WEBVTT 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.599 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:08.599 Darkness fell upon Medina. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:22.010 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was washed. 00:00:22.010 --> 00:00:28.769 He was shrouded, the funeral prayer was performed for him, and he was buried. 00:00:28.769 --> 00:00:33.770 The Companions were stunned by the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:33.770 --> 00:00:39.770 They had no guidance on what they should do. 00:00:39.770 --> 00:00:41.859 They were shocked by his passing. 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:45.899 The news was greater than even their greatest elders could bear. 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:48.380 Consider Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:48.380 --> 00:00:51.380 As we mentioned a short while ago. 00:00:51.380 --> 00:00:54.380 "Do not say he is dead." 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:56.570 And Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was weeping. 00:00:56.570 --> 00:00:59.570 He bore the truth alone. 00:00:59.570 --> 00:01:04.980 He bore it and steadied the people upon it. 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:09.980 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died. 00:01:09.980 --> 00:01:13.560 Events crowded upon the noble ones. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.560 Medina still contained hypocrisy and its people. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.879 The people were still close to the era of ignorance. 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.879 They were not yet accustomed to governance and its systems. 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.010 They were not yet used to hearing and obeying. 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:34.010 Before Allah bestowed upon them the favor of the new religion. 00:01:34.010 --> 00:01:37.549 So the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, were occupied. 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:41.549 With uniting the people behind one man. 00:01:41.549 --> 00:01:44.549 To lead them in their prayers. 00:01:44.549 --> 00:01:48.549 To attend to the needs of the Muslims. 00:01:48.549 --> 00:01:53.549 To gather them upon one heart and one word. 00:01:53.549 --> 00:01:57.159 Once the Companions finished that matter. 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:02.159 They turned their attention to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:07.189 For the purpose of washing, shrouding, and burying him. 00:02:07.189 --> 00:02:11.189 For the bitter truth had to be faced. 00:02:11.189 --> 00:02:17.770 The Companions were divided in their opinions regarding how to wash and bury him. 00:02:17.770 --> 00:02:22.120 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.120 When they intended to wash the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.120 They said, "By Allah, we do not know." 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:36.120 "Should we strip the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, of his clothes?" 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.120 "As we strip our own dead?" 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:42.250 "Or should we wash him while his clothes are on?" 00:02:42.250 --> 00:02:44.250 When they differed. 00:02:44.250 --> 00:02:47.409 Allah cast sleep upon them. 00:02:47.409 --> 00:02:50.409 Until there was not a man among them. 00:02:50.409 --> 00:02:53.439 But his chin was resting on his chest. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.439 Then a speaker spoke to them from the side of the house. 00:02:57.439 --> 00:02:59.439 They did not know who he was. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.439 "Wash the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.439 "While his clothes are on." 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:10.729 So they rose to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:10.729 --> 00:03:13.729 And they washed him while his shirt was on. 00:03:13.729 --> 00:03:17.729 They poured water over the shirt. 00:03:17.729 --> 00:03:21.729 And they rubbed him through the shirt, not with their bare hands. 00:03:21.729 --> 00:03:26.819 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, used to say: 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:30.919 "If I could have known then what I know now." 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.919 "None would have washed him but his wives." 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:39.500 Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that he said: 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:44.689 "I washed the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:03:44.689 --> 00:03:48.689 "I looked to see what is usually seen from the dead." 00:03:48.689 --> 00:03:50.689 "But I saw nothing." 00:03:50.689 --> 00:03:54.689 "For he was pure, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:03:55.689 --> 00:03:57.939 "In life and in death." 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:02.939 Four people took charge of his burial and interment, to the exclusion of others. 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:07.099 Ali, al-Abbas, al-Fadl, and Salih. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:12.099 The freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:04:12.099 --> 00:04:17.329 They dug a *lahd* (niche) for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:04:17.329 --> 00:04:21.519 And they set the bricks upright over him. 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.519 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:28.550 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was shrouded. 00:04:28.550 --> 00:04:33.550 In three white *sahuli* garments. 00:04:33.550 --> 00:04:39.620 Made of cotton, with no shirt or turban among them. 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:43.899 People were confused, thinking that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:46.899 Was shrouded in a Yemeni cloak. 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:50.029 Which is the *hulla* or the *hibra*. 00:04:50.029 --> 00:04:52.129 Aisha said: 00:04:52.129 --> 00:04:54.290 "The cloak was indeed brought." 00:04:54.290 --> 00:04:59.290 "But they returned it and did not shroud him in it." 00:04:59.290 --> 00:05:03.639 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was wrapped. 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.639 In a Yemeni *hulla*. 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.639 That belonged to Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr. 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:11.639 Then it was removed from him. 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:14.959 Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr took it. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.959 And said, "I shall keep it." 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:21.959 "So that I may be shrouded in it myself." 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:26.310 That is why they mentioned to Aisha what they mentioned. 00:05:26.310 --> 00:05:28.310 She denied it and said: 00:05:28.310 --> 00:05:30.339 "As for the *hulla*." 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:34.339 "People were merely confused about it." 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:38.339 "It was bought for him to be shrouded in." 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:40.339 "But the *hulla* was left aside." 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:42.660 Al-Tirmidhi said: 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:46.759 It is narrated regarding the shroud of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:48.759 Various narrations. 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:50.920 And the hadith of Aisha. 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:57.920 Is the most authentic of the hadiths narrated regarding the shroud of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:05.269 People began to prepare for the prayer over the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:06:05.269 --> 00:06:08.560 It was the prayer of farewell. 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:17.720 It was the Ummah, bereaved by the death of its Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:24.300 People prayed over him individually, with no one leading them. 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:28.649 They said, "How shall we pray over him?" 00:06:28.649 --> 00:06:33.870 He said, "Enter in groups, one after another." 00:06:33.870 --> 00:06:39.060 So they would enter through this door and pray over him. 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:43.740 Then they would exit through the other door. 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:45.800 Ibn Kathir said: 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:47.800 This action. 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:53.800 Their praying over him individually, with no one leading them. 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:58.339 Is a matter of consensus, with no disagreement. 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:02.339 The night now cloaks Medina in tears. 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:05.569 Moistening beards and cheeks. 00:07:05.569 --> 00:07:11.860 This is Fatima, a piece of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:15.860 Weeping and mourning the Messenger of Allah, her father. 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:19.209 Here are the Mothers of the Believers. 00:07:19.209 --> 00:07:23.209 Weeping for the beloved, precious Prophet. 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:27.529 The matter had become a great reality. 00:07:27.529 --> 00:07:32.529 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died. 00:07:32.529 --> 00:07:39.100 Could Umm Salama accept the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:45.230 Could she believe that she would not see him after this day? 00:07:45.230 --> 00:07:48.810 The young children fell asleep. 00:07:48.810 --> 00:07:52.810 And the rest of the people shed tears. 00:07:52.810 --> 00:07:56.899 Medina was covered in deep, ancient sorrow. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.899 Hearts were torn asunder. 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:02.100 And suddenly, in the night. 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:07.100 The sound of shovels and pickaxes broke the silence. 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:10.509 The axes were striking the earth. 00:08:10.509 --> 00:08:14.509 To embrace the master of the children of Adam. 00:08:14.509 --> 00:08:18.509 Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:08:18.509 --> 00:08:26.250 Could Umm Salama believe in the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? 00:08:26.250 --> 00:08:28.250 Umm Salama said: 00:08:28.250 --> 00:08:34.470 "I did not believe in the death of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:08:34.470 --> 00:08:38.570 "Until I heard the sound of the pickaxes." 00:08:38.570 --> 00:08:41.570 That was at the dawn of Wednesday. 00:08:41.570 --> 00:08:46.570 As stated in the narration of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:08:46.570 --> 00:08:52.860 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried in the place where he passed away. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:56.080 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:03.139 "I heard something from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that I have not forgotten." 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:05.559 He said: 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.559 "Allah does not take the soul of a prophet." 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:12.559 "Except in the place where he loves to be buried." 00:09:13.330 --> 00:09:19.330 A red velvet cloth was placed under the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when he was buried. 00:09:19.330 --> 00:09:22.580 A red velvet cloth. 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.679 Shaqran, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:33.679 "By Allah, I am the one who laid the velvet cloth under the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the grave." 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:37.259 They differed between a *lahd* (niche) and a *shaqq* (trench). 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:42.259 Until they spoke about it and their voices rose. 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:44.480 Umar said: 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:51.480 "Do not raise your voices in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, neither in life nor in death." 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.480 Or words to that effect. 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:58.740 So they sent for the one who digs a trench and the one who digs a niche. 00:09:58.740 --> 00:10:00.740 The one who digs a niche arrived. 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:07.899 So he dug a *lahd* for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and then he was buried. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:11.899 It became a Sunnah, and his Companions followed his example. 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:16.309 Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:10:16.309 --> 00:10:19.309 "Dig a *lahd* for me." 00:10:19.309 --> 00:10:22.309 "And set the bricks upright over me." 00:10:22.309 --> 00:10:27.309 "Just as was done for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:10:27.309 --> 00:10:29.730 The *lahd* was. 00:10:29.730 --> 00:10:33.730 According to the hadith of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:10:33.730 --> 00:10:38.919 From the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:42.919 "The *lahd* is for us, and the *shaqq* is for others." 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:48.110 Jabir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 00:10:48.110 --> 00:10:52.110 "The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried in a *lahd*." 00:10:52.110 --> 00:10:56.620 "And bricks were set upright over him." 00:10:56.620 --> 00:11:00.620 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:03.620 They cast the earth over him. 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:07.620 His grave was raised from the ground by about a span. 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:10.259 Anas said: 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:16.259 "We had not yet dusted our hands from the burial of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:19.259 "Before we felt our hearts had changed." 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:22.549 This was confirmed by Ubayy ibn Ka'b. 00:11:22.549 --> 00:11:25.679 He explained it by saying: 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.679 "We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:33.840 "And our focus was one." 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:39.700 "But when he passed away, we looked this way and that." 00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:45.929 Anas ibn Malik checked on the house of Fatima, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:11:45.929 --> 00:11:52.059 He said, "When we buried him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:55.250 "I passed by the house of Fatima." 00:11:55.250 --> 00:12:04.250 "O Anas, could your souls bear to cast earth upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?" 00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:10.730 And they cast earth upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:12:10.730 --> 00:12:15.789 The separation occurred, and the bonds were severed. 00:12:15.789 --> 00:12:18.789 The fortresses of Medina grew dark. 00:12:18.789 --> 00:12:23.820 As Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, reported. 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:32.019 On the day he died, everything in it grew dark. 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:38.779 He passed away, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, at the age of sixty-three. 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:40.779 And it has been said otherwise. 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:44.039 For al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn Abbas. 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:51.070 That the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away at the age of sixty-five. 00:12:51.070 --> 00:13:01.100 It was also reported from Ibn Abbas that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away at the age of sixty-three. 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:03.519 Ibn Hajar said: 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:12.620 The majority hold that his age, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, at the time of his death was sixty-three years. 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:17.860 And Medina grew dark.