The Prophet sickness
grew so severe, he asked
his wives, ‘ Where shall
I stay tomorrow?’ The
wives understood what
he desired, and granted
their permission for him
to be moved to the house
of Aisha
, where he
spent the last week of his
life. He was so weak, he
had to be moved, leaning
whilst he was walking,
on Fadl ibn Al Abbas
and Ali ibn Abu Talib .
During the time in the
house of Aisha , she used
to recite the Muawazatain
(Surah Falaq, Surah Naas)
and other duas to the
Prophet , using his own blessed hands to pass
over his body.
Five days before the death of the Prophet , the
sickness worsened, and the Sahaba y would cry
in sorrow because of the condition of our beloved
Prophet . When the Prophet e heard from
Aisha how concerned the Sahaba were, he
askedtobecarriedandtakentothemasjid(mosque).
He was so weak, he fainted in pain, and it took
seven splashes of water to awaken him, and grant
him the energy to go on.
He climbed the mimbar (pulpit)with assistance,
and gave what is known as his very last khutbah,
in which he told the Sahaba not to make his
tomb a worshipped idol, or a place of worship.
The Prophet then offered himself to the
people, to repay any injuries he may have
afflicted on them. A man came to the Prophet
and said, ‘You owe me three dirhams’, so the
Prophet told Fadl ibn Al Abbas t to pay him.
After praying the Dhuhr
prayer, the Prophet
continued his sermon,
encouraging good
behav iour towards
the Ansar (people
of Madina), and he
repeated several times
about the performance
of prayer, and to
be good to slaves.
The Prophet then
exhorted the merits of
Abu Bakr Siddiq .
‘ The man in whose
company I feel most
secure, is Abu Bakr.
If I were to make a
friendship with any
other than Allah then
I would have Abu Bakr as my close friend. For
him I feel an affection and brotherhood of Islam.’
Finally, before the Prophet stepped down
from the mimbar for the last time, he requested
the people to make dua for him, for those
present, and for those who are to come after him.
Until four days before his death, despite his pain
and suffering, the Prophet was still leading the
prayers. On that day, he led the Maghrib (sunset)
prayer. Later in the evening, he grew so frail, he
could not go to the masjid. He asked Aisha ,
‘Have the people prayed?’ She replied, ‘No they
have not. They are waiting for you.’ So he washed,
and stood up, but fainted. When he regained
consciousness, he asked again if the people had
prayed, but again, he fainted when he tried to
stand. After this happened the third time, the
Prophet asked Abu Bakr Siddiq to lead
the prayers. Abu Bakr Siddiq then continued
to lead the prayers, for the rest of the lifetime
of the Prophet , a total of seventeen prayers.
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