Mukhtasar Muslim

Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in his state of health that no prophet passes away until he has seen his place in Paradise and has been given the choice to depart from this world. Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said that when the time of the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings be upon him) death came, his head was on my thigh. He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained unconscious for a while, then regained consciousness and fixed his gaze towards the ceiling and said, “O Allah! With the highest companions (meaning with the prophets who reside in the highest ‘Illiyyin).” Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said that at that moment I realized that now he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not choose us, and I remembered the hadith which he (peace and blessings be upon him) had said in his state of health, that no prophet passes away until he has seen his place in Paradise and has been given the choice (between remaining in this world and the Hereafter). Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said that this was the last statement the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made: “O Allah! With the highest companions.”