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Hadith 4239
The Prophet (ﷺ) called Fatima during his fatal illness and told her something secretly and she wept. Then
he called her again and told her something secretly, and she started laughing. When we asked her
about that, she said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) first told me secretly that he would expire in that disease in which
he died, so I wept; then he told me secretly that I would be the first of his family to follow him, so I
laughed ( at that time).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 455
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Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was on his deathbed and there were some men in the house,
he said, 'Come near, I will write for you something after which you will not go astray.' Some of them (
i.e. his companions) said, 'Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is seriously ill and you have the (Holy) Quran. Allah's
Book is sufficient for us.' So the people in the house differed and started disputing. Some of them said,
'Give him writing material so that he may write for you something after which you will not go astray.'
while the others said the other way round. So when their talk and differences increased, Allah's
Apostle said, "Get up." Ibn `Abbas used to say, "No doubt, it was very unfortunate (a great disaster)
that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was prevented from writing for them that writing because of their differences and
noise." Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 454
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Used to hear (from the Prophet) that no Prophet dies till he is given the option to select either the
worldly life or the life of the Hereafter. I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) in his fatal disease, with his voice
becoming hoarse, saying, "In the company of those on whom is the grace of Allah ..( to the end of the
Verse )." (4.69) Thereupon I thought that the Prophet (ﷺ) had been given the option. Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 456