WEBVTT 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.599 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:19.170 Darkness descended upon Medina. 00:00:19.170 --> 00:00:23.170 The impact of the passing of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:23.170 --> 00:00:29.980 upon the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:33.170 As the pure soul ascended, 00:00:33.170 --> 00:00:36.170 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, could find 00:00:36.170 --> 00:00:41.170 no scent more fragrant than that of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:00:41.170 --> 00:00:46.490 at the moment his soul was taken, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:46.490 --> 00:00:49.649 She, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:00:49.649 --> 00:00:51.649 "When his soul departed, 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:55.649 I never found a scent more fragrant than it." 00:00:55.649 --> 00:00:58.710 This pure soul, 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:01.810 this fragrant scent, 00:01:01.810 --> 00:01:06.810 was the soul of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:06.810 --> 00:01:12.030 For he was indeed pure, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:12.030 --> 00:01:15.349 Fatima lamented her father, saying: 00:01:15.349 --> 00:01:17.420 "O my father! 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:20.420 He has answered the Lord who called him. 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:22.769 O my father! 00:01:22.769 --> 00:01:25.769 The Garden of Firdaws is his abode. 00:01:25.769 --> 00:01:27.900 O my father! 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:30.900 We announce his passing to Jibril." 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:33.250 O my father! 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:36.250 He has answered the Lord who called him. 00:01:36.250 --> 00:01:38.439 O my father! 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.439 How close he is to his Lord! 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:43.599 O my father! 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.599 The Garden of Firdaws is his abode. 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.760 O my father! 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:52.760 We announce his passing to Jibril. 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.340 The lamentation spread among the Companions, 00:01:57.340 --> 00:01:59.340 and they whispered about it. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:01.340 They pushed the news away, 00:02:01.340 --> 00:02:04.590 for they did not want to believe it. 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:08.590 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would not die, 00:02:08.590 --> 00:02:11.590 and the news was a plot by the hypocrites. 00:02:11.590 --> 00:02:17.590 They felt it necessary to pursue anyone who claimed the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died. 00:02:17.590 --> 00:02:21.909 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:02:21.909 --> 00:02:26.099 "While his head was resting on my shoulder one day, 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:30.099 it leaned toward my head. 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:34.199 I thought he wanted something from me, 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:38.259 but a cool drop of moisture emerged from his mouth, 00:02:38.259 --> 00:02:41.259 and fell onto my collarbone. 00:02:41.259 --> 00:02:44.360 My skin shivered at it, 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:47.360 and I thought he had fainted. 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:50.360 So I covered him with a garment." 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.550 Then Umar and al-Mughira Ibn Shu'ba arrived, 00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:58.550 and they asked for permission to enter, which I granted. 00:02:58.550 --> 00:03:01.550 I drew the curtain toward me. 00:03:01.710 --> 00:03:04.710 Umar looked at him and said: 00:03:04.710 --> 00:03:06.710 "What a severe faint! 00:03:06.710 --> 00:03:09.710 How severe is the faint of the Messenger of Allah, 00:03:09.710 --> 00:03:12.780 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:03:12.780 --> 00:03:14.780 Then he stood up. 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.780 When they neared the door, 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:19.780 al-Mughira said: 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:26.219 "O Umar, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has died." 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:32.219 Aisha did not want to believe that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died. 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:38.539 When his head, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, leaned toward hers, 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:41.539 it was after he had chosen his Lord, 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.539 after he had whispered, 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:46.539 "To the Highest Companion." 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:49.539 And after she, too, had murmured, 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:52.539 "Then he does not choose us." 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:56.830 Despite all those signs, 00:03:56.830 --> 00:04:04.439 she still did not want to believe that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died. 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:11.439 Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, came to visit the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:13.439 and saw him as if dead. 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.500 All the signs pointed to that, 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:22.500 yet he pushed the thought away and imagined it was a faint. 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:24.500 "What a severe faint! 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:30.920 How severe is the faint of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:35.920 Umar declared war on anyone who even whispered about it, 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.920 so how could he react to someone announcing it? 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:43.110 When al-Mughira Ibn Shu'ba, may Allah be pleased with him, said 00:04:43.110 --> 00:04:48.180 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died, 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:52.180 Umar, agitated, confronted him like a storm: 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:53.180 "You lie! 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:57.430 You are a man stirred by fitna." 00:04:57.430 --> 00:05:00.430 Then Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, went on, 00:05:00.430 --> 00:05:06.500 even though people were whispering about the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:09.529 How quickly he said: 00:05:09.529 --> 00:05:14.529 "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has not died! 00:05:14.529 --> 00:05:19.529 By Allah, nothing else occurred to me. 00:05:19.529 --> 00:05:22.560 Allah will surely resurrect him, 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.560 and he will surely cut off the hands and feet of men." 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:28.879 Then he said: 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:33.879 "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, will not die 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:38.910 until Allah, the Almighty, annihilates the hypocrites." 00:05:38.910 --> 00:05:43.910 Umar interpreted the state of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:05:43.910 --> 00:05:47.910 based on what happened to Musa, peace be upon him, 00:05:47.910 --> 00:05:50.910 when he went to the appointed meeting with his Lord. 00:05:50.910 --> 00:05:51.910 He said: 00:05:51.910 --> 00:05:59.910 "I will not hear anyone say that Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has died. 00:05:59.910 --> 00:06:04.910 Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has not died, 00:06:04.910 --> 00:06:10.910 but his Lord has sent for him, just as He sent for Musa, 00:06:10.910 --> 00:06:14.910 who was absent from his people for forty nights." 00:06:14.910 --> 00:06:18.300 Everything Umar said, 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:21.300 "You are a man stirred by fitna," 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:26.459 "He will surely cut off the hands and feet of men," 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:31.680 "He will not die until Allah destroys the hypocrites," 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:36.899 "His Lord sent for him as He sent for Musa," 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:40.060 everything Umar said, 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:45.060 yet he would not speak the painful truth. 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:48.579 Until Abu Bakr arrived. 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:53.899 He came on his horse from his residence in al-Sunh, 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:56.899 dismounted, and entered the mosque. 00:06:56.899 --> 00:06:58.899 He did not speak to the people, 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:03.899 but went in to Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:08.899 He approached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:07:08.899 --> 00:07:11.899 who was covered with a Yemeni garment. 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:13.899 He uncovered his face, 00:07:13.899 --> 00:07:18.930 then leaned over him, kissed him, and wept. 00:07:18.930 --> 00:07:22.930 Then he said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! 00:07:22.930 --> 00:07:28.019 By Allah, Allah will not combine two deaths upon you. 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:31.019 As for the death that was decreed for you, 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:33.019 you have already experienced it." 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:35.540 Then he said: 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:40.660 “Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.” (2:156) 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:46.079 "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has died." 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:50.079 Then he came to his head and kissed it, 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:54.079 and kissed his forehead, then said: 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.079 "O Prophet!" 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.240 Then he raised his head, 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.240 and kissed it, 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:04.240 and kissed his forehead, then said: 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.240 "O chosen one!" 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.240 Then he raised his head and kissed it, 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.240 and kissed his forehead and said: 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.240 "O dear friend!" 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:20.240 "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has died." 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.430 He went out to the mosque, 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:25.430 where Umar was speaking to the people. 00:08:25.430 --> 00:08:26.430 He said: 00:08:26.430 --> 00:08:28.430 "Sit down." 00:08:28.430 --> 00:08:31.430 But Umar refused to sit. 00:08:31.430 --> 00:08:32.429 He said: 00:08:32.429 --> 00:08:34.429 "Sit down." 00:08:34.429 --> 00:08:36.429 But he refused to sit. 00:08:36.429 --> 00:08:38.429 So Abu Bakr recited the shahada, 00:08:38.429 --> 00:08:42.429 and the people turned to him and left Umar. 00:08:42.429 --> 00:08:44.559 He said: 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:46.559 "O people! 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.559 Whoever among you worshipped Muhammad, 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.559 then Muhammad has indeed died. 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.659 And whoever worshipped Allah, 00:08:55.659 --> 00:08:59.659 then Allah is Ever-Living and does not die." 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:03.659 Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, said: 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:06.820 ﴾Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.﴿ 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.820 (The verse was recited). 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:14.820 (The verse was recited). 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:17.100 (The verse was recited). 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:20.100 (The verse was recited). 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:23.100 (The verse was recited). 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:26.100 (The verse was recited). 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:29.100 (The verse was recited). 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:33.419 (The verse was recited). 00:09:33.419 --> 00:09:35.419 (The verse was recited). 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:41.419 “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) 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:48.860 (The verse was recited). 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:50.860 Ibn Abbas said: 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:53.860 "By Allah, it was as if the people 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:57.860 did not know that Allah, the Almighty, 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:59.860 had revealed this verse 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:02.929 until Abu Bakr recited it." 00:10:02.929 --> 00:10:07.179 All the people received it from him, 00:10:07.179 --> 00:10:11.179 and you could not hear a single person but that they were reciting it. 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:13.629 Umar said: 00:10:13.629 --> 00:10:18.629 "By Allah, as soon as I heard Abu Bakr recite it, 00:10:18.629 --> 00:10:23.629 I was struck down until my legs could not support me, 00:10:23.629 --> 00:10:28.659 and I collapsed to the ground when I heard him recite it. 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:35.019 I knew that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died." 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:37.019 Aisha said: 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:43.019 "There was no sermon of theirs but that Allah brought benefit through it. 00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:49.269 Umar had frightened the people, and there was hypocrisy among them, 00:10:49.269 --> 00:10:52.460 but Allah turned them back through that. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:56.460 Then Abu Bakr illuminated the guidance for the people, 00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:59.460 and taught them the truth that was upon them." 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:02.460 They went out reciting: 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:09.659 “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) 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:15.659 "So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels?" 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:22.720 “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) 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.720 "And Allah will reward the grateful." 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:32.490 Umar finally believed that Muhammad had died. 00:11:32.490 --> 00:11:36.779 As for Umm Salama, she did not yet believe. 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:46.059 She said: "I did not believe in the death of the Messenger of Allah until I heard the sound of the shovels." 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:51.590 And darkness descended upon Medina.