WEBVTT 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.599 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:08.599 And the city of Madinah grew dark. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:22.519 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, acted with gentleness 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:25.519 in informing the Companions of the nearness of his passing. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:35.579 The time of the Prophet, peace be upon him, drew near and approached, 00:00:35.579 --> 00:00:39.649 so he began to remind his Companions that his end was near. 00:00:39.649 --> 00:00:46.649 Whenever they heard anything of this hadith from him, peace be upon him, 00:00:46.649 --> 00:00:50.219 they would burst into tears. 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:56.219 For Abu Muwayhibah, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:00:56.219 --> 00:01:02.219 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, woke me in the night, 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:06.319 and said, 'O Abu Muwayhibah, 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:10.319 I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi'.' 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:15.670 So I went out with him until we reached al-Baqi'. 00:01:15.670 --> 00:01:19.670 He raised his hands and sought forgiveness for them for a long time. 00:01:19.670 --> 00:01:21.739 Then he said, 00:01:21.739 --> 00:01:24.739 'May you be congratulated for what you have reached, 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:27.739 compared to what the people have reached. 00:01:27.739 --> 00:01:32.799 Trials have approached like pieces of a dark night, 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:35.799 the latter part of which follows the former, 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:40.180 and the latter is worse than the former.' 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:42.180 'O Abu Muwayhibah, 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:47.250 I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world, 00:01:47.250 --> 00:01:51.250 and eternity therein, then Paradise. 00:01:51.250 --> 00:01:57.340 I was given the choice between that and meeting my Lord and Paradise.' 00:01:57.340 --> 00:02:00.569 I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:00.569 --> 00:02:03.569 may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, 00:02:03.569 --> 00:02:09.569 take the keys to the treasures of the world and eternity therein, then Paradise.' 00:02:09.569 --> 00:02:11.729 He said, 00:02:11.729 --> 00:02:14.759 'By Allah, O Abu Muwayhibah, 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:18.759 I have chosen to meet my Lord and Paradise.'" 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:24.110 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, departed. 00:02:24.110 --> 00:02:26.340 When morning came, 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:31.340 he began the illness in which Allah took his soul. 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:34.719 During that time, he, peace be upon him, 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:41.719 would frequently remind them and counsel them to be good regarding their religion. 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:47.039 Mu'adh Ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that he said: 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:52.199 "When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent him to Yemen, 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:58.199 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, went out with him to counsel him, 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.199 while Mu'adh was riding, 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:06.199 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was walking beside his mount. 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.300 When he finished, he said, 00:03:09.300 --> 00:03:11.300 'O Mu'adh, 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:16.360 you may perhaps not meet me after this year of mine, 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:21.419 or you may perhaps pass by this mosque of mine or my grave.' 00:03:21.419 --> 00:03:28.740 Mu'adh wept out of grief for the departure of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:33.259 It is as if I can see him, peace be upon him, 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:36.259 acting gently by informing them, 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:39.259 so as to bid them farewell with those counsels." 00:03:39.259 --> 00:03:42.539 Abu Dawud recorded 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:45.539 from al-'Irbad Ibn Sariyah, who said: 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:51.539 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, led us in prayer one day, 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:56.699 then he turned to us and gave us an eloquent sermon, 00:03:56.699 --> 00:04:01.699 from which eyes shed tears and hearts trembled. 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:05.060 Someone said, 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:07.060 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.060 this is the sermon of one bidding farewell.' 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:12.659 Thus, 00:04:12.659 --> 00:04:16.660 they, may Allah be pleased with them, realized the magnitude of the calamity. 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:21.819 It was the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:26.949 They knew this from his manner, peace be upon him, 00:04:26.949 --> 00:04:28.949 in counseling them 00:04:28.949 --> 00:04:31.949 and his eloquent sermon. 00:04:31.949 --> 00:04:36.240 That is why the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.240 would urge his Companions to meet him 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.240 and sit with him frequently. 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:47.370 As Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated, saying: 00:04:47.370 --> 00:04:51.370 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 00:04:51.370 --> 00:04:55.500 "By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, 00:04:55.500 --> 00:05:00.500 a day will come upon one of you when he will not see me, 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:07.819 and then, to see me would be dearer to him than his family and wealth combined." 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:10.819 Al-Nawawi commented, 00:05:10.819 --> 00:05:12.819 "The intent of the hadith 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:19.100 is to urge them to keep to his noble company, peace be upon him." 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:23.100 Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, also narrates 00:05:23.100 --> 00:05:28.100 another hadith from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:35.100 in which he explains the method of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in preparing his Companions 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:39.100 for the news of his death, peace be upon him. 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:46.550 He said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sat on the pulpit 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:54.550 and said, 'A servant was given a choice by Allah between being given the splendor of the world 00:05:54.550 --> 00:05:56.709 and what is with Him, 00:05:56.709 --> 00:05:58.709 and he chose what is with Him.' 00:05:58.709 --> 00:06:02.899 Abu Bakr wept and wept, 00:06:02.899 --> 00:06:09.509 and said, 'We sacrifice our fathers and mothers for you.' 00:06:09.509 --> 00:06:16.540 He said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was the one given the choice, 00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:20.899 and Abu Bakr was the most knowledgeable of us regarding him." 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:22.899 Ibn Hajar said: 00:06:22.899 --> 00:06:29.899 "It is as if Abu Bakr understood the allusion the Prophet, peace be upon him, made 00:06:29.899 --> 00:06:34.930 from the context of him mentioning that during his final illness, 00:06:34.930 --> 00:06:38.930 so he sensed that he meant himself, 00:06:38.930 --> 00:06:40.930 and that is why he wept." 00:06:40.930 --> 00:06:45.660 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, went out 00:06:45.660 --> 00:06:49.660 to visit the graves of the martyrs at Uhud, 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:53.660 as if he were bidding farewell to the living and the dead. 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:58.860 'Uqbah Ibn 'Amir, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:05.079 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed for the martyrs of Uhud 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:08.209 after eight years, 00:07:08.209 --> 00:07:12.300 like one bidding farewell to the living and the dead." 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.300 Then he ascended the pulpit and said, 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:18.399 "I am a forerunner for you, 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.459 and I am a witness over you. 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:24.459 Your appointment is at the Basin (al-Hawd), 00:07:24.459 --> 00:07:28.720 and I am looking at it from this place of mine. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.720 I do not fear that you will associate partners with Allah after me, 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:38.750 but I fear for you the world, that you might compete for it." 00:07:38.750 --> 00:07:41.139 He said: 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:48.139 "That was the last look I had of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:07:48.139 --> 00:07:54.839 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered upon his wives, 00:07:54.839 --> 00:08:00.839 and the symptoms of the illness in which he passed away appeared upon him. 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:06.290 Asma' Bint 'Umays, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:08:06.290 --> 00:08:11.290 "The first time the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, fell ill 00:08:11.290 --> 00:08:14.290 was in the house of Maymunah, 00:08:14.290 --> 00:08:18.610 and his illness became so severe that he fainted. 00:08:18.610 --> 00:08:24.060 The Muslims recorded a similar hadith from 'A'ishah. 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:27.310 The following hadith shows 00:08:27.310 --> 00:08:33.309 how the illness intensified for the Prophet, peace be upon him, in those moments, 00:08:33.309 --> 00:08:37.309 and how his wives tried to nurse him 00:08:37.309 --> 00:08:41.309 or alleviate the severity of the illness. 00:08:41.309 --> 00:08:45.759 Asma' Bint 'Umays, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.919 "His illness became severe until he fainted. 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.210 His wives consulted about administering medicine to him (ladud), 00:08:56.210 --> 00:09:00.429 so they administered it. When he recovered, he said, 00:09:00.429 --> 00:09:05.429 'This is the work of women who have come from there,' 00:09:05.429 --> 00:09:08.500 and he pointed to the land of Abyssinia, 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:12.690 and Asma' Bint 'Umays was among them. 00:09:12.690 --> 00:09:18.720 They said, 'We suspected you had pleurisy, O Messenger of Allah.' 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:26.169 He said, 'That is a disease that Allah would not afflict me with. 00:09:26.169 --> 00:09:31.620 Let no one remain in the house without being administered the same medicine.'" 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:36.620 Al-Bukhari recorded the report via 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:39.870 She said, may Allah be pleased with her: 00:09:39.870 --> 00:09:42.899 "We administered medicine to him during his illness. 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:46.899 He began to signal to us not to administer it to him. 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:52.000 We said, 'It is the dislike of a sick person for medicine.' 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.159 When he recovered, he said, 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.159 'Did I not forbid you from administering medicine to me?' 00:09:58.289 --> 00:10:02.289 We said, 'It is the dislike of a sick person for medicine.' 00:10:02.289 --> 00:10:10.480 He said, 'Let no one remain in the house without being administered it while I watch, 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:16.019 except for al-'Abbas, for he was not present with you.'" 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:20.019 'A'ishah, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, narrates 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:25.019 another complaint that appeared on the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:29.470 after his return from the funeral of one of his Companions. 00:10:29.470 --> 00:10:33.470 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:10:33.470 --> 00:10:41.470 "The Prophet, peace be upon him, returned to me one day from a funeral in al-Baqi', 00:10:41.470 --> 00:10:45.470 and he found me while I was suffering from a headache, 00:10:45.470 --> 00:10:49.759 and I was saying, 'Oh, my head!' 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:55.019 He said, 'Rather, I am the one who should say, "Oh, my head!" O 'A'ishah.' 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:59.049 He said, 'What would it harm you if you died before me, 00:10:59.049 --> 00:11:02.049 so that I could wash you and shroud you?' 00:11:03.049 --> 00:11:08.299 She said, 'It is as if I can see you, by Allah, if you did that, 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:14.299 you would return to my house and celebrate a wedding with some of your wives.' 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:20.690 She said: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, smiled. 00:11:20.690 --> 00:11:24.750 Then he began the illness in which he died." 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:30.169 As for his illness, peace be upon him, and its severity, 00:11:31.169 --> 00:11:36.230 here is the hadith of 'A'ishah, Abu Sa'id, and Ibn Mas'ud. 00:11:36.230 --> 00:11:40.549 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:11:40.549 --> 00:11:48.679 "I have never seen anyone suffer more severe pain than the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.100 As for the hadith of Abu Sa'id, 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:59.100 we have already shown some of what the Prophet, peace be upon him, was suffering in those moments. 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:01.539 Abu Sa'id said: 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:07.580 "I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, while he was feverish, 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:09.830 and I placed my hand upon him, 00:12:09.830 --> 00:12:14.830 and I felt the heat of his fever with my hand over the quilt. 00:12:14.830 --> 00:12:19.960 I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how severe it is upon you!' 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:28.179 He said, 'It is so; the trial is doubled for us, and the reward is doubled for us.'" 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:32.919 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:38.019 "I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, during his illness, 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:42.019 and he was suffering from a severe fever." 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:48.590 The illness increased upon the Prophet, peace be upon him, and became heavy, 00:12:48.590 --> 00:12:55.590 and he would look forward to his day with 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, and ask about it, 00:12:55.590 --> 00:13:02.320 as the hadiths in the following paragraph indicate. 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.320 And the city of Madinah grew dark.