthy narrators—from her that the Messenger of God ﷺ raised his head during his illness. She said: I took hold of him and supported him against my chest. Usāmah b. Zayd entered with a fresh arāk tooth-stick in his hand. He glanced at it, and I thought he wanted it. I took it, chewed its end with my mouth, and handed it to him. He took it and brought it toward his mouth, but his hand faltered and it fell from his hand.
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