which was running through his body matter with him? Is he talking no
and tearing apart his liver.
sense (delirious), question him. So
Messenger of Allah (pbuh & his
Family) about that which he wanted
they started responding to him. So
The Messenger Muhammad (pbuh & he said: Leave me alone, for that
his Family), in the last moments of
which I am in is better than that
his life, describes the book (the
which you are calling me towards. .
writing) of the will to be a
And he commanded them of three
to write in the paper, which if he
wrote no one would go astray and
no two would disagree…) [Kitab
And these are some texts in which
protection from misguidance.
On Thursday, he wanted to write it
for all of the nation and he wanted
to have the public as witnesses
upon it, but he was prevented from
doing so by a group of people, and
they doubted his mental health, and
they said that he was hallucinating
(meaning that he was babbling and
did not know what he was saying).
So he (pbuh & his Family) kicked
them out. And the Messenger of
[matters] and said: Take out the
polytheists from the Arab
Peninsula,show respect to all foreign
delegates in the same way that I
used to, and he was silent regarding
the third, or he mentioned it but I
forgot it.) [Sahih Al-Bukhari
(4/4168)]
Sulaym ibn Qays 398]
Sulaym ibn Qays Al-Hilali said that
Imam Ali (pbuh) said to Talha: (O
Talhah, were you not present when
the Messenger of Allah (pbuh & his
Family) asked for a paper so that
he writes that with which the nation
would not go astray nor disagree/
differ? At that time your companion
said what he said (indeed the
Prophet of Allah is hallucinating.) At
that time the Messenger of Allah
tragic was that Thursday! Then his
tears ran down until they were seen (pbuh & his Family) became angry.)
Ibn Abbas said: (Thursday! And how
on his cheeks as if they were
pearls. And then he said: The
Messenger of Allah peace be upon
him and his Family said: Bring to
me a paper and ink, or a board and
[Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays 211]
their favors and preference: (O
In the books of Sunnis:
ink so that I write you for you a
book after which you will never go
astray So they said: Indeed The
Messenger is hallucinating.) [Sahih
Ibn Abbas said: (Thursday! And how
Muslim - Book of the Will]
tragic that Thursday was! The pain
of the Messenger of Allah peace be
upon him became severe, so he
said: Come to me and I shall write
In the books of Shia:
he could write that with which the
nation would not go astray nor
differ/disagree? At that time your
companion said what he said that
the Messenger of Allah is
Allah (pbuh & his Family) remained
after Thursday until the day of his
death on Monday. So he wrote his
will on the night in which he died
and he dictated it to Ali (pbuh) and
some companions who were
supporting that it be written
witnessed it:
you a book (a writing) after which
you will never go astray,. So they
fought, and it is not permissible to
fight at [the presence] of a
prophet. So they said: “what is the
From Sulaym ibn Qays Al-Hilali, he
said I heard Salman saying: (I heard
Ali (pbuh) saying, after that man
(Umar) said what he said and
made The Messenger of Allah (pbuh
& his Family) angry and pushed the
paper: Do we not ask the
Sulaym ibn Qays said that Ali (pbuh)
said to Talha when the Muhajiroun
(Immigrants) and Ansar
(Supporters) were boasting about
Talha! were you not present when
the Messenger of Allah (pbuh & his
Family) asked for a paper so that
hallucinating, so the Messenger of
Allah (pbuh & his Family) became
very angry and left it. So Talha said:
Yes I was present at that time.) [AlGhaybah by Al-Noa'mani page 81]