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Sahih al-BukhariMilitary Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

No prophet dies until he is shown his place in Paradise and is then given the choice. When he was sick, while his head was resting on my thigh, he fell unconscious. Then he came back to consciousness and fixed his eyes on the ceiling of the house and said: O Allah, the highest Companion

Chapter: The last statement, the Prophet (saws) spoke

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 4463

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ يُونُسُ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، فِي رِجَالٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ وَهْوَ صَحِيحٌ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْبَضْ نَبِيٌّ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ يُخَيَّرَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ وَرَأْسُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ، فَأَشْخَصَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى سَقْفِ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ إِذًا لاَ يَخْتَارُنَا‏.‏ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا وَهْوَ صَحِيحٌ قَالَتْ فَكَانَتْ آخِرَ كَلِمَةٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا ‏"‏

اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى ‏"

‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that when the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was healthy, he used to say: "No prophet dies until he is shown his place in Paradise and is then given the choice." "No prophet dies until he is shown his place in Paradise and is then given the choice."When he was sick, while his head was resting on my thigh, he fell unconscious. Then he came back to consciousness and fixed his eyes on the ceiling of the house and said: "O Allah, the highest Companion." I said (to myself): "So, he is not going to choose us." I then realized that it was what he used to tell us when he was healthy. The last words he spoke were: "O Allah, the highest Companion."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4463) and Malik (No. 569).

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Explanation

‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say while he was in good health before his final sickness that no prophet died until Allah showed him his place in Paradise and gave him the choice to either stay in the world or go to his place in Paradise. Then when he became sick just before his death, while his head was resting on ‘Ā'ishah's thigh, he fell consciousness then recovered. He looked at the ceiling of the house and said: ''O Allah, the highest Companion,'' i.e. I choose to be with the prophets who live in the highest of high places. ‘Ā'ishah remarked that if Allah gave the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) the choice between this world and the Hereafter, he would choose the Hereafter and would not choose them. She realized that this was exactly what he used to say when he was healthy. The last words he spoke were: "O Allah, the highest Companion."

Explanation in Arabic

تقول عائشة رضي الله عنها : إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يقول في حال صحته قبل أن يمرض مرض وفاته: إنه لم يمت نبي من الأنبياء حتى يريه الله مكانه من الجنة، ثم يخيره بين قعوده في الدنيا، وبين وصوله إلى مكانه من الجنة. قالت عائشة: فلما مرض النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مرض وفاته، كانت رأسه على فخذي، فأغمي عليه ثم أفاق، فرفع بصره إلى سقف البيت ثم قال: «اللهم الرفيق الأعلى» أي: أختار الرفيق الأعلى، وهم جماعة الأنبياء الذين يسكنون أعلى عليين. قالت عائشة: فقلت إذا خيره الله بين الدنيا والآخرة، فإنه سيختار الآخرة، ولن يختارنا، وعرفت أن هذا التخيير هو الحديث الذي كان يحدثها به في حال صحته. قالت عائشة: كان آخر كلمة تكلم بها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : «اللهم الرفيق الأعلى».

  • لم يمت نبي إلا أراه الله مكانه من الجنة ثم خيره بين الدنيا والآخرة.
  • أنه -صلى الله عليه وسلم- خُير قبل وفاته كغيره من الأنبياء بين الدنيا والآخرة، فاختار الانتقال إلى الدار الآخرة.
  • آخر ما تكلم به -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قبل أن يفارق الدنيا قوله "اللهم الرفيق الأعلى".

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Grade taken from the status of the collection (Sahih al-Bukhari).

Other versions

Authentic Muwatta Malik 569

Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that A'isha said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'No prophet dies until he is given the choice.' " She continued, "I heard him say ,'O Allah, the highest company,' and I knew that he was going."

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ يَمُوتُ حَتَّى يُخَيَّرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ…

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