Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39818 — Reports on the death of the Prophet

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us (from his blessed chamber) while we were in the mosque, in his (peace and blessings be upon him) final illness, with his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed head bound with a strip of cloth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) moved towards the pulpit until he (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated on it, and we followed him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! Indeed, I am standing at the Pool of Kawthar at this moment." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the world and its adornment were presented to a servant, but he chose the Hereafter." No one understood this except Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). His eyes flowed with tears and he wept. And Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Rather, we would sacrifice for you our fathers, our mothers, our lives and our wealth." The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came down, and (after that) he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not sit on the pulpit (again, until his death).