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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The life of the salaf between word and deed.

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The state of the salaf at the time of death.

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Stories and accounts.

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When Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was on his deathbed,

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'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, came to him,

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And she recited this line of poetry:

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"He whose tears are held back today,

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Will surely have them shed one day."

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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, replied,

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"Nay, rather: 'And the agony of death will bring the truth.'"

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“And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.” (50:19)

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And it is narrated that Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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"The head of 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was resting on my lap,

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During the illness in which he passed away.

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He said to me, 'Place my head on the ground.'

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I replied,

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'What difference does it make whether it is on my lap or on the ground?'

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He said, 'Place it on the ground.'

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So I placed it on the ground.

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He then said, 'Woe to me, and woe to my mother,

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If my Lord does not forgive me.'"

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent

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Seventy of the reciters to the tribe of Banu 'Amir.

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When they arrived,

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Haram Ibn Milhan, may Allah be pleased with him, said to them,

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"Shall I go ahead of you?

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If they grant me safety so that I may convey to them the message of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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Then you will be near me; otherwise, you will be close enough to support me."

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He went ahead, and they granted him safety.

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While he was speaking to them about the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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They signaled to a man among them,

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Who stabbed him and pierced him through.

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He took the blood like this,

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And sprinkled it over his face and head,

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Then said,

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"Allah is the Greatest! I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka'bah."

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And from Ziyad, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, it is narrated:

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"A man told me that he visited Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman, may Allah be pleased with him,

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During the illness in which he died.

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He said,

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'Were it not that I see this day as the last of the days of this world,

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And the first of the days of the Hereafter,

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I would not have spoken of this.'

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'O Allah, You know that I preferred poverty over wealth,

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And I preferred humility over honor,

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And I preferred death over life.'

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'A beloved one has come in a time of need.'

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'He who regrets will not prosper.'

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Then he passed away, may Allah have mercy on him.

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And from Salam Ibn Bashir Ibn Hajl, who said:

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, wept during his illness.

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It was said to him,

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"What makes you weep, O Abu Hurayrah?"

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He said,

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"I do not weep for this world of yours,

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But I weep for the length of my journey and the scarcity of my provisions.

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I have reached a point of ascent that leads either to Paradise or to Hell,

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And I do not know which of the two I will be led to."

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And when Abu al-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, was on his deathbed,

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He began to say,

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"Who will work for a day like this of mine?

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Who will work for a resting place like this of mine?"

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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, exerted himself intensely before his death.

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It was said to him,

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"If only you would stop and be gentle with yourself."

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He said,

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"When a horse is released and nears the end of its race,

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It exerts all the strength it has left.

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And what remains of my lifespan is even less than that."

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When death approached Mu'awiyah, may Allah be pleased with him,

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They were moving him around in the palace.

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He said,

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"Have we reached the Green Palace yet?"

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His daughter, Ramlah, cried out.

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He said,

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"Why do you cry?"

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She said,

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"We are moving you around in the Green Palace,

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And you are asking if we have reached the Green Palace yet?"

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He said,

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"If your father's mind has wandered, he has long been dignified."

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And when death descended upon him, he said,

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"I wish I had been a man from the Quraysh at Dhi Tuwa,

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And that I had not taken on any of this affair."

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Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, said when death approached him,

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"Tomorrow we shall meet the beloved,

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Muhammad and his party."

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His wife said,

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"Woe is me!"

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He said,

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"What joy!"

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Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, wept at the time of death.

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It was said, "What makes you weep?"

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He said,

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"I do not weep out of greed for your world,

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Nor out of fear of death,

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But because of the scarcity of my provisions and the distance of the journey."

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Anas Ibn Sirin said,

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"I witnessed Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, when death approached him,

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And he began to say,

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'Prompt me to say: There is no god but Allah.'

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He did not cease saying it until his soul was taken."

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Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him, wept at his death.

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It was said to him, "What makes you weep?"

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He said,

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"I am waiting for a messenger from Allah to give me glad tidings of Paradise or of the Fire."

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When 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn al-Aswad, may Allah have mercy on him, was on his deathbed, he wept.

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It was said to him, "What makes you weep?"

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He said,

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"Sorrow for the fasting and the prayer."

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And he continued to recite the Qur'an until he died.

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Death came to one of the righteous men, may Allah have mercy on him,

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And he wept.

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It was said to him,

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"Why do you weep?

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It is only the world you have always known."

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He said,

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"It is not for that which I weep,

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But by Allah, I weep for the loss of the remembrance of Allah and the gatherings of its people."

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When 'Amir Ibn 'Abd Allah, may Allah have mercy on him, was on his deathbed, he wept.

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It was said, "What makes you weep?"

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He said,

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"I do not weep out of fear of death nor out of desire for the world,

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But I weep for the thirst of the hot summer days and the standing in prayer during the winter nights."

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Ibn 'Awn, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say at the time of death,

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"The Sunnah, the Sunnah!

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And beware of innovations."

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Until he died.

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And from Muhammad Ibn Thabit al-Bunani, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"I went to prompt my father at the time of death,

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And he said,

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'O my son, leave me be,

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For I am in my seventh recitation [of the Qur'an].'

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It was as if he were reciting while his soul was departing."

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Death came to a man from the people of Madinah,

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And he became distressed.

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It was said to him, "Are you distressed?"

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He said,

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"And why should I not be distressed?

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By Allah, if the messenger of the governor of Madinah were to come to me, I would be fearful of that,

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So how about the messenger of the Lord of the worlds?"

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When death approached Shaykh al-Kasani, may Allah have mercy on him,

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He began reciting Surah Ibrahim,

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Until he reached the saying of Allah the Exalted:

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“Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray. And Allah doeth what He will.” (14:27)

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His soul departed as he finished saying, "and in the Hereafter."

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The life of the salaf between word and deed.