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.