THE DEATH OF HAZRAT MUHAMMAD

 
 

....Hazrat Abū Bakr's assumption was correct. After the pilgrimage, the Companions and the Prophet returned to Medina and our Prophet became ill; first he had a headache and then he started to have a fever. He came to the mosque at the ritual prayer times, performed the prayers in the community with his companions. But he could not spend any more time with his companions to talk with them. Instead he immediately went home and rested.
....His companions felt terrible seeing the Prophet so ill. They did not know what they should do; indeed, what could they have done?
....There was nothing that they could do except to weep and bustle about, in confusion!
....Upon hearing that his companions were so sad about his illness, our beloved Prophet came to the mosque, with the help of Ali and Fadl, and sitting on the first stair of the minbar said to his companions: "I heard that you are very sad because of me. No prophet stayed with his community forever. Thus I will not stay with you for eternity."
....Then he gave advice on essential issues concerning predestination. He and his companions granted forgiveness to each other for any offense or right. Then the Prophet went home, and lay down on his bed.
....Hazrat Bilāl used to recite the Morning Prayer call, then he would go the door of the Prophet and say "as-Salāh yā Rasulallāh," waiting for the Prophet to come out and they used to go to the mosque together.
....Three days before our beloved Prophet died, Hazrat Bilal recited the Morning Prayer in a more emotional way than usual.