WEBVTT 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.599 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:18.719 And Medina grew dark. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:23.719 The signs indicating the approach of the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:34.880 The signs indicating the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, followed one another. 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:40.070 Then, clear and explicit Qur'anic verses were revealed, 00:00:40.070 --> 00:00:44.070 speaking of his passing, peace be upon him. 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:46.390 Allah the Exalted said: 00:00:46.390 --> 00:00:58.450 “Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;” (39:30) 00:00:58.450 --> 00:01:00.609 And Allah the Exalted said: 00:01:00.609 --> 00:01:06.609 “Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.” (3:144) 00:01:06.609 --> 00:01:12.609 "Messengers have passed on before him." 00:01:12.609 --> 00:01:17.959 “Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.” (3:144) 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:24.959 "Would you turn back on your heels?" 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:31.340 “Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.” (3:144) 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:37.340 “Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.” (3:144) 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:43.340 "And Allah will reward the grateful." 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:47.299 Then, the saying of Allah the Exalted was revealed: 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:54.780 “When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh” (110:1) 00:01:54.780 --> 00:02:02.579 Some of the Companions understood from it that it was the time of the Prophet's passing, peace be upon him. 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:07.129 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that he said: 00:02:07.129 --> 00:02:10.189 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:02:10.189 --> 00:02:15.189 used to bring 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, close to him. 00:02:15.189 --> 00:02:19.479 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him, 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.479 "We have sons like him." 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:26.610 He replied, "He is of the status you know." 00:02:26.610 --> 00:02:30.740 'Umar asked Ibn 'Abbas about this verse, 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:34.770 “When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh” (110:1) 00:02:34.770 --> 00:02:42.860 and he said, "It is the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, which Allah made known to him." 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:48.090 He said, "I know nothing of it other than what you know." 00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:51.310 Ibn 'Abbas said, 00:02:51.310 --> 00:02:57.310 "The death of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was announced to him when it was revealed." 00:02:57.310 --> 00:03:00.729 Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated that she said: 00:03:01.729 --> 00:03:06.729 "Before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, died, 00:03:06.729 --> 00:03:08.729 he would frequently say, 00:03:08.729 --> 00:03:11.729 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise, 00:03:11.729 --> 00:03:16.050 I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.' 00:03:16.050 --> 00:03:18.050 I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:03:18.050 --> 00:03:21.050 I see you frequently saying, 00:03:21.050 --> 00:03:24.050 "Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise, 00:03:24.050 --> 00:03:27.050 I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You."' 00:03:27.050 --> 00:03:29.240 He replied, 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.240 'I have been commanded to do so.' 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:33.240 Then he recited: 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:37.879 “When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh” (110:1) 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:43.879 Among the signs indicating the approach of his passing, peace be upon him, 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:50.879 was the occurrence of the Angel Gabriel reviewing the Qur'an with the Prophet, peace be upon him, twice 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:56.879 in the last Ramadan the Prophet, peace be upon him, witnessed. 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.099 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:04:01.099 --> 00:04:05.099 "The Prophet, peace be upon him, confided in me 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:10.099 that Gabriel used to review the Qur'an with me every year once, 00:04:10.099 --> 00:04:14.099 but this year he reviewed it with me twice, 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:18.519 and I see nothing but that my time has approached." 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.519 And among those signs 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:28.970 was the continuous revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet, peace be upon him, shortly before his death. 00:04:28.970 --> 00:04:30.970 Al-Bukhari narrated 00:04:30.970 --> 00:04:34.970 from Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:04:34.970 --> 00:04:38.970 that Allah the Exalted increased the revelation to His Messenger before his death, 00:04:38.970 --> 00:04:44.160 until the time of his passing, when the revelation was at its most frequent. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:49.160 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed away thereafter. 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:53.449 For this reason, he, peace be upon him, began 00:04:53.449 --> 00:04:57.449 to prepare his Companions for these difficult moments, 00:04:57.449 --> 00:05:00.449 so that the event would not take them by surprise, 00:05:00.449 --> 00:05:03.449 and the shock would not cause them distress. 00:05:03.449 --> 00:05:08.060 He said to them on the day of the Farewell Pilgrimage: 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:12.060 "Perhaps I shall not see you after this year of mine." 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:18.310 The Prophet, peace be upon him, did not live after the Farewell Pilgrimage 00:05:18.310 --> 00:05:22.500 for more than 81 days. 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:24.629 Ibn Jurayj said: 00:05:24.629 --> 00:05:27.629 The Prophet, peace be upon him, remained 00:05:27.629 --> 00:05:30.629 after this verse was revealed 00:05:30.629 --> 00:05:33.699 for 81 nights. 00:05:33.699 --> 00:05:35.079 His saying: 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:40.079 “Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This is an abomination. This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever harming) your religion; so fear them not, fear Me! This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam. Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (5:3) 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:46.439 And Medina grew dark.