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

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And Medina grew dark at the end.

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'Ubadah Ibn al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates

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that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

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"Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him."

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And from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her),

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that he (peace be upon him) said:

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"No prophet is ever taken in death

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until he is shown his seat in Paradise."

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And from Abu Muwayhibah (may Allah be pleased with him),

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the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) summoned me in the night,

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and said:

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'O Abu Muwayhibah,

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I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi'.'

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So I went out with him until we reached al-Baqi'.

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He raised his hands and prayed for their forgiveness for a long time.

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Then he said:

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'May you be congratulated for what you have reached, compared to what the people have reached.

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Trials have approached like pieces of a dark night,

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the latter part following the former,

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and the latter is worse than the former.

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O Abu Muwayhibah,

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I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world and eternity therein,

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and then Paradise.

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I was given the choice between that

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and meeting my Lord and Paradise.'

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So I said:

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'O Messenger of Allah,

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may my father and mother be sacrificed for you,

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take the keys to the treasures of the world and eternity therein,

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and then Paradise.'

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He said:

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'By Allah, O Abu Muwayhibah,

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I have chosen to meet my Lord and Paradise.'"

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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) departed.

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When morning came,

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he began the illness in which Allah took his soul.

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And Monday comes,

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the heaviest day in the memory of the Ummah for the Ummah,

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the day the Prophet (peace be upon him) was taken.

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The day he moved, by his own choice, to the Highest Companion.

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Monday comes.

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While the Muslims were in the dawn prayer on Monday,

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and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was leading them in prayer,

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they were suddenly surprised by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

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He had pulled back the curtain of 'A'ishah's chamber,

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and looked at them while they were in the prayer rows.

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Then he smiled, as if laughing.

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Abu Bakr stepped back to join the row,

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thinking that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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intended to come out for the prayer.

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The Muslims were about to be distracted in their prayer

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out of joy for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

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But the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) signaled to them with his hand

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to complete their prayer.

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Then he entered the chamber and let the curtain fall.

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That was his final smile.

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It was the last day of the world,

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and the first day of the Hereafter.

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Just as she (may Allah be pleased with her) used to say:

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"He (peace be upon him) died in my house,

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on my day, and between my chest and my neck.

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And Allah joined my saliva with his at the time of his death."

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'Abd al-Rahman (Ibn Abi Bakr) entered upon me with a tooth-stick (siwak) in his hand,

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while I was supporting the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

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I saw him looking at it,

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and I knew he loved the siwak.

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So I said, "Shall I take it for you?"

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He signaled with his head, "Yes."

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So I took it,

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but it was too hard for him.

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I said, "Shall I soften it for you?"

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He signaled with his head, "Yes."

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So I softened it.

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He used it as well as he had ever used a siwak.

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Then he handed it back to me.

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Then he raised his hand,

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and began to say:

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"To the Highest Companion."

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Until his soul was taken and his hand fell, (peace be upon him).

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So he died (peace be upon him).

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And he (peace be upon him) moved to the Highest Companion.

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He was pure in life and pure in death.

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That was on Monday,

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the darkest and gloomiest of days for the Muslims.

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Monday.

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The world falls silent,

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the universe grows still,

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voices quiet down,

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the news from heaven ceases,

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and Jibril stops—a matter most grave, truly most grave.

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The momentous event occurs

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with the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

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The Companions weep,

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'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) is struck with disbelief,

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and the death becomes a reality.

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Every house in Medina tastes the bitter sting of death.

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Every loved one tries to push the news of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) death from their thoughts,

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for they cannot believe that he (peace be upon him) has died.

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And Medina grew dark.