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of the graves saying, “Indeed we are joining you.”
The Last Illness of the Prophet
At the same time each year, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) would suffer from
the reoccurrence of the poisoned meat he had been given by a Jewess in Khaybar. Its
reoccurrence in the year in which he passed away was more severe than ever before.
It was either the morning after his visit to the cemetery, or a morning shortly thereafter,
that the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) experienced an intense pain, the like of
which he had never experienced before. Despite his pain, he went to the Mosque and
led the congregation in the dawn prayer then climbed the pulpit and supplicated for
blessings upon those who had been martyred at Uhud. Then he said, "There is a
worshiper among the worshipers of Allah to whom Allah has given the choice between
this world and that which is with Him. The worshiper has chosen that which is with
Allah." Abu Bakr, who was in the congregation, was deeply affected by the Prophet's
remark and began to weep, for he knew that the worshiper the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) referred to was none other than Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) himself, and that he would not be with them for much longer.
The Last Illness of the Prophet
At the same time each year, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) would suffer from
the reoccurrence of the poisoned meat he had been given by a Jewess in Khaybar. Its
reoccurrence in the year in which he passed away was more severe than ever before.
It was either the morning after his visit to the cemetery, or a morning shortly thereafter,
that the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) experienced an intense pain, the like of
which he had never experienced before. Despite his pain, he went to the Mosque and
led the congregation in the dawn prayer then climbed the pulpit and supplicated for
blessings upon those who had been martyred at Uhud. Then he said, "There is a
worshiper among the worshipers of Allah to whom Allah has given the choice between
this world and that which is with Him. The worshiper has chosen that which is with
Allah." Abu Bakr, who was in the congregation, was deeply affected by the Prophet's
remark and began to weep, for he knew that the worshiper the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) referred to was none other than Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) himself, and that he would not be with them for much longer.