حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ ، وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ : وَارَأْسَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : " بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهُ " ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَكَفَّنْتُكِ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ " ، قَالَتْ : كَأَنِّي بِكَ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ ، رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَعَرَّسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ ، فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ بَدَى فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ .
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) returned from participating in a funeral at Baqi’ (graveyard), and I was feeling severe pain in my head. I was saying: “Oh, my head!” (The idiomatic translation would be: Alas! I am dying). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Rather, oh, my head!” Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “If you were to pass away before me, there would be no harm to you, for I would shroud you, perform your funeral prayer, and bury you.” Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “By Allah! When you do that, you will return to my house and spend the night here with your new wife.” So the Prophet (peace be upon him) smiled. After that, the illness of the Prophet (peace be upon him) began, in which he passed away.