WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.929 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:06.929 --> 00:00:16.859 The washing and burial of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:18.780 On Tuesday, 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:22.059 they washed the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:22.059 --> 00:00:25.260 without removing his garments. 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:29.019 Those who undertook the washing of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were 00:00:29.019 --> 00:00:32.700 al-'Abbas, 'Ali, and Qutham, 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:34.859 along with al-Fadl ibn al-'Abbas, 00:00:34.859 --> 00:00:39.340 Shuqran, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:39.340 --> 00:00:41.340 Usamah ibn Zayd, 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:43.409 and Aws ibn Khawli. 00:00:43.409 --> 00:00:46.450 Al-'Abbas, al-Fadl, and Qutham 00:00:46.450 --> 00:00:50.210 turned the body of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:00:50.210 --> 00:00:52.210 while Usamah and Shuqran 00:00:52.210 --> 00:00:53.969 poured the water, 00:00:53.969 --> 00:00:55.969 and 'Ali performed the washing. 00:00:55.969 --> 00:01:00.829 Aws supported him against his chest, peace be upon him. 00:01:00.990 --> 00:01:05.390 Then they shrouded him in three white cotton garments, 00:01:05.390 --> 00:01:08.430 containing neither a shirt nor a turban. 00:01:08.430 --> 00:01:11.390 They wrapped him in them completely. 00:01:11.390 --> 00:01:15.310 There was a difference of opinion regarding the burial of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:17.150 Abu Bakr said, 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:21.870 "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say: 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:23.469 'No prophet is taken [in death] 00:01:23.469 --> 00:01:26.159 except that he is buried where he was taken.'" 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:31.840 So they lifted the bed upon which he, peace be upon him, had passed away, 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.629 dug beneath it, and made the grave a *lahd* (a side-niche). 00:01:35.629 --> 00:01:38.670 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:01:38.670 --> 00:01:42.750 "I saw three moons fall into my room." 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:44.750 This was a dream. 00:01:44.750 --> 00:01:48.349 I asked her father, Abu Bakr, and he said, 00:01:48.349 --> 00:01:54.030 "If your vision is true, three of the best people on earth will be buried in your house." 00:01:54.109 --> 00:01:56.750 And indeed, the best of the people on earth was buried there, 00:01:56.750 --> 00:02:00.430 namely the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:00.430 --> 00:02:02.109 then Abu Bakr, 00:02:02.109 --> 00:02:04.109 then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 00:02:04.109 --> 00:02:06.420 may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.379 People entered the room in groups, 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:12.500 not all at once, but separately, 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:14.259 because the room was small, 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:17.860 to pray over the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:19.939 No one led them in prayer. 00:02:19.939 --> 00:02:23.300 His relatives prayed over him first, 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:25.060 then the Muhajirun, 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:26.979 then the Ansar, 00:02:26.979 --> 00:02:30.180 then the women prayed over him after the men, 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:32.979 and then the children. 00:02:32.979 --> 00:02:35.539 No group prayed over him collectively. 00:02:35.539 --> 00:02:37.699 It is said this was for two reasons: 00:02:37.699 --> 00:02:38.979 The first: 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:44.740 So that each one of them could personally perform the prayer over him, peace be upon him. 00:02:44.740 --> 00:02:46.210 The second: 00:02:46.210 --> 00:02:49.409 So that the prayer would be repeated by every individual, 00:02:49.490 --> 00:02:54.909 resulting in many prayers being offered for him, peace be upon him. 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:58.990 The prayer over him continued throughout Monday and Tuesday, 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:02.020 until the night of Wednesday arrived. 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:03.780 'A'ishah said, 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:07.939 "We did not know of the burial of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:13.300 until we heard the sound of shovels in the middle of the night of Wednesday," 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:17.340 the night in which he, peace be upon him, was buried. 00:03:17.340 --> 00:03:19.259 Ibn Mas'ud said, 00:03:19.259 --> 00:03:25.340 "I would rather swear nine times that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was killed, 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:30.460 than swear once that he was not killed." 00:03:30.460 --> 00:03:33.659 This is because Allah chose him as a prophet 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:35.659 and made him a martyr, 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:37.659 as the Almighty said: 00:03:37.659 --> 00:03:40.939 "If he dies or is killed..." 00:03:40.939 --> 00:03:46.479 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:51.539 And Medina grew dark. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.060 Anas said, 00:03:53.060 --> 00:03:55.060 "I have never seen a day 00:03:55.060 --> 00:04:01.860 more beautiful or radiant than the day the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, entered upon us, 00:04:01.860 --> 00:04:09.139 and I have never seen a day more ugly or dark than the day he, peace be upon him, died." 00:04:09.139 --> 00:04:12.180 We had not yet dusted the earth from our hands after burying the Messenger of Allah, 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:15.169 when we felt our hearts had changed. 00:04:15.169 --> 00:04:16.689 Ibn Kathir said, 00:04:16.689 --> 00:04:20.129 "Its chain of narration meets the criteria of the two Sahihs." 00:04:20.209 --> 00:04:23.889 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, died, 00:04:23.889 --> 00:04:26.930 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:04:26.930 --> 00:04:28.610 "O my father, 00:04:28.610 --> 00:04:31.120 he has answered the Lord who called him. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:32.879 O my father, 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:36.160 his abode is in the highest Paradise (Firdaws). 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.920 O my father, 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.689 we announce his death to Jibril." 00:04:40.689 --> 00:04:44.129 This is not the prohibited form of wailing, 00:04:44.129 --> 00:04:46.370 but rather the permissible announcement of death. 00:04:46.449 --> 00:04:52.529 As for the wailing that involves raising the voice, tearing clothes, and pulling hair, 00:04:52.529 --> 00:04:54.930 that is what is forbidden, 00:04:54.930 --> 00:04:58.529 as the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:04:58.529 --> 00:05:03.629 "I am free of those who shave their hair, raise their voices in grief, or tear their clothes." 00:05:03.629 --> 00:05:06.750 When he, peace be upon him, was buried, 00:05:06.750 --> 00:05:09.709 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:05:09.709 --> 00:05:11.069 "O Anas, 00:05:11.149 --> 00:05:17.709 how could your souls bear to cast earth upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him?" 00:05:17.709 --> 00:05:23.069 She meant that the burial of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the casting of earth upon him 00:05:23.069 --> 00:05:29.339 was contrary to what she knew of their tender hearts toward him and their intense love for him. 00:05:29.339 --> 00:05:33.019 Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, remained silent and did not answer her, 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:34.699 out of consideration for her feelings. 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:37.180 His state of being said: 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:39.180 "Our souls could not bear it, 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:43.220 but we did it in compliance with his command." 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:45.699 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, stood, 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:48.259 the news having driven him out of his senses, 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:53.459 unable to believe that the Prophet, peace be upon him, had died. 00:05:53.459 --> 00:05:57.300 He said, "Some of the hypocrites 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:02.740 claim that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, has passed away. 00:06:02.740 --> 00:06:07.379 But the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, has not died; 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:13.300 rather, he has gone to his Lord just as Musa ibn 'Imran went to meet his Lord, 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:16.420 disappearing from his people for forty nights, 00:06:16.420 --> 00:06:20.100 then returning to them after it was said he had died. 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:24.660 By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, will surely return, 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:31.250 and he will surely cut off the hands and feet of men who claim he has died." 00:06:31.250 --> 00:06:36.220 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:06:36.220 --> 00:06:42.860 Steadfastness during calamity. 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:45.660 Abu Bakr arrived from al-Sunh. 00:06:45.660 --> 00:06:50.459 This was because when the Prophet showed his noble face to the Muslims 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:52.540 while they were praying the dawn prayer 00:06:52.540 --> 00:06:54.939 on the day he died, 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:59.259 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, thought he had recovered. 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:03.579 So he asked the Messenger of Allah for permission to go to his wife in al-Sunh, 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:06.459 who was Habibah bint Kharijah. 00:07:06.459 --> 00:07:11.500 As soon as the news of the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, reached him, 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:14.860 he returned and entered the mosque, 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:17.180 without speaking to the people. 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:22.300 Then he entered the house of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to see 'A'ishah. 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:26.220 He approached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:28.540 who was covered with a garment. 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:30.379 He uncovered his face, 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:35.310 then leaned over him, kissed him between his eyes, and wept. 00:07:35.310 --> 00:07:36.829 Then he said, 00:07:36.829 --> 00:07:38.910 "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! 00:07:38.910 --> 00:07:41.949 How pleasant you were in life and in death! 00:07:41.949 --> 00:07:45.069 Allah will not cause you to experience two deaths. 00:07:45.069 --> 00:07:49.709 As for the death that was decreed for you, you have already experienced it." 00:07:49.709 --> 00:07:51.709 Then Abu Bakr went out, 00:07:51.709 --> 00:07:54.189 and found 'Umar speaking to the people. 00:07:54.189 --> 00:07:55.389 He said, 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:57.149 "Sit down, O 'Umar." 00:07:57.149 --> 00:07:59.470 But 'Umar refused to sit. 00:07:59.470 --> 00:08:02.029 So he left him and turned to the people, 00:08:02.029 --> 00:08:04.110 and the people turned to him. 00:08:04.110 --> 00:08:06.990 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:08:06.990 --> 00:08:08.750 "To proceed: 00:08:08.750 --> 00:08:13.470 Whoever among you worshipped Muhammad, peace be upon him, 00:08:13.470 --> 00:08:16.350 then Muhammad has indeed died. 00:08:16.350 --> 00:08:18.990 And whoever among you worshipped Allah, 00:08:18.990 --> 00:08:22.189 then Allah is Ever-Living and does not die." 00:08:22.189 --> 00:08:25.230 Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: 00:08:25.230 --> 00:08:32.350 "Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. 00:08:32.350 --> 00:08:35.389 So if he was to die or be killed, 00:08:35.389 --> 00:08:38.429 would you turn back on your heels? 00:08:38.429 --> 00:08:44.830 And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; 00:08:44.830 --> 00:08:48.509 but Allah will reward the grateful." 00:08:48.509 --> 00:08:51.549 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:08:51.549 --> 00:08:56.909 "By Allah, it was as if the people did not know that Allah had revealed this verse 00:08:56.909 --> 00:08:59.549 until Abu Bakr recited it. 00:08:59.549 --> 00:09:02.350 Then all the people received it from him, 00:09:02.350 --> 00:09:06.590 and I heard everyone reciting it." 00:09:06.850 --> 00:09:09.250 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:09:09.250 --> 00:09:13.570 "By Allah, as soon as I heard Abu Bakr recite it, 00:09:13.570 --> 00:09:17.730 I was struck down until my legs could not support me, 00:09:17.730 --> 00:09:22.049 and I fell to the ground when I heard him recite it. 00:09:22.049 --> 00:09:27.279 I knew then that the Prophet, peace be upon him, had died." 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:28.799 Ibn 'Umar said, 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.600 "When Abu Bakr read the verse, 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:36.000 it was as if there had been veils over our faces that were then lifted." 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:42.019 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:48.850 The inheritance of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:09:48.850 --> 00:09:51.570 'Amr ibn al-Harith said: 00:09:51.570 --> 00:09:57.970 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, did not leave behind a dinar, a slave, or a maidservant, 00:09:57.970 --> 00:10:03.629 except for his white mule that he used to ride, and his weapons." 00:10:03.629 --> 00:10:05.629 Finally, we say: 00:10:05.629 --> 00:10:07.629 Everyone dies. 00:10:07.629 --> 00:10:09.629 The disobedient die, 00:10:09.710 --> 00:10:11.710 and the obedient die. 00:10:11.710 --> 00:10:13.710 The messengers die, 00:10:13.710 --> 00:10:15.710 and the enemies of the messengers die. 00:10:15.710 --> 00:10:17.710 Those who are near and those who are far, 00:10:17.710 --> 00:10:21.710 the rich and the poor, 00:10:21.710 --> 00:10:23.710 the old and the young, 00:10:23.710 --> 00:10:25.710 the men and the women, 00:10:25.710 --> 00:10:27.710 everyone dies. 00:10:27.710 --> 00:10:31.740 Where are the mighty Chosroes of old? 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:35.740 They gathered treasures, yet neither the treasures remained nor did they. 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:39.259 Everyone whose army filled the vast expanse of the earth, 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:43.259 eventually fell, and a narrow grave contained him. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:46.779 They are silent when called, as if they never knew 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:50.299 that speech was once theirs to command. 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:54.299 Death is coming, and souls are precious, 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:58.399 and the one deceived by what he possesses is a fool. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.399 Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.600 moved His Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.600 from this fleeting abode 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:07.600 to eternal bliss, 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.120 in a lofty station and a high degree, 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.120 in Paradise, than which there is nothing higher or more sublime, 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:17.120 Just as the Almighty said: 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.120 “And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,” (93:4) 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:25.120 “And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.” (93:5) 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:29.220 After he had completed the mission of the message, 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:31.220 Which Allah the Almighty commanded him to convey, 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:33.220 And he gave sincere counsel to his Ummah, 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:37.220 And guided them to the best of what he knew for them, 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:41.220 And warned them and forbade them from what would harm them, 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:43.220 In their worldly life and their hereafter. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:45.379 The Blessed and Exalted said: 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:49.379 ﴾Every soul shall taste death.﴿ 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:55.379 And He said: ﴾Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.﴿ 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:59.379 And He said: ﴾Muhammad is not but a messenger.﴿ 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:01.379 ﴾[Other] messengers have passed on before him.﴿ 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:03.379 ﴾So if he were to die or be killed,﴿ 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:05.379 ﴾Would you turn back on your heels?﴿ 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:07.379 “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) 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:09.379 “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) 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:11.379 ﴾And Allah will reward the grateful.﴿ 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:13.379 And the Blessed and Exalted said: 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:17.379 “We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!” (21:34) 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:21.379 ﴾If he dies, are they the ones to remain forever?﴿ 00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:23.379 And the Almighty said: 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:27.379 “And cry not unto any other god along with Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Everything will perish save His countenance. His is the command, and unto Him ye will be brought back.” (28:88) 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:31.379 And He said: ﴾Everyone upon the earth will perish.﴿ 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:35.379 And He said: ﴾Everyone upon the earth will perish.﴿ 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:39.379 “There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.” (55:27) 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:49.580 The lamentation for the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:56.340 Much poetry was recited regarding the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:58.340 There is a great deal of such poetry. 00:12:58.340 --> 00:13:00.370 Among that which was said is: 00:13:00.370 --> 00:13:04.370 "The past generations have never lost the likes of Muhammad, 00:13:04.370 --> 00:13:08.370 Nor will his like be lost until the Day of Resurrection." 00:13:08.370 --> 00:13:12.620 Abu Sufyan Ibn al-Harith said, 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:16.850 The cousin of the Prophet, peace be upon him: 00:13:16.850 --> 00:13:18.850 "My eyes were kept awake, and my night would not pass, 00:13:18.850 --> 00:13:22.850 And the night of one afflicted with such a tragedy is long. 00:13:22.850 --> 00:13:26.850 Weeping brought me relief, for that which has afflicted 00:13:26.850 --> 00:13:30.940 The Muslims is a grave matter. 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:32.940 Our calamity has become immense and overwhelming, 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:36.940 On the evening it was said that the Messenger had been taken. 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:40.940 Our earth has become, because of what has befallen it, 00:13:40.940 --> 00:13:42.940 As if its very foundations are trembling beneath us. 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:46.940 We have lost the revelation and the descent of the Qur'an among us, 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:50.940 Which Gabriel would bring and take away. 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:56.940 That is the most deserving of what people’s souls should weep over, or nearly weep. 00:13:56.940 --> 00:14:01.070 A Prophet who would dispel our doubts 00:14:01.070 --> 00:14:05.070 Through what was revealed to him and what he would say. 00:14:05.070 --> 00:14:09.070 He would guide us, so we feared no misguidance, 00:14:09.070 --> 00:14:13.070 While the Messenger was our guide. 00:14:13.070 --> 00:14:15.070 O Fatimah, if you grieve, that is an excuse, 00:14:15.070 --> 00:14:19.070 And if you do not grieve, that is also a path. 00:14:19.070 --> 00:14:23.070 For your father’s grave is the master of all graves, 00:14:23.070 --> 00:14:27.169 And within it lies the master of mankind, the Messenger." 00:14:27.169 --> 00:14:31.169 Among that which was recited in lamentation for him, peace be upon him, 00:14:31.169 --> 00:14:35.299 Is what Abdullah Ibn Unays said: 00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:39.299 "My night has grown long, and calamities have beset me, 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:43.299 And a grave matter has gathered all misfortunes. 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:47.299 Our morning came with the announcer of Muhammad’s death to us, 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:51.299 A sound that makes the ears deafen. 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:55.299 If the death of a soul could be averted by the death of my own, I would have sacrificed it, 00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:59.299 But no one can avert death when it comes. 00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:03.299 I swore that I would not praise the dead 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:07.299 Among men, as long as Mount Thabir and the mountain pass remain, 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:11.299 But I am weeping for him and following 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:15.299 His tragedy, for to Allah I belong and to Him I shall return." 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:19.490 With this, we were commanded to speak. 00:15:19.490 --> 00:15:23.779 “Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.” (2:156) 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:27.779 Lamenting the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:31.779 Hassan Ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:35.779 Lamented the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:39.779 Saying: "In Taybah (Madinah) there is a trace and a station of the Messenger, 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:43.840 Radiant, though traces may fade and become desolate. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.840 The signs of a sacred house do not vanish, 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:51.840 Where the pulpit of the Guide, which he used to ascend, stood. 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:55.840 There are chambers and remaining landmarks, 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:59.940 And a courtyard for him, containing a place of prayer and a mosque. 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:03.940 There are chambers where there would descend into their midst 00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:07.940 A light from Allah, illuminating and burning bright. 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:11.940 Landmarks whose signs have not been erased by the passage of time, 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:15.940 Though decay has reached them, their signs are renewed. 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:19.940 I recognized the trace of the Messenger and his station there, 00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:23.940 May no one who is buried in the earth be like him. 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:27.940 I remained there weeping for the Messenger, and my eyes were aided 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:31.940 By other eyes, and likewise, the eyelids shed tears. 00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:35.940 They recall the favors of the Messenger, and I see no one 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:40.100 Who can enumerate them, so my soul is stunned." 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:44.100 Hassan also said: 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:48.100 "What is the matter with your eyes that they do not sleep, as if 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:52.100 Out of grief for the Guided One who has now become a resident of the grave? 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:56.100 O best of those who have walked upon the earth, do not depart! 00:16:56.100 --> 00:17:00.100 Woe to the Ansar of the Prophet and his kin, 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:04.099 After his disappearance into the depths of the grave. 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:08.099 May my side be shielded from the dust; I wish, alas, that I 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:12.099 Were the one buried in the grave instead of him. 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:16.099 O son of Aminah, whose mention is blessed, 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:20.289 Born of a chaste woman, in the most auspicious of times." 00:17:20.289 --> 00:17:24.319 And Ka'b Ibn Malik said: "O eye, weep 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.319 With flowing tears for the best of creation and the Chosen One. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:32.319 Weep for the Messenger, for he is worthy of being wept over, 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:36.319 In times of war and at the meeting of armies. 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:40.319 For the best of those whom a she-camel has carried, 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.319 And the most pious of creation in times of piety. 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:48.319 A delight to the army, the best of mankind, and the best of those who give. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.319 He possesses a lineage above all mankind, 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.319 From Hashim, he is the one hoped for. 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.319 We single out what he possessed of virtue, 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:04.319 For he was a lamp for us in the darkness, 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.319 And he was a bringer of glad tidings and a warner, 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:12.319 And a light for us, whose radiance has shone. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:16.799 He saved us by his mercy from the blazing fire." 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:20.799 And there is much other poetry besides this, 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:25.059 Of what was said about our Messenger Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:29.059 From Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:33.059 After the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was buried, 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:37.059 At the dawn of Thursday, Bilal gave the call to prayer for the dawn. 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:41.059 When he mentioned the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:45.339 It increased our sorrow. 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:49.339 He, peace be upon him, was buried in the chamber of 'A'ishah, 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:53.339 May Allah be pleased with her. When Abu Bakr died, 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:57.339 He was buried with him, and his head was between the shoulders of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:18:57.339 --> 00:19:01.380 When 'Umar died, he was buried with them, 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:05.380 And his head was at the feet of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:09.410 When the wall of 'A'ishah’s house collapsed, 00:19:09.410 --> 00:19:14.410 The house of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, in the time of al-Walid Ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 00:19:14.410 --> 00:19:24.410 They began to rebuild it, and a foot appeared to them; they were alarmed and thought it was the foot of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:19:24.410 --> 00:19:31.410 No one could be found who knew that, until 'Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr Ibn al-'Awwam said to them: 00:19:31.410 --> 00:19:35.049 "It is nothing but the foot of 'Umar." 00:19:35.049 --> 00:19:37.049 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).