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....Our
beloved Prophet looked at Gabriel. When Hazrat Gabriel said "O
the Prophet of God, the angels in the malau'l-a'lā (heavenly
multitude) are waiting for you," our beloved Prophet said to the
angel of death "Carry out your duty."
....The angel of death carried out
the most difficult task of his lifetime. He took the sacred soul
of our beloved Prophet and climbed up to the Heavens.
....The companions who were waiting
outside of the house of the Prophet realized what had happened
inside when they heard the cries and sounds of mourning, and they
began to weep.
....The news about the death of our
beloved Prophet spread around Medina immediately. Everybody, women,
men, elderly, sick and children took to the roads, all weeping.
....Hazrat Uthmān was unable to speak.
Hazrat Ali stood before a wall, weeping and then kneeled down
and put his head in his hands. Hazrat Umar, out of his mind with
grief, was running around with a sword in his hand, and shouting
out "I'll kill whoever says that Hazrat Muhammad is dead."
....Outside, there was complete chaos
and confusion, and nobody knew what to do.
....Hazrat Abū Bakr, who had returned
to his home, heard the sad news and came back. He went directly
to the house of our Prophet.
....He removed the veil from the
face of our beloved Prophet and looked at his face, kissing his
forehead, and said, "Let my mother, father and myself be sacrificed
for you." Then he began crying.
....He was the first free man to
believe in the prophethood of the Prophet. He never abandoned
the Prophet, but he
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