Volume 7, Book 70, Number 570:
Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad:
‘Aisha, (complaining of headache) said, “Oh, my head”! Allah’s Apostle said, “I wish that had
happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allah’s Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah
for you.” Aisha said, “Wa thuklayah! By Allah, I think you want me to die; and If this should happen,
you would spend the last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!” The Prophet said, “Nay, I
should say, ‘Oh my head!’ I felt like sending for Abu Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my suc –
cessor lest some people claimed something or some others wished something, but then I said (to my –
self), ‘Allah would not allow it to be otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise”.
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Volume 7, Book 70, Number 571:
Narrated Ibn Mas’ud:
I visited the Prophet while he was having a high fever. I touched him an said, “You have a very
high fever” He said, “Yes, as much fever as two me of you may have.” I said. “you will have a double
reward?” He said, “Yes No Muslim is afflicted with hurt caused by disease or some other inconveni –
ence, but that Allah will remove his sins as a tree sheds its leaves.”
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 572:
Narrated Sad:
Allah’s Apostle came to visit me during my ailment which had been aggravated during Hajjat-al-
Wada’. I said to him, “You see how sick I am. I have much property but have no heir except my only
daughter May I give two thirds of my property in charity?”! He said, “No.” I said, “Half of it?” He said,
“No.” I said “One third?” He said, “One third is too much, for to leave your heirs rich is better than to
leave them poor, begging of others. Nothing you spend seeking Allah’s pleasure but you shall get a
reward for it, even for what you put in the mouth of your wife.”
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 573:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
When Allah’s Apostle was on his death-bed and in the house there were some people among
whom was ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet said, “Come, let me write for you a statement after
which you will not go astray.” ‘Umar said, “The Prophet is seriously ill and you have the Qur’an; so
the Book of Allah is enough for us.” The people present in the house differed and quarrelled. Some
said “Go near so that the Prophet may write for you a statement after which you will not go astray,”
while the others said as Umar said. When they caused a hue and cry before the Prophet, Allah’s
Apostle said, “Go away!” Narrated ‘Ubaidullah: Ibn ‘Abbas used to say, “It was very unfortunate that
Allah’s Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement
and noise.”
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 574:
Narrated As-Sa’ib:
My aunt took me to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! My nephew is- ill.” The Prophet
touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He then performed ablution and I
drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw “Khatam An-
Nubuwwa” (The Seal of Prophethood) between his shoulders like a button of a tent.
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Volume 7, Book 70, Number 575:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he
has to wish for death, he should say: “O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let
me die if death is better for me.’ “
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 576:
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
We went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven
places in his body. He said, “Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this
world) without having their rewards reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we
have got (so much) wealth that we find no way to spend It except on the construction of buildings
Had the Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it.’ We visited him for
the second time while he was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is rewarded (in the Hereafter) for
whatever he spends except for something that he spends on building.”
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 577:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise.”
(i.e., None can enter Paradise through his good deeds.) They (the Prophet’s companions) said, ‘Not
even you, O Allah’s Apostle?’ He said, “Not even myself, unless Allah bestows His favor and mercy on
me.” So be moderate in your religious deeds and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none
of you should wish for death, for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an
evil doer, he may repent to Allah.”