Sunan ad-Darimi

Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will certainly find out how long the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will remain alive. So he said: O Messenger of Allah! I know that not only have the people caused you harm, but even their dust has caused you harm. If you would make a platform so that you could speak to them from it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am still present among them, they keep crushing my heels, they keep pulling my cloak, only Allah will grant me relief from them." Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: So I understood that now you will remain alive among us for only a few days.

Dawud bin Ali said: It was said to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, "Shall we make a barrier for you?" The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "No, leave them and let them crush my heels. I will trample their feet until Allah grants me relief and deliverance from them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came out to us during his illness of death, there was a bandage tied on his head, he reached the pulpit and sat on it, and we followed behind him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I am witnessing the Hawd (Pond of Kawthar) from this place." Then he said: "A servant was presented with the world and its adornment, but he chose the Hereafter." The narrator said: No one understood this except Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), so his eyes filled with tears, he began to weep and said: O Messenger of Allah, may our fathers, mothers, lives, and wealth be sacrificed for you. The narrator said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) descended and did not stand on it again until his death.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Muwayhibah (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for those buried in Baqi', so come with me." In the middle of the night, I went out with him, and when he stood by their graves, he said: "O inhabitants of the graves! Peace be upon you. The state you are in is better for you than that which people are now afflicted with (if only you knew what Allah has saved you from). Tribulations have erupted one after another like the dark patches of night, and each subsequent tribulation is worse than the previous one." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to me and said: "Abu Muwayhibah! I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world and to live in it forever, or Paradise, and I have been given the choice between the world or meeting my Lord." I said: "May my parents be sacrificed for you! Take the treasures of the world and everlasting life in it, then choose Paradise." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, by Allah, O Abu Muwayhibah! No, I have chosen to meet my Lord." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for forgiveness for the people of Baqi' and returned. From that time, the pain began in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when «﴿إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ﴾» (Surah An-Nasr: 1/110) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "News of my death has been given to me." She began to weep, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not weep, among my family you will be the first to join me." Then she became happy. Some of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw her and asked: "O Fatimah! We saw you weeping, then you laughed?" She replied: "He informed me that news of his death had been given to him, so I wept. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Do not weep, among my family you will be the first to join me.' Upon hearing this, I became happy." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The help of Allah and victory has come, and the people of Yemen have also come." A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Who are the people of Yemen?" He replied: "They are people of gentle hearts, and faith is that of the Yemenis, and wisdom is also Yemeni."

Narrated by Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a funeral at Baqi’, and saw me suffering from a headache and exclaiming, “Oh my head!” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Rather, my head, O Aisha! What is troubling you? If you die before me, I will wash you, shroud you, pray over you, and bury you.” I said: “If I die, what would it matter to you? You would be in my house with another wife.” Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled, then the illness began in which the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said during his final illness: "Pour seven water-skins of water over me from seven different wells so that I may go out and take a pledge from the people." The narrator said: We seated the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the bathing tub of Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) and poured water over him. Muhammad bin Ishaq was in doubt whether the narrator said «صب» or «شن» (both have the same meaning). When you felt some relief, you came out, ascended the pulpit, praised Allah Almighty, supplicated for the forgiveness of the martyrs of Uhud, and then said: "As for what follows, the Ansar are my sheltering home, so honor their noble ones and overlook the faults of their wrongdoers as much as possible. Listen, O people! One of Allah's servants was given the choice between the world and what is with Allah, and he chose what is with Allah." (Upon hearing this) Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep and was convinced that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was referring to himself. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Wait, Abu Bakr, do not be hasty. O people! Close all the doors to the mosque from the street except the door of Abu Bakr. I do not recall anyone who has done more favor to me with his companionship than Abu Bakr."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about the prayer during his illness of death, he said: "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer." Then he fell unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked (the noble wives): "Did you tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer?" (Sayyidah Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, says) I said: Abu Bakr is soft-hearted; I wish you would order Umar (to lead the prayer). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are like the women who were with Yusuf. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer, otherwise many people will desire it and talk about it, but Allah and the believers will refuse (anyone else)."

Sayyiduna ‘Ikrimah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away on a Monday, and his (blessed body) remained (in the house) during Monday day and night, and until Tuesday. He was buried on the night of Wednesday. (Some) people said: He has not died, rather his soul has been taken up (to the heavens) just as the soul of Musa (peace be upon him) was taken up. Thus, Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has not died, rather his soul has been taken up just as the soul of Musa was taken up to the heavens. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cannot die until he cuts off the hands and tongues of all these nations. Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) kept speaking until, due to the intensity of his emotion, foam began to come from his mouth. Then Sayyiduna ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has passed away. Indeed, he was a human and grew old, just as a human being grows old. O people! Bury your companion. He is greatly honored in the sight of Allah. Allah will not give him death twice. Will you all die once, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) die twice? (That is not possible.) He is indeed greatly honored and esteemed in the sight of Allah. O people! Bury your companion. And as you say (that he has not died), if it is as you say, then it is not difficult or hard for Allah that the earth itself would seek him out. By Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away after having made the entire path clear, declaring the lawful as lawful and the unlawful as unlawful, marrying, divorcing, waging war, and making peace. No (shepherd) who tends goats, who takes his flock to the tops of mountains and knocks down leaves from trees with his staff for them, and takes them to the pond (water reservoir) for water—none among you will be more hardworking and toiling than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Get up, O people! Bury your companion. The narrator said: Sayyidah Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her) began to weep. She was asked: Are you weeping over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? She said: By Allah, I am not weeping over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Do I not know that he has gone to a place far better for him than this world? What makes me weep is that the revelation from the heavens has ceased. The narrator of the hadith, Hammad, said: When Ayyub reached this point, his voice became choked with tears.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "When any of you is afflicted with a hardship, let him remember my calamity, for it is the greatest of all calamities."

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of you is afflicted with a calamity, let him remember my calamity, for it is the greatest of all calamities."

Umar bin Muhammad narrated from his father that whenever I heard (saw) Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) mention the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would begin to weep.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Anas! How did your hearts allow you to throw dust upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? She said: O my dear father! How close you are to your Lord. O my dear father! Jannat al-Firdaws is your abode. O my dear father! We inform Jibreel of your death. O my dear father! You have accepted the call of your Lord. Hammad said: When Thabit narrated these words, he wept, and Thabit said: When Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this, he wept.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: When he arrived in Madinah, I was present. There was no day brighter or better than the day when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us. And I was also present on the day of his passing; I have not seen a day worse or darker than the day when he passed away.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! On the Day of Resurrection, we will find you standing before your Lord with heavy red eyelids, ashamed before your Lord because of the actions that your Ummah will invent after you.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that when this Surah «﴿إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ٭ وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا ﴾» (An-Nasr: 1,2/110) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Just as people entered (this religion) in multitudes, surely, in multitudes they will also leave."

Khalid bin Ma'dan said that Abdullah bin Al-Ahtam entered upon Umar bin Abdul Aziz along with the common people. Suddenly, Umar bin Abdul Aziz saw them speaking in front of him. He praised Allah and after "Amma Ba'd" said: Allah Almighty created the creation, being independent of their obedience and secure from their disobedience. At that time, people were divided in their homes and opinions, and the Arabs were in those stages and in a bad state; they were people of stones and wool, and Bedouins from whom all the good things of the world would slip away. They neither supplicated to Allah in close company nor recited any of His books. Whoever among them died was destined for Hell, and whoever remained alive was blind and filthy, and there was no reckoning for their evils. Then, when Allah Almighty intended to bestow His mercy upon them, He sent a Messenger from among them, upon whom your distress was very burdensome; he was extremely eager and desirous for your benefit and very compassionate and merciful to the believers. May Allah's blessings, peace, mercy, and blessings be upon him. Despite this, people wounded him and called him by various names, even though he had with him a Book from Allah that spoke, with which he stood and traveled by its permission. And when he was commanded to speak the truth and urged to strive (jihad), every part of his body rejoiced (he became courageous and strong before Allah's command). Thus, Allah Almighty made his proof dominant, established his word, and made his call prevail. In this way, he departed from the world pure and clean. Then, after him, our master Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) rose up carrying his mission and followed in his footsteps. (At that time) some Arab tribes apostatized and refused to pay zakat, but he accepted only what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had accepted. He drew the sword from its sheath and kindled the fire, then, joining the people of truth, he suppressed the followers of falsehood, breaking their alliances and separating them, and watered the earth with their blood until he forced them to return to where they had fled from and brought them back to what they had abandoned (i.e., the deniers of zakat repented). Allah Almighty granted him young camels (or cows) from His wealth, upon which they would bring water, and he was given an Abyssinian slave girl who nursed his children. Before his death, he saw a necklace around her neck, which made him restless, and he handed her over to the caliph who came after him, and he departed from the world pure and clean, following the path and way of his companion and friend (the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him). After him, our master Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to power, established cities, combined severity and gentleness, rolled up his sleeves and lower garment and came to the field, prepared people for all matters, provided equipment for war, and when Mughira bin Shu’bah’s slave wounded him, he ordered Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) to investigate. He informed him that his killer was the slave of Mughira bin Shu’bah, so he thanked Allah that no rightful person was his killer who could say that he was wronged in the spoils of war, which led him to commit murder. He too received more than eighty thousand from Allah’s wealth, spent generously in Allah’s way, considered it inappropriate to support his children from that wealth, handed it over to the caliph who came after him, and departed from the world pure and clean like his two companions. After them, O Umar (ibn Abdul Aziz), people like you came, people of the world, whom the kings of the world gave birth to and filled your mouth from their chests, in which you were raised and sought that very kingship. Then, when you attained its authority, you brought it to where Allah had brought it. You distanced yourself from it, oppressed it, and considered it bad except for what you made provision for yourself. All praise is due to Allah who, through you, removed our calamities and, through you, relieved our distress. Therefore, remain engaged in your work, do not look here and there. Nothing is better (more honorable) than the truth, and nothing is worse and more disgraceful than falsehood. I say this and seek forgiveness for all my believing men and women. Abu Ayyub said: Umar bin Abdul Aziz used to say about this: For me, Ibn Al-Ahtam said: «امض ولا تلتفت» Keep moving, do not look here and there.