سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
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بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي ذِكْرِ مَرَضِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَChapter: What was narrated concerning the sickness of the Messenger of Allah (SAW)
Hadith 1623
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَرْجِسَ ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَمُوتُ وَعِنْدَهُ قَدَحٌ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ، فَيُدْخِلُ يَدَهُ فِي الْقَدَحِ ، ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ وَجْهَهُ بِالْمَاءِ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ : " اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى سَكَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:` “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was dying, and there was a bowl of water next to him. He put his hand in the vessel and wiped his face with the water, and said: ‘O Allah, help me to bear the agonies of death.’”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
This same incident is also found in Sahih al-Bukhari.
In it are these words: (Lā ilāha illā Allāh, inna lil-mawti sakarāt)
“There is no deity except Allah; indeed, death has agonies.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Maghazi, Chapter: The Illness and Death of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith: 4449)
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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in the last moments of his life, wiped his face with a hand moistened with water. The likely reason for this is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a severe fever in his final days.
Therefore, four days before his passing (on the night between Thursday and Friday),
at the time of ‘Isha, the Noble Prophet ﷺ performed a ritual bath (ghusl) so that the intensity of the fever might lessen and he could perform the congregational prayer, but due to the severity of his weakness, he was not able to go to the mosque.
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Even in his final moments, the Noble Prophet ﷺ turned his attention to Allah and mentioned only Him. Therefore, a Muslim should, even in the most difficult circumstances, turn his attention solely to Allah Almighty.
This same incident is also found in Sahih al-Bukhari.
In it are these words: (Lā ilāha illā Allāh, inna lil-mawti sakarāt)
“There is no deity except Allah; indeed, death has agonies.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Maghazi, Chapter: The Illness and Death of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith: 4449)
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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in the last moments of his life, wiped his face with a hand moistened with water. The likely reason for this is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a severe fever in his final days.
Therefore, four days before his passing (on the night between Thursday and Friday),
at the time of ‘Isha, the Noble Prophet ﷺ performed a ritual bath (ghusl) so that the intensity of the fever might lessen and he could perform the congregational prayer, but due to the severity of his weakness, he was not able to go to the mosque.
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Even in his final moments, the Noble Prophet ﷺ turned his attention to Allah and mentioned only Him. Therefore, a Muslim should, even in the most difficult circumstances, turn his attention solely to Allah Almighty.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1623
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Urdu Footnote:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Musa bin Surjas is a narrator whose status is unknown [majhul al-hal].)
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Musa bin Surjas is a narrator whose status is unknown [majhul al-hal].)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 978
