It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that during the illness in which he passed away, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "O Aishah, I (continually) feel the pain of the food I ate at Khaybar, and this is the time when my aorta (abhar) is about to be cut by the effect of that poison." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, and Imam Bukhari has also recorded it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: That I swear nine times that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was martyred (by the effect of poison) is dearer to me than swearing once that he was not martyred. That is because Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, granted him the rank of martyrdom along with the office of prophethood. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says: By Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was poisoned, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was poisoned, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred while held defenceless (unawares), Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred unjustly, Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) was poisoned, and Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) was martyred unjustly. So after these (great personalities), what can we now hope for (from the world)?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), weeping over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (at his passing), would say: "O my father, how near he has drawn to his Lord! O my father, to Jibril (peace be upon him) I announce his death! O my father, the Garden of Firdaws is now his abode!" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I washed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I looked for the signs that usually appear on the body of a deceased person (such as change or unpleasantness), but I saw nothing of the kind. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was most pure and fragrant in life and after death as well. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When we intended to wash the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the people differed about the manner of doing it. Some said: Shall we remove the clothes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as we remove the clothes of our dead, or shall we wash him with his clothes on? Meanwhile, Allah cast such drowsiness upon them that the chin of every one of them dropped onto his chest (that is, they all fell asleep). Then an unseen caller called out from a corner of the house: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) should be washed with his clothes on? So the Companions washed him in his shirt; they would pour water over him and rub his blessed body over the shirt. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: By Allah! Had I known beforehand what I came to know later (that is, this manner of washing), none but his wives would have washed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became gravely ill, we said: O Messenger of Allah, who will offer the funeral prayer over you? He wept and we wept too. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be patient; may Allah forgive you and reward you with the best reward on behalf of your Prophet. When you have washed me, applied fragrance (hanut) to me and shrouded me, place me at the edge of my grave, then move away from me for a while, for the first to pray over me will be my intimate friend and my companion Jibril, then Mika'il, then Israfil, then the Angel of Death with hosts of angels. After that, let the men of my household be the first to pray over me, then their women, then enter in group after group and one by one. Do not hurt me with the wailing of women mourners, shrieking or lamentation. Convey my greeting of peace to those of my Companions who are not present here. I make you witnesses that I have sent peace upon everyone who has entered Islam and everyone who follows me in this religion of mine from this day until the Day of Resurrection." The narrator Abd al-Malik bin Abd al-Rahman in this chain is unknown (majhul); we know nothing of him with regard to either criticism (jarh) or accreditation (ta'dil), while all the other narrators are trustworthy.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I saw in a dream as if three moons had fallen into my chamber. I asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, and he said: "O Aishah, if your dream is true, the three best people on the face of the earth will be buried in your house." Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and was buried, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "O Aishah, this (the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) is the best of your moons, and he is one of those three." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked good dreams. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Has any of you seen a dream today?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I saw as if three moons had fallen into my chamber. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "If your dream is true, three persons will be buried in your house who are the most excellent - or the best - of all the people on the earth." Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and was buried in her chamber, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: "This is one of your moons, and he is the best of them all." After that, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also passed away, and both of them too were buried in her chamber.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I used to enter my house, where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and my father (Abu Bakr) are buried, (having taken off my outer covering, in ordinary dress), and I would say: Here there are only my husband and my father. But when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was buried there, by Allah, whenever I entered it I went in only with my clothes wrapped tightly around me, out of modesty before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.