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And the city darkened | Episode (11) | Washing the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, shrouding him, praying over him, and burying him

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0:02 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
0:06 Darkness fell upon Medina.
0:08 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was washed.
0:22 He was shrouded, the funeral prayer was performed for him, and he was buried.
0:28 The Companions were stunned by the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
0:33 They had no guidance on what they should do.
0:39 They were shocked by his passing.
0:41 The news was greater than even their greatest elders could bear.
0:45 Consider Umar, may Allah be pleased with him.
0:48 As we mentioned a short while ago.
0:51 "Do not say he is dead."
0:54 And Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was weeping.
0:56 He bore the truth alone.
0:59 He bore it and steadied the people upon it.
1:04 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died.
1:09 Events crowded upon the noble ones.
1:13 Medina still contained hypocrisy and its people.
1:18 The people were still close to the era of ignorance.
1:22 They were not yet accustomed to governance and its systems.
1:25 They were not yet used to hearing and obeying.
1:29 Before Allah bestowed upon them the favor of the new religion.
1:34 So the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, were occupied.
1:37 With uniting the people behind one man.
1:41 To lead them in their prayers.
1:44 To attend to the needs of the Muslims.
1:48 To gather them upon one heart and one word.
1:53 Once the Companions finished that matter.
1:57 They turned their attention to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
2:02 For the purpose of washing, shrouding, and burying him.
2:07 For the bitter truth had to be faced.
2:11 The Companions were divided in their opinions regarding how to wash and bury him.
2:17 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
2:22 When they intended to wash the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
2:27 They said, "By Allah, we do not know."
2:31 "Should we strip the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, of his clothes?"
2:36 "As we strip our own dead?"
2:39 "Or should we wash him while his clothes are on?"
2:42 When they differed.
2:44 Allah cast sleep upon them.
2:47 Until there was not a man among them.
2:50 But his chin was resting on his chest.
2:53 Then a speaker spoke to them from the side of the house.
2:57 They did not know who he was.
2:59 "Wash the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
3:03 "While his clothes are on."
3:05 So they rose to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
3:10 And they washed him while his shirt was on.
3:13 They poured water over the shirt.
3:17 And they rubbed him through the shirt, not with their bare hands.
3:21 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, used to say:
3:26 "If I could have known then what I know now."
3:30 "None would have washed him but his wives."
3:33 Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that he said:
3:39 "I washed the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
3:44 "I looked to see what is usually seen from the dead."
3:48 "But I saw nothing."
3:50 "For he was pure, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
3:55 "In life and in death."
3:57 Four people took charge of his burial and interment, to the exclusion of others.
4:02 Ali, al-Abbas, al-Fadl, and Salih.
4:07 The freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
4:12 They dug a *lahd* (niche) for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
4:17 And they set the bricks upright over him.
4:21 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
4:24 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was shrouded.
4:28 In three white *sahuli* garments.
4:33 Made of cotton, with no shirt or turban among them.
4:39 People were confused, thinking that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
4:43 Was shrouded in a Yemeni cloak.
4:46 Which is the *hulla* or the *hibra*.
4:50 Aisha said:
4:52 "The cloak was indeed brought."
4:54 "But they returned it and did not shroud him in it."
4:59 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was wrapped.
5:03 In a Yemeni *hulla*.
5:05 That belonged to Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr.
5:09 Then it was removed from him.
5:11 Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr took it.
5:14 And said, "I shall keep it."
5:17 "So that I may be shrouded in it myself."
5:21 That is why they mentioned to Aisha what they mentioned.
5:26 She denied it and said:
5:28 "As for the *hulla*."
5:30 "People were merely confused about it."
5:34 "It was bought for him to be shrouded in."
5:38 "But the *hulla* was left aside."
5:40 Al-Tirmidhi said:
5:42 It is narrated regarding the shroud of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
5:46 Various narrations.
5:48 And the hadith of Aisha.
5:50 Is the most authentic of the hadiths narrated regarding the shroud of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
5:57 People began to prepare for the prayer over the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
6:05 It was the prayer of farewell.
6:08 It was the Ummah, bereaved by the death of its Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
6:17 People prayed over him individually, with no one leading them.
6:24 They said, "How shall we pray over him?"
6:28 He said, "Enter in groups, one after another."
6:33 So they would enter through this door and pray over him.
6:39 Then they would exit through the other door.
6:43 Ibn Kathir said:
6:45 This action.
6:47 Their praying over him individually, with no one leading them.
6:53 Is a matter of consensus, with no disagreement.
6:58 The night now cloaks Medina in tears.
7:02 Moistening beards and cheeks.
7:05 This is Fatima, a piece of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
7:11 Weeping and mourning the Messenger of Allah, her father.
7:15 Here are the Mothers of the Believers.
7:19 Weeping for the beloved, precious Prophet.
7:23 The matter had become a great reality.
7:27 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died.
7:32 Could Umm Salama accept the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?
7:39 Could she believe that she would not see him after this day?
7:45 The young children fell asleep.
7:48 And the rest of the people shed tears.
7:52 Medina was covered in deep, ancient sorrow.
7:56 Hearts were torn asunder.
7:59 And suddenly, in the night.
8:02 The sound of shovels and pickaxes broke the silence.
8:07 The axes were striking the earth.
8:10 To embrace the master of the children of Adam.
8:14 Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
8:18 Could Umm Salama believe in the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?
8:26 Umm Salama said:
8:28 "I did not believe in the death of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
8:34 "Until I heard the sound of the pickaxes."
8:38 That was at the dawn of Wednesday.
8:41 As stated in the narration of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her.
8:46 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried in the place where he passed away.
8:52 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
8:56 "I heard something from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that I have not forgotten."
9:03 He said:
9:05 "Allah does not take the soul of a prophet."
9:07 "Except in the place where he loves to be buried."
9:13 A red velvet cloth was placed under the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when he was buried.
9:19 A red velvet cloth.
9:22 Shaqran, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
9:25 "By Allah, I am the one who laid the velvet cloth under the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the grave."
9:34 They differed between a *lahd* (niche) and a *shaqq* (trench).
9:37 Until they spoke about it and their voices rose.
9:42 Umar said:
9:44 "Do not raise your voices in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, neither in life nor in death."
9:51 Or words to that effect.
9:54 So they sent for the one who digs a trench and the one who digs a niche.
9:58 The one who digs a niche arrived.
10:00 So he dug a *lahd* for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and then he was buried.
10:07 It became a Sunnah, and his Companions followed his example.
10:11 Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
10:16 "Dig a *lahd* for me."
10:19 "And set the bricks upright over me."
10:22 "Just as was done for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
10:27 The *lahd* was.
10:29 According to the hadith of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both.
10:33 From the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:
10:38 "The *lahd* is for us, and the *shaqq* is for others."
10:42 Jabir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:
10:48 "The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried in a *lahd*."
10:52 "And bricks were set upright over him."
10:56 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was buried.
11:00 They cast the earth over him.
11:03 His grave was raised from the ground by about a span.
11:07 Anas said:
11:10 "We had not yet dusted our hands from the burial of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
11:16 "Before we felt our hearts had changed."
11:19 This was confirmed by Ubayy ibn Ka'b.
11:22 He explained it by saying:
11:25 "We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
11:29 "And our focus was one."
11:33 "But when he passed away, we looked this way and that."
11:39 Anas ibn Malik checked on the house of Fatima, may Allah be pleased with her.
11:45 He said, "When we buried him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
11:52 "I passed by the house of Fatima."
11:55 "O Anas, could your souls bear to cast earth upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?"
12:04 And they cast earth upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
12:10 The separation occurred, and the bonds were severed.
12:15 The fortresses of Medina grew dark.
12:18 As Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, reported.
12:23 On the day he died, everything in it grew dark.
12:32 He passed away, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, at the age of sixty-three.
12:38 And it has been said otherwise.
12:40 For al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn Abbas.
12:44 That the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away at the age of sixty-five.
12:51 It was also reported from Ibn Abbas that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away at the age of sixty-three.
13:01 Ibn Hajar said:
13:03 The majority hold that his age, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, at the time of his death was sixty-three years.
13:12 And Medina grew dark.