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PATIENCE IN ILLNESS AND DEATH

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“When the illness of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, became so serious that his suffering caused him to fall unconscious, Lady Fatima exclaimed, ‘Oh, the suffering of my dear father.’ He said to her, ‘After today, there is no more suffering for your father.’ And when he passed away she said, ‘O my father, he has answered the call of his Lord. O my father, the Gardens of Paradise have become your home. O, my father, to Gabriel we condole.’ When he was buried she said, ‘How can you reconcile with yourselves pouring dust over the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him?’”

Bukhari with a chain up to Anas who related this.

PATIENCE