A'mash reported: When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) suffered from illness of which he died, and in the hadith transmitted by Ibn Mus-hir, the words are: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was brought till he was seated by his (Abu Bakr's) side and the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led the people in prayer and Abu Bakr was making takbir audible to them, and in the hadith transmitted by 'Isa the (words are): The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sat and led the people in prayer and Abu Bakr was by his side and he was making (takbir) audible to the people.
Read More..`A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ordered Abu Bakr that he should lead people in prayer during his illness, and he led them in prayer. `Urwa said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) felt relief and went (to the mosque) and Abu Bakr was leading the people in prayer. When Abu Bakr saw him he began to withdraw, but the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) signaled him to remain where he was. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sat opposite to Abu Bakr by his side. Abu Bakr said prayer following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and the people said prayer following the prayer of Abu Bakr.
Read More..Anas b. Malik reported, Abu Bakr led them in prayer due to the illness of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) of which be died. It was a Monday and they stood in rows for prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) drew aside the curtain of ('A'isha's) apartment and looked at us while he was standing, and his (Prophet's) face was (as bright) as the paper of the Holy Book. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) felt happy and smiled. And we were confounded with joy while in prayer due to the arrival (among our midst) of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), Abu Bakr stepped back upon his heels to say prayer in a row perceiving that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had come out for prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with the help of his hand signed to them to complete their prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went back (to his apartment) and drew the curtain. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) breathed his last on that very day.
Read More..Anas reported: The last glance that I have had of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (before his death) was that when he on Monday drew the curtain aside. The hadith transmitted by Salih is perfect and complete.
Read More..This hadith is narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik by another chain of transmitters.
Read More..Anas reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not come to us for three days. When the prayer was about to start. Abu Bakr stepped forward (to lead the prayer), and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) lifted the curtain. When the face of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) became visible to us, we (found) that no sight was more endearing to us than the face of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as it appeared to us. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with the gesture of his hand directed Abu Bakr to step forward (and lead the prayer). The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then drew the curtain, and we could not see him till he died.
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