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Everything we read about, about how you should die
applies most to the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
that when a person dies
either they are relieved of this world,
or the world is relieved from them.
When Allah talks about an evil person,
ma bakat AAalayhimu assamaowal-ard
that the heavens and the earth do not shed
a tear for them and ibn Abbas radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuma
He says that for the righteous person
the heavens cry when they die,
because the gate of the heavens
that their deeds used to ascend from
is no longer open and their place of sajdah,
the earth cries, the place of sajdah, of prostration, cries.
And you think about the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, in that regard.
A person that everyone longed for when he was alive
and a person that everyone would grieve when he would die,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
(dramatic music)
If you're in Medina at that point
your entire life revolves around the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
There is not a moment that you're not thinking
about what he's doing, and if you can get his attention
and if you can have his companionship.
And at this point it's been that way for over a decade.
The day the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
came to Medina is like giving birth to a child.
It brought light to the entire city.
It gave new life to everyone.
And there's a scene, even in The Battle of Uhud,
right where it was shouted out, just suggested,
that Muhammad, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, was killed.
And people put down their swords
and put down their armor and just started to cry
not feeling like they had any reason to live anymore.
And that's only with being with the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, for just a couple years.
Think about it now.
You're in this situation where you're sitting in the Masjid
and there is all of this anxiety
about whether or not the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, is going to come out.
And inside of yourself you feel like
he's not really going to die, you know?
It's inevitable.
He's a human being, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
but he's not really going to die.
He's going to make it out of this
because he has healed so many people,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
How many people were about to die
and the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
made dua'a for them, and they lived.
He's not gonna die yet, there's still so much more to go.
The story still has so much to unfold in front of our eyes.
And how befitting is it that the last sight
of the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, is a smile.
He is in his room, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And Anas radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu describes the scene.
We're praying and you see the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, draw his curtain.
And he smiles tabassuma dhahikan
He smiles and he laughs meaning
you could see all of his teeth, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And his face was like the page of a mushaf,
meaning his most beautiful smile
was the last smile he gave to this ummah.
When he came into Medina,
Abdullah ibn Salam embraced Islam because of his smile.
And he's leaving Medina
and he's leaving this world with a smile,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And you're in Salah and you're looking at him
and you're so excited because the way he's smiling
that means he must be recovering.
He's gonna come back out.
And the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
says keep on praying as if to say, keep on going.
I fulfilled my mission.
I did what I was supposed to do.
I conveyed the message, now you're in prayer.
I'm good.
I fulfilled my mission.
Keep on going, not just keep on praying.
And he closes the curtain, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And at that point, you're in the Masjid
and you just have a lot of anxiety.
What's happening in his room, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
is that this time it's not
Aisha radiAllahu Anha's head in his lap.
This time it's his head in her lap.
And Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anha is describing the severity
of the fever of the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And he's saying la ilaha illallah inna lil mauti sakarat.
la ilaha illallah
Verily, the closing of death, the coming of death
and the last moments of this world are difficult.
Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he said that the fever of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
was hotter than anything he had ever felt.
And while he's in her lap the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, sees her brother
AbdurRahman and he has a Sewak.
And Aisha radiAllahu Anha knows that the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, is looking at it.
So Aisha radiAllahu Anha says,
do you want me to get that for you?
And the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, he nods.
So she gets the Sewak and she chews it,
and she gives it to the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
brushes his teeth for the very last time.
He used to use this Sewak, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
for every prayer, for every single Salah to prepare himself
for his conversation with his Lord.
And he uses that Sewak, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and he looks up and his face lights up
as Jibreel Alayhi Salaam enters into the room.
And Jibreel Alayhi Salaam gives him that choice
to either live with eternity in this world
as long as this world exists
or to be with the highest companion.
And he chooses, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
ar-Rafiq al-A'la, he chooses the highest companion.
And he continues to look up and he continues to say,
rather I choose ar-Rafiq al-A'la,
the highest companion
until Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anha says
that the hand of the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, comes down
and his soul leaves his body, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And she says that this beautiful scent
filled the room immediately.
You know, when the righteous soul is being taken away
the angels come with a kafan,
with a shroud of perfume.
How would it be the angels and the shroud of the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, that scent?
And so the perfume of it filled the entire room
and it was the most beautiful scent
that they had ever smelled.
And Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anha cries out.
At this point, as you're sitting in the Masjid,
and you hear Aisha radiAllahu Anha shout, and you hear
"maata Rasulullah, maata Rasulullah, maata Rasulullah"
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam has died,
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam has died.
And you're sitting in the Masjid staring at that curtain
wondering if he's gonna open it again
or if this is all just a hoax, or if it's like Uhud
where we thought he was dead but he wasn't really dead.
We've been through things like this.
He's gonna come out now.
This can't be real.
And every single person is looking at that curtain
and looking around.
And some are coming to terms with it at different points
and they're crying at different points.
Some are still in disbelief.
You're looking around and you're seeing
Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu so eloquent,
and Ali can't speak.You're seeing
Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu and Uthman can't stand up.
And Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu saying,
who said that the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, died?
You're lying, you're lying!
You're causing fitna, this is not true.
Of course the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, is not dead.
The Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
is going to come out.
You're a hypocrite, don't cause fitna.
He couldn't come to terms with it, radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
And those words, maata Rasulullah Allah,
that the Prophet of Allah is dead,
they stung every single person in the Masjid.
And then Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu stands up.
And Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu reminds the people,
whoever used to worship Muhammad,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, then Muhammad,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is indeed dead.
And whoever used to worship Allah, fa innAllaha hayyun la yamout,
Allah is alive and Allah is ever living.
The sentiment...
If you could imagine every single person in a community
losing the most beloved person in the world to them
and what that would do to them.
If you imagine an entire community of people
and everyone's child died at the same time,
the most beloved person in the world
to every single person in that Masjid just died.
And they all have to come to terms
with their individual pain.
And everyone has to now go to the house
where they had the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, as a guest.
They have to pray in the Masjid
with the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
no longer leading them.
They have to celebrate without him.
Every single occasion is going to sting.
subhanAllah, that pain of losing a child.
There's actually a hadith where the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, says as he's talking about
the reward for the parents that put forth a child
and some of the Sahabah say to the Prophet,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, "Ya Rasulullah
as you're talking about this reward,
what about those who have never been tested
with the loss of a child?"
And the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
said, then they have the reward of my loss
because lan yusaabu bhi nithli,
they won't be tested with anything harder than my death.
(man singing in Arabic)