Kamil Ahmad – Lessons from the Seerah – 89 – The Death
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The Prophet Sallallimm's death was caused by a severe distress and death, not a father. The interviewer discusses the confusion and confusion around the Prophet's death, including the use of words and language in English for his death, the importance of praying for his death, and the importance of following his teachings and experiencing death. The interviewer also touches on the burial of Rasool Allah and the struggles of the burial process.
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen
Wasalatu wasalam al-atamman al-akmalani ala khayri
khalqi allahi ajma'een Wa ala alihi wa
sahbihi wa man ihtada bi hadih mustanna bi
sunnatihi ila yawm al-deen Allahumma allimna ma
yanfa'una wa anfa'na bima allamtana wa
zidna ilmah wa arina alhaqqa haqqan warzuqna ittiba
'ah wa arina albaatila baatilan warzuqna ijtina lah
wa ja'alna mimman yastami'oona alqawla fa
yattabi'oona ahsana Wa ba'd, as-salamu alaykum
wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh We continue on with
the seerah of Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
which we have been basically covering for the
last two years or so and today we
conclude insha'Allah with our last session bi
-idhnillahi ta'ala Last week we spoke about
what happened after the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
returned from Hajjatul Wada'a after he returned
from the farewell Hajj It was the end
of Dhul Hijjah of the 10th year and
so now we're entering into the 11th year
of the Hijrah He remained in Medina for
Muharram and then in Safar we mentioned that
he prepared the army of Usama ibn Zaid
and then shortly after that we spoke about
how his illness began and so we went
through those difficult days those final days of
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam looking at how
difficult they were for him and how he
was being taken care in the house of
Aisha radiAllahu anha and how he was still
giving his Ummah some last pieces of advice
even in those last days, those difficult days
and so now we're going to speak about
what happened after that in the final moments
leading up to the death of Rasulullah Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam and then the reaction and what
happened after that in Medina and so
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was going through
his final illness and there came a point
where he was unable to leave the Masjid
to leave for the Masjid he was unable
to leave his home to go to the
Masjid and so until now he would still
leave while he was ill he would go
lead the Salawat but then there came a
time when he was unable to and so
he gave orders for Abu Bakr radiAllahu anha
to lead the Salat in Sahih Al-Bukhari
and Muslim it mentions that Aisha radiAllahu anha
she didn't want her father to lead the
Salat so she said Ya Rasulullah Abu Bakr
he is a very soft hearted man and
I'm afraid that if he stands in your
place he won't be able to handle it
and he won't be able to complete the
Salat meaning that he would get too emotional
you know being in that position filling in
for the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and therefore
he wouldn't be able to finish the Salat
so the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam ignored her
objection and said give orders to Abu Bakr
to lead the people in Salat she repeated
her objection and he Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam repeated
tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in
Salat and then he said indeed you women
you are like the women of Yusuf what
was the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam referring to
here what was he talking about basically what
the wife of the Aziz did right when
the women were criticizing her for her love
for Yusuf she didn't like that criticism so
she she did something she invited them all
to a feast right she invited them to
a feast outwardly it seemed like they were
being invited to a gathering but she had
something in plan what she wanted to do
is she wanted them to see Yusuf for
themselves to see how handsome he was right
and Allah tells us a story what happens
when they saw him they said this is
no human being this is an angel and
she had given each one of them a
knife and they held on to the knife
so strong that they were bleeding anyways the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was saying that Aisha
was doing something similar here outwardly she was
saying one thing but inwardly her intention was
something else later on she mentioned what it
was she said that the reason why she
did not want the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
to have Abu Bakr lead it wasn't because
he's emotional and he won't be able to
continue the Salat she said the reason was
that she did not want to see her
father in that position leading the Muslims because
she was afraid it would cause a backlash
she was afraid that no one would accept
it because they were too accustomed to the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam being there leading the
people in Salat and now all of a
sudden something different is happening you have someone
else here she was afraid they would criticize
him and she didn't want her father to
be in such a position so in the
end Abu Bakr R.A he ended up
leading the Salat and so every Salat it
would be Abu Bakr leading all the Muslims
in one narration in Abu Dawood Sunan Abu
Dawood it mentions that Umar R.A was
pushed forward to lead the Salat when they
saw that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was
not coming up so when the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam heard Umar and his voice he
put his head out into the Masjid and
he said with anger no no the son
of Abu Quhafa should lead the people in
Salat meaning Abu Bakr should be leading the
Salat in one narration the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam said Allah does not allow that meaning
for Umar R.A to be leading he
said Allah does not allow that and the
Muslims too and he repeated this so from
here onwards from here onwards it would be
Abu Bakr R.A leading the Salat by
now the illness of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam was really taking a toll on him
and he was unable to even go anywhere
but on Monday it is now Monday while
the Muslims were in Salat and they were
being led by Abu Bakr the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam uncovered the curtain that was between
his house and the Masjid as we know
the Hujurat the apartments of the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam in which he had all of
his wives were lined along the wall of
the Masjid and so he had an entrance
to the Masjid from his home so he
lifted the curtain as the Muslims were praying
and he basically peaked out Anas Ibn Malik
R.A he narrates this incident he says
when the people aligned in rows for the
Salat they were lining up in rows the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam lifted the curtain of
his house and he started looking at us
while standing so he was able to stand
up he says his face was glittering as
if it was a page of a book
and then he smiled at us he was
looking at us and he was smiling Anas
R.A he says we were about to
be put to a fitna because of the
pleasure that joy of seeing the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam in that state meaning it was
a fitna we were about to leave our
Salat right because of how happy we were
to see the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam looking
at us in this way so then Abu
Bakr he started to retreat to join the
row because he thought that the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam would come out and lead us
but the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam signaled to
us to complete the Salat and then he
let the curtain fall back down in another
narration it mentions that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam actually did come out into the Masjid
and he joined Abu Bakr and perhaps this
was a prior incident in another Salat where
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam managed to come
out and he joined Abu Bakr praying next
to him and this is where the scholars
differed, that particular Salat when the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam came out and prayed beside Abu
Bakr was Abu Bakr leading the Salat or
was it the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and
so some say it was Abu Bakr who
was continuing as the Imam and others say
that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam led Abu
Bakr while Abu Bakr was leading the rest
of the people now the question is why
was the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam so happy
on this occasion what made him smile in
this way by the way this would be
the very last scene that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam would see of his Ummah and so
the very last thing that the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam saw of his Ummah was them
together lined up in Salat and so here
he was basically witnessing the results the fruits
the efforts of his Dawa the Muslims are
all lined up praying to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala he was so happy although he
was unable to be there with them as
he usually does every other day but he
was happy because they were carrying on doing
what he had taught them and so this
made him feel happy and content knowing that
they would continue on after him if he
was to leave this is how they would
be he's not with them now leading them
in Salat but he's happy to see that
this is what I've left them with if
I'm to leave now then Alhamdulillah and this
also shows us how important it is to
pray in Jama'ah right this was the
last scene that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam saw
the Muslims together praying to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala and unfortunately nowadays many of us
we take it easy and we don't show
any importance for praying in Jama'ah in
the Masjid yes if you live far from
the Masjid it's not mandatory for you to
go and pray in the Jama'ah with
the Masjid however it is still Mustahab and
you will be missing out on a lot
of Ajr the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says
to pray in Jama'ah is 27 times
better than praying by yourself to pray in
Jama'ah is 27 times better than praying
alone now because the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
was seen standing up the companions assumed that
he Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had become better so
Abu Bakr R.A in these days he
was tied up with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam because of his illness he was tied
up and he wanted to go to his
other wife he had a wife outside of
Medina in a place called Sunnah so he
sought permission to go to his other wife
to spend time with her because he's thinking
that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was getting
better so he left in Suheel Bukhari it
mentions that Ali Ibn Abi Talib R.A
came out that day after visiting the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he came out and he
was met by Al-Abbas Ibn Abdul Muttalib
the uncle of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Al-Abbas asked Ali R.A he asked
him how is Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
doing this morning so Ali he said Alhamdulillah
he's doing well this morning so Al-Abbas
took him by the hand and he said
by Allah in three days time you will
be a subject meaning you're going to be
a person without any authority what was he
talking about basically he was saying that the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is going to pass
away very soon and you are going to
be just like everyone else meaning all these
years we were being ruled by the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and he was one of
us meaning from Quraish and we have no
idea what's going to happen afterwards who's going
to be the rulers who's going to have
authority right and then he said by Allah
I think that the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam will die from this illness I
recognize death in the faces of the sons
of Abdul Muttalib when they are dying and
so here everyone else was thinking that the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was getting better and
you know he's going to be cured and
he's going to be back with us but
Al-Abbas he thought otherwise and this was
because he had what is known as Firasa
this intuition reading things that other people cannot
read and so obviously he doesn't have knowledge
of the unseen no one knows when somebody
will die however you know he had this
intuition where he could recognize when death is
approaching within his family because he had seen
it with his other family members meaning his
brothers who are the sons of Abdul Muttalib
Al-Abbas is one of them and the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is his nephew so
then he said to Ali R.A let
us go to Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
and ask him who will have authority after
you if it is for us then we
will know that and if it is for
other than us then we will know it
and then he can advise him to look
after us Ali R.A replied he said
by Allah if we ask him for it
and he refuses it then the people would
never give it to us afterwards by Allah
I will not ask that from the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam basically Al-Abbas was saying
let's go to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he is about to die let's ask him
to hand over the leadership to us let
it stay in our family but Ali R
.A was saying what if the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam decides otherwise if he gives it
to someone else then that's it the people
afterwards they will never give it back to
us so Ali R.A was being cautious
and he was saying no I'd rather not
do that after this on the same day
what Al-Abbas had said ended up being
true the health of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam started to decline deteriorate rapidly it's been
13 days since the illness had started and
so now within that same day the Monday
the same Monday the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
now he starts going through Sakarat Al-Mawt
the agonies the distress, the pains of death
and Sakarat Al-Mawt this is something that
everyone goes through at the time of death
preparing for the soul to leave from the
body in Sahih Al-Bukhari it mentions that
when this had started Aisha R.A she
brought some water to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam and he would soak a piece of
cloth in it and then he would wipe
his face with it and he would say
La Ilaha Illa Allah Inna Lil Mawti Sakarat
he would say La Ilaha Illa Allah indeed
death comes with this pain with this agony
this distress when Fatima R.A came and
she saw this she said my father what
a severe pain you're going through what a
severe distress you're going through and so the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said to her your
father will suffer no more agony after this
day there has come to your father that
which no one can avoid the death that
everyone will encounter until the day of judgement
at this time Aisha R.A says that
she had the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam lying
down with his head in her lap and
then he started looking up to the ceiling
gesturing with his finger with his hand upwards
saying Bal Al Rafiq Al Bal Al Rafiq
Al A'la Bal Al Rafiq Al A
'la in another narration with those whom Allah
has blessed among the Prophets the truthful, the
martyrs, and the righteous Allahumma Al Rafiq Al
A'la what was happening basically the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was saying he was saying
rather the highest companion rather the highest companion
Al Rafiq Al A'la the highest companion
referring to Allah so what was happening Aisha
R.A explains it she says that no
soul of a Prophet is taken until he
is shown his place in Jannah and then
he is given the option the option of
what?
the option of either leaving now right the
angel of death is here and he is
giving you the option either leave with him
now or stay in the dunya so the
Prophets they have this special privilege Allah does
not come and take away their souls like
the rest of us right the angel of
death seeks permission and so either you can
stay in the dunya longer and then eventually
you will be going to Jannah or choose
to leave now and so she says so
I knew that he was now being given
the option of either staying or going back
to Allah so I said I know that
he is not choosing us how?
because he said Al Rafiq Al A'la
he was saying no I want the highest
companion and then after that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam he ended up breathing his last Aisha
Radiallahu Anha says that his hand was pointing
up it dropped and his face turned to
her and then she let out a scream
she says because this was out of my
foolishness but as a result of that people
knew that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had passed
away and so now news was spreading all
over Medina like wildfire and so this news
was not going to be easy to digest
we cannot imagine how this news was for
the companions we have to understand that Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he meant something else to
these people he was everything for them he
was not only the messenger of Allah he
was not only their leader their teacher, their
advisor he was like a father for them
he was everything for them and so what
was the reaction Umar Ibn Khattab R.A
and then Al-Mughirah they rushed into the
room Umar R.A saw the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam and he said he is in
a deep unconscious state the reaction of Umar
R.A was denial he couldn't believe that
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had actually passed
away so when the two of them left
Al-Mughirah said to Umar he said Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has passed away Umar said
you are a man who seeks to bring
fitna Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam did not die because he will not
die until he exterminates the hypocrites Umar R
.A this was his wish remember more than
once Umar R.A would come and ask
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam for permission to
chop off the head of this man and
chop off the head of that man why?
because he is a munafiq and here we
are at the very end and until now
we don't know who the munafiqin are among
us it was his wish that they are
exposed and we just finish them all off
then Umar R.A he rushes to the
masjid and the people were starting to pour
into the masjid in crowds because the news
was spreading and all you could hear is
weeping and crying so Umar R.A he
comes in and he draws out his sword
and he says there are some munafiqin who
are claiming that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has
died Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has not died
but rather he has simply gone to his
lord just like Musa A.S went to
his lord for 40 days and then he
came back he too will come back and
when he does he will kill all of
the hypocrites and whoever says that Rasulullah Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam is dead I'm gonna cut off
his head with this sword of mine so
we could see this initial reaction of Umar
R.A he was not gonna handle any
of that he was not gonna stand anyone
saying that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has passed
away meanwhile the news reaches who?
Abu Bakr R.A but he was not
around remember he left to the outskirts of
Medina the news reaches him he comes rushing
back to Medina on his horse and he
starts making his way to the masjid and
making his way between all the crowds of
people he doesn't speak to anyone instead he
went straight to the room where the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was he goes in and
by now the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was
covered by a cloth and Abu Bakr R
.A he uncovers him and when he sees
the face of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he starts crying and then he kisses him
on his head and he says you were
pure when you were alive and you were
pure when you are dead in the name
of Allah Allah will not make you die
twice the death that Allah has written for
you you have gone through it, that's it
it's over with then he covered the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and he made his way
out to the masjid and he saw Umar
R.A speaking to the people and shouting
at them he goes to him and he
says oh Umar sit down Umar R.A
ignores him again he says oh Umar sit
down again he doesn't listen to him and
then Abu Bakr R.A he makes his
way to the front of the masjid and
he starts praising Allah and he starts speaking
and so everyone just left Umar R.A
and they came to listen to Abu Bakr
and then this was when Abu Bakr R
.A he made his famous statement his most
famous statement he said فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يَعْبُدُ
مُحَمَّدًا فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ مَاتْ وَمَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ
اللَّه فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَيٌّ he said whoever among
you used to worship Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
then let him know that Muhammad has indeed
died but whoever among you used to worship
Allah then let him know that Allah is
the all living and he does not die
and then he recited the ayah from surah
Ali Imran وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ
مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ Muhammad is no more than
a messenger other messengers have gone before him
أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلًا قَلَبْتُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ if
he were to die or if he was
to be killed would you go back to
kufr وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ فَلَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِلِ
اللَّهِ أَشْهَدْ كِرِينَ Those who do so, they
will not harm Allah whatsoever, and Allah will
reward those who are grateful.
Now what was the reaction of Umar رضي
الله عنه?
He asked Abu Bakr, is this ayah in
the book of Allah?
Umar رضي الله عنه, he knew these words.
He knew these are the words of Allah.
He has heard these words before, but it
is as if he was hearing them for
the first time.
Later on, Umar رضي الله عنه, when he
would tell this story, he says, then and
there, I realized that Rasul Allah صلى الله
عليه وسلم had indeed passed away.
So my feet could no longer carry me
anymore, and I just collapsed to the ground.
Imagine Umar رضي الله عنه, the strong, powerful
man could not handle the shocking news.
It was like a thunderbolt that struck him.
Initially he was in denial, and then when
he heard these verses, when he heard these
words of Allah, he realized that no, it's
true, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is
bound to die just like everyone else.
And here is Allah سبحانه وتعالى testifying to
that.
Likewise, everyone else in the masjid who heard
Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه recite that ayah,
they said that they did not realize that
this was from the Qur'an until Abu
Bakr had recited it that day.
And then, as they would do whenever the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would receive any
new ayah, any new revelation from Allah, what
would they do?
In the life of the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم, whenever some new revelation would come
to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, and
he would recite it to them, they would
rush with it, they would take it and
go and recite it to everyone.
They did the same thing on this occasion.
Everyone started reciting this ayah, they started going
around Medina, telling the people of this ayah,
as if it was just revealed, as if
it had just come, now.
The next day was Tuesday.
It was on Tuesday that they washed the
body of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Ibn Abbas, he mentions that it was the
family of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم who
took care of the washing of the body.
They were Ali ibn Abi Talib, Al-Abbas,
the uncle of the Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم, and his two sons.
Al-Fadl ibn Abbas and Qutham ibn Al
-Abbas, and also Usama ibn Zaid and Shukran,
one of the freed slaves of the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم.
So when they were about to wash the
body, they were confused, whether they should take
off his clothes or not.
Because when you wash the body of any
Muslim, you have to take off the clothes
and cover the awrah, and then wash, without
the clothes on.
But they didn't know what to do, this
is the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, they
didn't want to take off his clothes.
So they were confused.
So Aisha رضي الله عنه, she narrates, and
this is in Sunan Abi Dawood, she says,
By Allah, we did not know whether we
should take off the clothes of Rasulullah صلى
الله عليه وسلم, like we took off the
clothes of our dead, or whether we should
wash him while his clothes were on.
When they differed among themselves, Allah caused them
to basically start to feel exhausted.
And then they just dozed off, with their
chin on their chest, everyone was just around
dozing off.
She says, then a voice called out from
the side of the house, and they didn't
know whose voice it was.
The voice was saying, wash the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم, while his clothes are on
him.
So they stood, they got up, and they
stood around the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم,
and washed him while he had his shirt
on him.
They poured water on his shirt, and rubbed
him with his shirt, and not with their
hands.
Aisha رضي الله عنه, she used to say,
if I had known beforehand about what I
found out later, none would have washed him
except his wives.
Meaning, the reason why his wives did not
wash him, was because you would have to
take off the clothes, and then you would
have to wash from under the awrah.
She says, however, if his clothes were on,
we could have done that.
It was al-Abbas, and his two sons,
and Ali, who would turn the body around
while washing it.
And Usama ibn Zaid and Shukran were the
ones pouring the water, and Ali رضي الله
عنه would be the one rubbing the body.
Then they wrapped him in three shrouds.
They wrapped the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
in three shrouds.
Ali رضي الله عنه says, I washed the
body of Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم,
and I kept on looking for any signs
that are typical of a dead body.
But I saw nothing unusual.
Meaning, you see certain color changes, or certain
changes, maybe in the temperature, or the stiffness
of the body.
Ali رضي الله عنه was saying, I was
looking for any of these changes, and I
did not notice anything unusual.
So it was as if he was still
alive.
And then he said, he was pure and
fragrant, both in life and after death صلى
الله عليه وسلم.
After the washing, and the shrouding, now the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was ready to
be prayed over.
The Salat, and the Janazah.
However, what was unique about the Janazah of
Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was that
it was not done in Jama'ah.
You know, when someone dies, the Janazah is
prayed in the Masjid, and everyone gathers, the
Imam leads the Salat.
It was not like this for the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The way it happened was that a few
people would come in, they would pray, and
then they would leave.
And then another group would come, they would
pray, and then they would leave.
Everyone was basically praying individually, however much the
room could fit.
So first the men came, then the women,
and this would continue all the way until
the end of the day.
So this is now the Tuesday.
Why was this?
Why didn't they pray in Jama'ah?
Scholars have mentioned various reasonings.
Imam Al-Shafi'i, he says, the people
prayed over Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم
individually without anyone leading them in Salat.
This was due to the greatness of the
status of Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم,
and their eagerness that no single person should
take on the role of leading the Salat
over him.
This was because until now, there was not
a single leader of the Muslims who had
been appointed.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not
appoint anyone to lead after him.
Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه becomes the Khalifa
afterwards, after the Muslims give him, they appoint
him to be their leader.
But until now, after the death of the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, no single individual
is the Imam, is the leader.
So if someone stepped forward to lead them,
then it could have caused fitna.
You know, everyone had this personal relationship with
the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, right?
Whether it be Abu Bakr, whether it be
Umar, whether it be Ali رضي الله عنه,
whether it be some of the Ansar, whether
it be the uncles of the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم, whether it be the wives
of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, everyone
had this personal relationship.
So everyone wanted to, you know, they wanted
to receive the Barakah for praying on the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم themselves.
And this is what Imam al-Qurtubi also
mentions.
Now when Fatima رضي الله عنها, when she
came to pray, and she saw the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم, she looked at her
father, and she said, يَا أَبَتَاهْ أَجَابَ رَبًّا
دَعَاهْ يَا أَبَتَاهْ جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ مَأْوَاهْ يَا أَبَتَاهْ
إِلَىٰ جِبْرِيلِنَا نِعَاهْ She said, my father, Allah
has called you back, and you have responded
to His call.
My father, the Garden of Firdaus is your
abode.
My father, we announce to Jibreel your death.
Now, it was Tuesday night.
It was time to bury the body of
the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
It was in the middle of the night,
and in Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Aisha رضي الله
عنها narrates, she says when Rasool Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم passed away, they differed over
where to bury him.
They didn't know where to bury him.
Should we bury him right here, where he
is?
Or in the Masjid, or in Baqi' with
all the other Muslims?
So Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, I
heard Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying
something that I have never forgotten.
He said, Allah does not take away the
life of a Prophet except at the location
in which He wants him to be buried.
And so, that is why they buried him
at the spot where he passed away.
Right there in the home of Aisha رضي
الله عنها, right there where he was lying
down in his bed, the location of where
his bed was.
So they sent for Abu Talha رضي الله
عنه.
He is the one who used to dig
the graves in Medina.
So they called him, and they moved the
body of Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم
to the side.
And Abu Talha رضي الله عنه started to
dig in the exact same place where Rasool
Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away.
Now, Aisha رضي الله عنها, she once had
a dream, in which she saw three moons
falling in her lap.
And Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, he was
good at interpreting dreams.
So he said, if your dream is true,
then three men from the best men on
the face of the earth will be buried
in your house.
And when they were burying Rasool Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم, Abu Bakr told Aisha, and
this is the best of your moons.
And then what do we know?
That next to Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه
وسلم, Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه was buried.
And then next to him, Umar رضي الله
عنه was buried.
And so the dream was interpreted by Abu
Bakr رضي الله عنه, and it was interpreted
accurately, precisely.
These were the three best men to be
walking the face of the earth at that
time.
So now the body of Rasool Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم was lowered into his grave.
Again, it was his immediate family who took
care of his burial.
In one narration it mentions that after Rasool
Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was lowered into
the grave, before they started to throw the
dirt on him, Al-Mughira, he was there,
and he threw his ring into the grave
intentionally.
So he told everyone, wait, stop, let me
go get my ring.
So he went, and then later on he
would tell the people that he was the
last one to touch the body of the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Now, here we can mention that there are
some differences we notice.
Between the death of the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم, and how he was washed, and
the burial, and the janazah, and all of
that, and everyone else.
Yes, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was
a human being just like everyone else.
He did not have any divine qualities, meaning
attributes of Allah.
We put the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
in his place.
He was a human being.
He did not have the qualities of Allah.
But at the same time, Allah سبحانه وتعالى
chose him to be the best of us.
And because of how close he was to
Allah, Allah made his death, and his burial,
and his janazah to be completely different than
ours.
And so we notice several key differences.
Number one, his looks did not change, as
Ali رضي الله عنه mentioned.
Number two, he was washed with his clothes
on.
Number three, he was buried where he died.
Number four, his janazah was not done in
jama'ah, but rather individually.
And number five, his body would not decompose
until the Day of Judgment.
And this is something with all the Prophets,
that their bodies remain as they are.
Their bodies remain as they are.
The earth does not consume and eat up
their bodies.
They don't become skeleton.
Their bodies remain as they were alive.
And this is, you know, a privilege for
them, for the Prophets and the Messengers, and
also the shuhada.
Now, when the burial was done, and those
who participated in the burial, they came out.
Fatima رضي الله عنه, she went to Anas,
and she said to him, Oh Anas, did
your hearts allow you to throw dirt on
Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم?
Meaning, how could you have done something like
that?
Right?
It was a difficult moment.
You know, this shows us how difficult the
experience was for everyone.
The death of Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه
وسلم.
The reaction to the death we saw.
And now the washing, and then the salah,
and then the burial, and you know, just
flattening the grave, all of that.
It was a difficult experience.
And this was because of how much they
valued the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
And so, now that he صلى الله عليه
وسلم was gone, it was a calamity for
them.
It was a catastrophe for them.
And that's why Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه
وسلم says in one hadith, Whenever a calamity
befalls any of you, no matter how terrible
it is, remember the calamity of my death.
For indeed it is among the greatest calamities.
So whatever you're going through in your life,
it is small compared to the death of
Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
It cannot be greater than the fact that
Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم has left
this world.
There cannot be no greater catastrophe than that.
Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه, he says,
I witnessed two days.
One day was the brightest and the best
day of my life.
And that was the day that Rasool Allah
صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr arrived
in Medina.
Remember Anas رضي الله عنه was from the
Ansar.
He was not from Mecca.
So this was the first time he was
witnessing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم come
to Medina.
He says, this was the best day of
my life.
The other day was the darkest day and
the worst day of my life.
And that was the day in which Rasool
Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away.
And I have witnessed both of them.
So the best day that Medina had ever
witnessed was the day that Rasool Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم entered Medina and joined them.
And the worst day Medina had ever witnessed
was the day that Rasool Allah صلى الله
عليه وسلم now left them.
Anas رضي الله عنه also says, on the
day in which Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه
وسلم entered Medina, everything in it was illuminated.
Then on the day in which he passed
away, everything in it became dark.
So you could only imagine this day and
how gloomy it was, how grim it was.
He says, Anas رضي الله عنه says, and
by the time we were dusting off our
hands after burying him, we already felt that
our hearts were different.
Meaning that they no longer felt the same.
The day before while the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم was with them, and now the
next day.
Two completely different days.
The next morning, Wednesday morning, it was a
new day in Medina.
Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had been
buried at night, and he was no longer
with them.
Bilal رضي الله عنه, he started giving the
Adhan for Fajr.
He said, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
Allahu Akbar.
He said, Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah,
Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah.
Then when he got to Ashhadu anna Muhammadan
Rasool Allah, he couldn't go on any further.
That's it.
He started crying and he couldn't finish the
Adhan.
And look at how difficult it was.
Medina was now a different place.
One day, Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, and
Umar رضي الله عنه, they decided to visit
Um Ayman.
Who was Um Ayman?
She was from the household of the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم.
She was the wife of, who?
Zayd ibn Harithah.
Zayd ibn Harithah was the slave of the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم way back in
the early days in Mecca.
Zayd and Um Ayman, they were together with
the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم from the
early days of Islam.
And their son is Usama ibn Zayd.
So Abu Bakr and Umar went to visit
Um Ayman.
And she started to cry.
They asked her, why are you crying?
She said, I'm crying because there is no
more Wahi.
There's no more revelation.
Imagine living at a time when the Qur
'an was being revealed.
You know, everyday new ayat come from Allah.
So not only were they missing Rasool Allah
صلى الله عليه وسلم, but they were also
missing Jibreel, who would come every now and
then with some new ayat, some fresh Wahi
from the sky.
And so Medina would never be the same
again.
Now, what did Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه
وسلم leave behind?
He didn't leave behind any inheritance in the
form of an estate, in the form of
vast fortunes and wealth.
Why?
Because he didn't live to amass the dunya,
to amass wealth.
But rather he lived to serve Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم and his deen.
And so he only left behind what is
mentioned in the books of Sira, is that
he only left behind his white mule that
he used to ride on, and some of
his personal weapons that he would use in
Jihad, and a piece of land that was
a Waqf that he left for Sadaqah, for
the travelers.
And this was in a place called Thadak.
That later on, Fatima رضي الله عنها, she
would ask Abu Bakr رضي الله عنها for
her share of that land, because she thought
that this belongs to the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم, this land, and I should inherit
from his property.
But Abu Bakr رضي الله عنها refused.
Why?
Because he knew that the Prophets do not
leave behind any inheritance for the people to
take.
So anyways, this is what the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم left behind at the time
of death.
That's all he had.
No money.
No gold.
No silver.
No slaves.
In those days, slaves were a very expensive
commodity.
Not that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
did not have slaves, he did have slaves,
but he freed them all before his death.
It's mentioned that a day or two before
his death, he freed any slaves that he
had.
And so he left behind nothing, in terms
of material fortunes and wealth.
And this is why the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم says, Who are the inheritors of
the Prophets?
What did the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
say?
إِنَّ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَرَثَةُ الْأَنبِيَاءُ The scholars are the
ones who inherit from the Prophets.
The Prophets do not leave behind a single
dinar or a dirham, but rather they leave
behind a ilm, knowledge.
So whoever acquires it, he has indeed acquired
a very huge fortune.
And so it's not that the Prophets don't
leave anything behind, but rather, they don't leave
behind any material wealth, but what they do
leave behind is knowledge that benefits the Ummah.
And this is why the din of Allah
does not die with the death of the
Messengers.
This is a huge lesson we learn here.
That the din of Allah does not die
with the Prophets, with the Messengers, with the
Ulama, with the callers to Islam, and with
the leaders of the Muslims who are fighting
in his cause.
Right?
If the leaders were to die, it doesn't
mean that Islam is done.
No.
But rather it continues.
The exact date and the exact time that
the Prophet ﷺ passed away, it was in
the morning, or some say right after Zawal,
midday of Monday, the 12th of Rabee' al
-Awwal, the 11th year of the Hijrah.
He ﷺ passed away on the same day
that he made Hijrah to Medina.
That day was also the 12th of Rabee'
al-Awwal.
And so he lived for exactly 10 years
to the day in Medina.
He passed away at the age of 63.
And what is interesting is that Abu Bakr
would also pass away 2 years later at
the age of 63.
And Umar r.a, many many years later,
more than 20 years later, he would also
pass away at the age of 63.
And so they followed the Prophet ﷺ even
in his death.
And so this was the life and the
death of Rasool Allah ﷺ.
Let us always remember that Rasool Allah ﷺ
lived and died for me and you.
He struggled and he went through hardship.
He had to go through trials and tribulations
for me and you.
He left a lot of the enjoyments of
the dunya for the sake of having Islam
reach me and you.
So we owe him a lot.
Everything that we know of Islam came from
him.
The least that we can do in recognition
for what Rasool Allah ﷺ did for us
is that we follow him and we follow
his sunnah and we stand up for what
he stood up for.
Now before we conclude, as we have been
always doing, we'll go through some of the
lessons that we learned from what we covered
tonight.
The first lesson is the significance of Abu
Bakr r.a leading the salah.
The Prophet ﷺ appointing Abu Bakr r.a
to lead the salah.
This is one of the strongest indications that
Rasool Allah ﷺ was preparing Abu Bakr r
.a to lead the Muslims after him.
The Prophet ﷺ did not appoint Abu Bakr
r.a by saying Abu Bakr r.a
will be the Khalifa after me.
No.
But this was a very strong indication that
he would have loved that.
Right?
And later on the Muslims, when they got
together to decide who would be the leader,
they unanimously, there was a unanimous agreement that
Abu Bakr r.a should be the Khalifa
after Rasool Allah ﷺ.
And so this is only one of many
examples of how the Prophet ﷺ would favor
Abu Bakr r.a over everyone else due
to his companionship and due to his virtue
over all of the other companions.
And so anyone who says otherwise, he is
misguided.
Anyone who says that any other companion deserved
to be the Khalifa after the Prophet ﷺ,
like the Shia who claim that it was
Ali r.a who deserved to be the
Khalifa after the Prophet ﷺ, then without a
doubt they are far astray and misguided on
this issue.
The second lesson is that every single person
will go through Sakaratul Maut, the agonies, the
distress, the pain of death.
And so if anyone was to be spared
of it, it would have been the closest
and the most beloved of Allah's creation to
him, and that is Rasool Allah ﷺ.
But even he had to experience it.
And so it is painful.
And it causes one to go in and
out of consciousness.
It is something that we cannot describe.
Because whoever experiences it, do they remain alive
to tell us how it is?
No.
Every other experience in life, people can explain
it to us, right?
Those who went through it, they could explain
it to us.
But Sakaratul Maut, those final moments, is something
that no one can explain because those who
have experienced it, that's it.
They leave with it.
But we know it is real.
Because Allah ﷻ has told us of it
in the Qur'an, وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ
ذَلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ With the pains,
the Sakarat of Maut, the truth will come.
This is what you are trying to escape.
And it is at this time, in those
final moments, that we see the angel of
death.
So, the dying person, the angel of death,
he is right in front of him.
Everyone else around, they don't see him.
But the person who is dying, he sees
the angels.
Either the angels of punishment, or the angels
who are giving him good tidings, glad tidings.
As Allah mentions, that those who remain firm,
they say, رَبُّنَا اللَّهَ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ
الْمَلَائِكَةَ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ
الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ At the time of death,
the angels descend.
And they tell the believers, don't fear, nor
shall you grieve.
And we are bringing you the glad tidings
of Jannah that you were promised.
Also among the lessons we learn is the
virtue of Aisha.
Among all of his wives, the Prophet ﷺ,
he had his wife Aisha, who was the
most beloved to him.
And we saw how he wanted to be
cared for in her house, by her, in
his final days.
And in the very final moment, the Prophet
ﷺ, where was his head?
It was in the lap of Aisha.
And he breathed his last in her arms.
Imam Al-Zahabi, he mentioned the hadith that
the souls of the Prophets, they leave the
body in the place that is most beloved
to them.
The hadith we mentioned.
He says, so it is proven that he
ﷺ died in his most favorite place.
And that was the home of Aisha.
And that is also where he was buried.
And so this shows us one of the
many virtues of Aisha and her status.
Finally, the last lesson we'll mention, or it's
a question.
Did the Prophet ﷺ die a natural death?
Or did he die as a Shaheed, a
martyr?
And so if you are targeted by the
enemy, and you are killed as a result,
then you die as a Shaheed.
Whether it is on the battlefield, or whether
it is outside the battlefield.
Anytime a kafir targets you and kills you,
because of your deen, then you die as
a Shaheed.
The question is, did our Prophet ﷺ die
a natural death?
Or did he die as a Shaheed?
What's the answer?
Natural death.
Does everyone agree?
Some say as a Shaheed.
But didn't he die in his bed at
home?
No one killed him.
So then?
So the Sahaba, they actually differed.
Did the Prophet ﷺ die a natural death,
or did he die as a Shaheed?
So some said, he died a natural death,
and there's no reason for us to say
he died as a Shaheed.
Because that is a very huge status.
But the status of Prophethood is higher than
that.
Right?
It's not a big deal to say that
he died as a Shaheed, when he was
a Prophet and a Messenger.
The Prophethood is a status higher than Shahada,
than a Shaheed.
Right?
But others say, that no, he did die
as a Shaheed, and as a result Allah
combined between Prophethood and martyrdom.
And this was because of the hadith of
Aisha, which is in Sahih al-Bukhari.
She says, the Prophet ﷺ, in his illness
in which he died, he would say to
me, O Aisha, I still feel the pain
caused by the food that I ate at
Khaybar.
And at this time, I feel as if
my awara is being cut from that poison.
If you recall when we covered the story
of the battle of Khaybar.
After the battle, there was a Jewish woman,
who invited the Prophet ﷺ and the companions
to a feast.
And she put poison into the meat.
And so as the Prophet ﷺ was sitting
there, he started eating.
But he spit it out, because Jibreel came
and told him.
So he was saying here, that I could
still feel that poison.
Here, before his death, his final illness, he's
saying I could still, I could feel as
if my awara is being cut because of
that poison.
And so because of that, Ibn Mas'ud,
Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, he would swear by
Allah, that Rasool Allah ﷺ died as a
Shaheed because of that.
And so with this, we come to the
end of this series, in which we went
through the seerah of Rasool Allah ﷺ.
We thank Allah ﷻ to have enabled us
to go through the life of the best
of creation.
You know, there is nothing better to spend
your time with.
There is no better story to go through
than the story of your beloved Prophet ﷺ.
And so in conclusion, we ask Allah ﷻ
to make us from among those who love
Rasool Allah ﷺ.
To make us from among those who follow
his way and his sunnah.
To make us from among those who are
resurrected with him on the day of judgment.
And those who will drink from his beloved
and blessed hands, from his fountain.
And to make us from among those who
he ﷻ admits with his Prophet ﷺ into
Jannah.
اللهم صلي على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما
صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد
مجيد اللهم بارك على محمد وعلى آل محمد
كما باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك
حميد مجيد اللهم صلي على نبينا وحبيبنا محمد
ما ذكره الذاكرون الأبرار وصلي على محمد ما
تعاقب الليل والنهار وصلي على محمد ما زهرت
النجوم وصلي على محمد ما تهلاحمت الغيوم سبحان
ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين
والحمد لله رب العالمين