It is narrated from Saeed bin Jubair that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Thursday, what a Thursday!" Saying this, he began to weep, and he wept so much that his tears soaked the pebbles. We asked, "O Abu al-Abbas! What happened on Thursday?" He said: "On that day, the illness of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intensified, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Bring (paper and pen) to me. I will write something for you after which you will never go astray.' Those present began to dispute among themselves, although it was not appropriate to dispute in the presence of the Prophet. People began to say to each other, 'What has happened to him (peace and blessings be upon him)? Is he saying something due to the severity of illness or unconsciousness?' Imam Sufyan once said, 'Has he (peace and blessings be upon him) become delirious? Ask him again.' People turned towards him (peace and blessings be upon him) and repeatedly began to inquire (as to what he had commanded). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Leave me in my present state. What you are calling me towards, the state I am in is better than that.' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded three things. Sufyan, the narrator, said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) made a bequest of three things. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula, and take care of the delegations coming from outside just as I used to take care of them.' And regarding the third matter, Saeed bin Jubair remained silent. His students say: 'I do not know whether he deliberately remained silent or forgot the third matter.' Sufyan once said that either he deliberately omitted the third matter or forgot it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered me to bring him a broad bone so that he, peace and blessings be upon him, could have an important matter written on it, so that after him, his ummah would not go astray. Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I feared that if I went to get the bone, the soul of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, might depart. I submitted: O Messenger of Allah, tell me, I will memorize and preserve it. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I enjoin you to establish prayer, give zakat, and concerning that which your right hands possess.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the illness of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intensified, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): Bring me a broad bone of a shoulder or a tablet so that I may write a bequest regarding Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), so that there may be no disagreement over him. When Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) got up to do so, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Bakr! Allah and the believers have refused to disagree over you.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his final illness, he said: "Call Abu Bakr and his son to me, and let the writer write, so that no greedy or desirous person may covet or wish for the caliphate of Abu Bakr." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself said twice: "Allah and the people of Islam will not accept (anyone other than Abu Bakr)." Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: (It happened as such and) Allah and the Muslims and the believers refused, except that my father (became the caliph), so then my father became (the caliph).! In this chain, there is a narrator whose father's name is also Abu Bakr; at this place, the son of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), Abdur Rahman, is not meant. (Abdullah Rafiq)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) before his passing requested a scroll so that he could have something written on it by which people would not go astray after him, but Sayyiduna Umar ibn Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) disagreed with this, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself abandoned this intention.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that before his passing, the general advice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was to be steadfast in prayer and to treat slaves with kindness, until there was a rattling in the chest of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and these words could no longer be clearly uttered from his blessed tongue.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said to Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abi Awf (may Allah be pleased with him): Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) make any bequest? He said: He did not. I said: Then why did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) command the believers to make a bequest, while he himself did not make one? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a bequest regarding the Book of Allah (i.e., to hold firmly to it).

It is narrated from Aswad that people mentioned before Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a bequest in favor of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) (that he would be the caliph after the Prophet's passing). She said: At what time did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) make a bequest in favor of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)? I was supporting the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) against my chest, or she said: I had the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in my lap, he asked for a vessel of water, and his soul departed in my lap, and I did not even realize the moment of his passing. Now, when did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) make a bequest in favor of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)?

It is narrated from Arqam bin Sharhabil, he says: I traveled from Madinah Munawwarah to Shaam in the company of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). I asked him whether the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had made any will. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet performed the prayer when he became severely ill. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken with the support of two men, his feet dragging on the ground. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and made no such will.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from this world and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not appoint anyone as a caliph. If he (peace and blessings be upon him) were to appoint anyone as a caliph, he would have appointed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) or Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).