WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:03.850 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.850 --> 00:00:09.300 The life of the salaf between word and deed. 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:14.539 The state of the salaf at the time of death. 00:00:14.539 --> 00:00:19.359 Stories and accounts. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.359 When Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was on his deathbed, 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.359 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, came to him, 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.359 And she recited this line of poetry: 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.780 "He whose tears are held back today, 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:34.780 Will surely have them shed one day." 00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:37.939 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, replied, 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:41.939 "Nay, rather: 'And the agony of death will bring the truth.'" 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:45.939 “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) 00:00:45.939 --> 00:00:49.420 And it is narrated that Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:53.420 "The head of 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was resting on my lap, 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:56.420 During the illness in which he passed away. 00:00:56.420 --> 00:00:59.420 He said to me, 'Place my head on the ground.' 00:00:59.420 --> 00:01:02.579 I replied, 00:01:02.579 --> 00:01:06.579 'What difference does it make whether it is on my lap or on the ground?' 00:01:06.579 --> 00:01:09.609 He said, 'Place it on the ground.' 00:01:09.609 --> 00:01:12.609 So I placed it on the ground. 00:01:12.609 --> 00:01:16.700 He then said, 'Woe to me, and woe to my mother, 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:19.959 If my Lord does not forgive me.'" 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.959 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.959 Seventy of the reciters to the tribe of Banu 'Amir. 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.959 When they arrived, 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.959 Haram Ibn Milhan, may Allah be pleased with him, said to them, 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:32.959 "Shall I go ahead of you? 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:38.959 If they grant me safety so that I may convey to them the message of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.959 Then you will be near me; otherwise, you will be close enough to support me." 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:44.959 He went ahead, and they granted him safety. 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.959 While he was speaking to them about the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.959 They signaled to a man among them, 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.959 Who stabbed him and pierced him through. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.959 He took the blood like this, 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:59.959 And sprinkled it over his face and head, 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:01.959 Then said, 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.340 "Allah is the Greatest! I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka'bah." 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:11.340 And from Ziyad, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, it is narrated: 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:15.340 "A man told me that he visited Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:18.340 During the illness in which he died. 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:19.379 He said, 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:24.379 'Were it not that I see this day as the last of the days of this world, 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:27.379 And the first of the days of the Hereafter, 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:29.379 I would not have spoken of this.' 00:02:29.379 --> 00:02:34.500 'O Allah, You know that I preferred poverty over wealth, 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:37.500 And I preferred humility over honor, 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:40.500 And I preferred death over life.' 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:43.539 'A beloved one has come in a time of need.' 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:45.539 'He who regrets will not prosper.' 00:02:45.539 --> 00:02:48.539 Then he passed away, may Allah have mercy on him. 00:02:48.539 --> 00:02:51.860 And from Salam Ibn Bashir Ibn Hajl, who said: 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:55.860 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, wept during his illness. 00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:57.860 It was said to him, 00:02:57.860 --> 00:03:00.860 "What makes you weep, O Abu Hurayrah?" 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:01.860 He said, 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:05.860 "I do not weep for this world of yours, 00:03:05.860 --> 00:03:10.860 But I weep for the length of my journey and the scarcity of my provisions. 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:15.860 I have reached a point of ascent that leads either to Paradise or to Hell, 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:20.270 And I do not know which of the two I will be led to." 00:03:20.270 --> 00:03:23.270 And when Abu al-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, was on his deathbed, 00:03:23.270 --> 00:03:25.270 He began to say, 00:03:25.270 --> 00:03:28.270 "Who will work for a day like this of mine? 00:03:28.270 --> 00:03:32.620 Who will work for a resting place like this of mine?" 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:38.620 Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, exerted himself intensely before his death. 00:03:38.620 --> 00:03:40.620 It was said to him, 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:43.620 "If only you would stop and be gentle with yourself." 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:44.620 He said, 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:48.620 "When a horse is released and nears the end of its race, 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:51.620 It exerts all the strength it has left. 00:03:51.620 --> 00:03:54.620 And what remains of my lifespan is even less than that." 00:03:54.620 --> 00:03:59.069 When death approached Mu'awiyah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:59.069 --> 00:04:02.069 They were moving him around in the palace. 00:04:02.069 --> 00:04:03.069 He said, 00:04:03.069 --> 00:04:05.069 "Have we reached the Green Palace yet?" 00:04:05.069 --> 00:04:08.069 His daughter, Ramlah, cried out. 00:04:08.069 --> 00:04:09.069 He said, 00:04:09.069 --> 00:04:11.069 "Why do you cry?" 00:04:11.069 --> 00:04:12.199 She said, 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.199 "We are moving you around in the Green Palace, 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.199 And you are asking if we have reached the Green Palace yet?" 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:19.230 He said, 00:04:19.230 --> 00:04:23.230 "If your father's mind has wandered, he has long been dignified." 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:27.649 And when death descended upon him, he said, 00:04:27.649 --> 00:04:31.649 "I wish I had been a man from the Quraysh at Dhi Tuwa, 00:04:31.649 --> 00:04:35.649 And that I had not taken on any of this affair." 00:04:35.649 --> 00:04:41.100 Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, said when death approached him, 00:04:41.100 --> 00:04:43.100 "Tomorrow we shall meet the beloved, 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:45.100 Muhammad and his party." 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:47.100 His wife said, 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:49.100 "Woe is me!" 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:50.100 He said, 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:52.579 "What joy!" 00:04:52.579 --> 00:04:56.579 Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, wept at the time of death. 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:59.639 It was said, "What makes you weep?" 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:00.639 He said, 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.639 "I do not weep out of greed for your world, 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.639 Nor out of fear of death, 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.639 But because of the scarcity of my provisions and the distance of the journey." 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.019 Anas Ibn Sirin said, 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:18.019 "I witnessed Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, when death approached him, 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:20.019 And he began to say, 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:23.019 'Prompt me to say: There is no god but Allah.' 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:27.500 He did not cease saying it until his soul was taken." 00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:31.500 Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him, wept at his death. 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:34.500 It was said to him, "What makes you weep?" 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:35.500 He said, 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:41.949 "I am waiting for a messenger from Allah to give me glad tidings of Paradise or of the Fire." 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:46.949 When 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn al-Aswad, may Allah have mercy on him, was on his deathbed, he wept. 00:05:46.949 --> 00:05:49.980 It was said to him, "What makes you weep?" 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:50.980 He said, 00:05:50.980 --> 00:05:53.980 "Sorrow for the fasting and the prayer." 00:05:53.980 --> 00:05:58.139 And he continued to recite the Qur'an until he died. 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:02.139 Death came to one of the righteous men, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:03.139 And he wept. 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:04.139 It was said to him, 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:06.139 "Why do you weep? 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:10.139 It is only the world you have always known." 00:06:10.139 --> 00:06:11.139 He said, 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:14.139 "It is not for that which I weep, 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:19.589 But by Allah, I weep for the loss of the remembrance of Allah and the gatherings of its people." 00:06:19.589 --> 00:06:24.589 When 'Amir Ibn 'Abd Allah, may Allah have mercy on him, was on his deathbed, he wept. 00:06:24.589 --> 00:06:26.589 It was said, "What makes you weep?" 00:06:26.589 --> 00:06:27.589 He said, 00:06:27.589 --> 00:06:32.589 "I do not weep out of fear of death nor out of desire for the world, 00:06:32.589 --> 00:06:39.879 But I weep for the thirst of the hot summer days and the standing in prayer during the winter nights." 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:43.879 Ibn 'Awn, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say at the time of death, 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:45.879 "The Sunnah, the Sunnah! 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.879 And beware of innovations." 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:49.879 Until he died. 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:55.170 And from Muhammad Ibn Thabit al-Bunani, may Allah have mercy on him, who said: 00:06:55.170 --> 00:06:58.170 "I went to prompt my father at the time of death, 00:06:58.170 --> 00:06:59.170 And he said, 00:06:59.170 --> 00:07:02.170 'O my son, leave me be, 00:07:02.170 --> 00:07:05.170 For I am in my seventh recitation [of the Qur'an].' 00:07:05.170 --> 00:07:08.170 It was as if he were reciting while his soul was departing." 00:07:08.170 --> 00:07:12.459 Death came to a man from the people of Madinah, 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:13.459 And he became distressed. 00:07:13.459 --> 00:07:16.459 It was said to him, "Are you distressed?" 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:17.459 He said, 00:07:17.459 --> 00:07:19.459 "And why should I not be distressed? 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:25.459 By Allah, if the messenger of the governor of Madinah were to come to me, I would be fearful of that, 00:07:25.459 --> 00:07:29.870 So how about the messenger of the Lord of the worlds?" 00:07:29.870 --> 00:07:34.870 When death approached Shaykh al-Kasani, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:07:34.870 --> 00:07:37.870 He began reciting Surah Ibrahim, 00:07:37.870 --> 00:07:40.870 Until he reached the saying of Allah the Exalted: 00:07:40.870 --> 00:07:47.870 “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) 00:07:47.870 --> 00:07:53.870 His soul departed as he finished saying, "and in the Hereafter." 00:07:53.870 --> 00:08:00.500 The life of the salaf between word and deed.