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And the city darkened | Episode (4) | The last prophetic sermons
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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And the city of Medina grew dark.
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The final sermon of the Prophet.
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Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, says:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, went out
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during the illness in which he passed away,
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wrapped in a sheet, with a cloth tied around his head.
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He sat upon the pulpit,
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praised Allah, and extolled Him.
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Then he said: "To proceed:
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The people will increase in number,
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while the Ansar will decrease,
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until they are among the people like salt in food.
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So, whoever among you is placed in charge of something that harms some and benefits others,
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let him accept the good deeds of their righteous ones,
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and overlook the faults of their wrongdoers."
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This was the final gathering in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, sat.
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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates
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a hadith containing a portion of the Prophet's sermon on that day.
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He said, may Allah be pleased with him:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, addressed the people and said:
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"Allah has given a servant the choice between this world and what is with Him,
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and that servant has chosen what is with Allah."
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He said: Abu Bakr wept.
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We were surprised by his weeping, as the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was merely informing us about a servant who had been given a choice.
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Yet, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was the one who had been given the choice,
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and Abu Bakr was the most knowledgeable among us.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, then said:
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"Indeed, the most generous of people to me with his companionship and his wealth is Abu Bakr.
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If I were to take a close friend other than my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr,
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but the brotherhood of Islam and its affection remain.
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Let no door leading into the mosque remain, except for the door of Abu Bakr."
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Ibn Hajar says in his commentary on the hadith of 'A'ishah regarding the pouring of seven waters:
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, delivered a sermon during his illness,
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and he mentioned the hadith, saying in it:
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"If I were to take a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr."
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And the city of Medina grew dark.