Book: Al-Muhtadirin [The Dyings] by ibn-abi-duniya

Chapter on Various Sayings and Conditions

275 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Abu Bakr bin Sahl Al-Tamimi narrated to me, he said: Narrated to us by Abdur-Razzaq, he said: Narrated to us by Ja'far bin Sulayman, from Thabit, from Anas who said: Abdullah bin Mas'ud and Sa'd entered upon Salman at the time of death, and he wept. So it was said to him: "O Aba Abdullah, are you distressed from death?" He said: "No, but the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) made a covenant with us to be preserved, saying: 'Let the provision of one of you from this world be like the provision of a rider.'"

276 - Abdullah informed us, saying: Al-Fadl bin Ishaq bin Hayyan informed me, saying: Abu Qutaybah narrated to us, from Al-Baraa Al-Ghanawi, heard Hasan saying: "Mu'awiya was visited while he was dying. He wept, and it was asked, 'What makes you weep?' He said, 'I do not weep for death that afflicts me, nor for the world that I leave behind, but for two destinations: one in Paradise, and one in Hellfire, and I do not know in which of the two I am.'"

277 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: And narrated to us by Fadl ibn Ishaq who said: Narrated to us by Abu Qutaibah, from Abi Ma'shar, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b who said: Habib ibn Muslimah entered upon Abi Darda while he was on his deathbed, and he said: "All I see is parting, may Allah reward you with a good teacher, advise me with something that Allah may benefit me with it."

He said: "O Habib ibn Muslimah, consider yourself among the grave's companions, O Habib ibn Muslimah, beware of the oppressed's invocation."

278 - Narrated by 'Abdullah, he said: Abu Yazid Al-Ansari told me: Ayoob ibn Al-Najjar narrated, from Ibn Abi Katheer, that Abu Hurairah cried during his illness, and it was said to him: "What makes you cry?" He said: "I do not cry over your world, but I cry over the length of my journey, the scarcity of my provisions, and that I find myself on a precipitous descent, either towards a Heaven (201) or Hell, and I do not know which one of them I will be taken to."

279 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, who said: narrated to us by Abu Kurayb Al-Hamdani, who said: narrated to us by Zakariya son of Adiy, from Ibn Al-Mubarak, from Yunus, from Zuhri, from Humaid bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdullah bin Amr: that his father said as he was dying: "O Allah, You commanded us with orders, and prohibited us from things, we have left much of what You commanded, and fell into much of what You prohibited, O Allah, there is no god but You. Then he took his thumb, and continued to utter the Tahleel (There is no god but Allah) until he passed away."

280 - We were told by Abdullah who said: Mohammed son of Uthman Al-Ijli informed me; he said: Abu Osama informed me; he narrated to me from Sufian son of Uyaina; from Raqba son of Masqla; he said: When Hasan son of Ali was on his deathbed, he said, "Bring my bed out to the courtyard so I can look upon the kingdom of the heavens. They brought his bed out, he raised his head, looked, and then said: O Allah! Indeed, I consider myself for you, surely it is the most cherished of souls to me. He went on to say: It was one of God's creations for him that he considered himself for Him."

281 - Narrated to us by 'Abdullah who said: Abu Ja'far Al-Adami told me: Abdullah bin Raja' narrated to us, from 'Abdul Aziz bin Abi Rawad who said: I visited Al-Mughira bin Hakim during his illness that he died from, and I said: Advise me. He said: "Prepare for a time like this (referring to his deathbed)."

282 - Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Muhammad bin Qudamah told me. He said: Khalaf bin al-Walid informed me, from a man from Banu Nahshal, who said: "They entered upon Abu Bakr al-Nahshali while he was exerting himself and tying his hand, a man asked: 'Even in this situation?' He replied: 'I hasten to fold the scroll.'

283 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Hasan Bin Katheer Al-Anbari told me, from Khuzaima Abi Mohammed Al-'Abid who said: "Malik Bin Dinar passed by a man and saw him doing something he disapproved of, and said to him: 'Fear Allah'. The man replied: 'O Malik, let us enjoy life to the full.' When the man was on his deathbed, he was told: 'Say: There is no god but Allah.' He said: 'I feel an angel on top of my head saying: 'By Allah, I will make you feel the full impact'."

284 - We were told by Abdullah. He said: Ibrahim Ibn Sa'id told me. He said: Musa Ibn Ayoub told me. He said: Makhlad informed us. He said: Malik bin Dinar fell ill, and it was said to him: "Would you like to order something that could soothe your stomach?" He answered: "Oh Allah, you know that I don't seek comfort in my stomach or my private parts."

285 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Kathir informed me, from Khuzaima Abi Muhammad, he said: When death approached Malik bin Dinar, he said: "Prepare me from the house of this world to the house of the Hereafter." He died, and they found nothing in his house but a piece of cloth, a bucket, a cleaning pot, and a piece of bread."

286 - Narrated by 'Abdullah who said: We were informed by Abu Ali Al-Marwazi, from Abu Wahb Muhammad bin Muzahim, from 'Abdul Aziz bin Abi Rawad who said: "I was attending a man on his deathbed, and I kept saying to him: There is no deity but Allah. He kept repeating it. Eventually, at the end of it, I said to him, say: There is no deity but Allah. He said: How often do you say that? I reject what you are saying. And he died in that state. I asked his wife about his situation and she said: He used to drink wine. Abdul Aziz used to say: Be wary of sins, for indeed they are what caused this."

287 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: "Narrated to us by Bishr ibn Mu'adh al-Aqadi who said: Narrated to us by 'Amir ibn Yasaf, from Yahya ibn Abi Katheer who said: Mu'adh ibn Jabal said, when his death was severe upon him - meaning death - : "Take your last breath, indeed my heart loves you."

288 - It was narrated to us by Abdullah who said: It was narrated to us by Yahya Ibn Durust Al-Qurashi, who said: It was narrated to us by Abu Ismail Al-Qannad, who said: It was narrated to us by Yahya Ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salama, who narrated: I visited Abu Hurairah while he was in severe pain. I hugged him and said: "Allah, heal Abu Hurairah". (205). He said: "Oh Allah, do not let it return." He said this twice. Then he said: "If you can die, then die." By the one in whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, there will come a time upon people when death will be more beloved to them than red gold. And there will come a time upon people when a man will pass by the grave of his Muslim brother and wish that he was the occupant."

289 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Abbas Al-Anbari narrated to me, he said: Narrated to us by Abu Dawood, from Hammadi Bin Salama, from Thabit who said: I and Hasan entered upon Safwan Bin Muhariz to visit him while he was seriously ill. He said, "Indeed, for one who is in my situation, the Hereafter fills his heart, and the ephemeral world appears smaller in his eyes than a fly."

290 - We were told by Abdullah who said: We were told by Azhar Ibn Marwan who said: We were told by Hammad Ibn Zayd, from Ataa Ibn Al-Saib - He said [206]: We visited Abu AbdurRahman to keep him company, then some of the people went to console him. He said: "How could I not have hope in my Lord when I have fasted for Him eighty Ramadans?"

291 - We were told by Abdullah, he said: Azhar also told me, he said: We visited Ja'far bin Suleiman when he was sick, and he said: "I do not detest meeting my Lord."

292 - Narrated by Abdullah, he said: Narrated to us by Abu Kuraib, he said: Narrated to us by Muhammad ibn Al-Salt, from Ibn Abi Za'idah, from Mujalid, from Al-Sha'bi, he said: When Al-Waleed ibn Al-Mughira was brought, he became distressed, Abu Jahl said to him: "Oh uncle, what troubles you?"  ⃣207⃣  He said: "By Allah, I am not distressed by death, but I fear that the religion of Ibn Abi Kabshah will appear in Mecca", Abu Sufyan said: "Oh uncle, do not fear, I guarantee you that it will not appear."

293 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Abu Al-Hasan Al-Raqi told me, who said: Abdullah ibn Salih told us, who said: Ya'qub ibn Abd Al-Rahman, from his father, told me that: When death was imminent for Amro ibn Al-Aas, his eyes overflowed and he wept. His son, Abdullah, said to him, "By Allah, I never thought you would face God's decree except with patience."

He then said: "My son, your father is faced with three matters: The first is the cessation of his deeds. The second is the horror of the forthcoming. And the third is the separation from his loved ones, which is the easiest of them."

Then he said: "O Allah, You have commanded and I have underrated, You restrained and I have disobeyed, O Allah, from You is the pardon and the overlooking. "

294 - Narrated by Abdullah who said: Abu Al-Hasan told me: Abu Mus'hīr told him: Said ibnu ‘Abdul Azīz told him that Bilāl said when death approached him: "Tomorrow, we meet the beloved ones, Muhammad and his companions." [208] His wife exclaimed: "Oh, woe to him!" But he replied: "And what a joy!"

295 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Asad ibn 'Ammar at-Tamimi told me who said: Hudbah ibn Khalid told me who said: Hazm told us: we visited Malik ibn Dinar during the illness which he died in, and he was struggling within himself, then he lifted his head towards the heaven and said: "O Allah, you know that I did not love to stay in this world for gluttony or lust".

296 - Narrated by Abdullah, he said: Asad bin Ammar told me, he said: Malik bin Abdul Wahid told me, he said: Amro bin Asim narrated to us, from Mu'tamir, from his father, he said: Aamir cried on his deathbed, so he was asked: "What makes you cry?" He said: "Three things: two I'm leaving behind, and one ahead of me, a journey that severes the neck of anyone who undertakes it without provisions."

297 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Narrated to me by Muhammad ibn Idris, he reported: Narrated to us by ⦗209⦘ Asbagh Ibn al-Faraj, he said: Informed by Ibn Wahb, from Malik, from Zaid ibn Aslam, from his father: that Umar, when he was stabbed, said: "If I had what the sun rose upon, I would ransom it against the hardship of an hour" - he means by that death - "so how about me and I have not yet escaped fire?"

298 - It was narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Muhammad ibn Al-Harith told me, Sayyar informed us, Ja'far reported, saying: "I witnessed Abu Imran Al-Jawni as he was on his deathbed. Ayyoub Al-Sikhtiyani came in and told his son: 'Remind your father of the Shahada; (There is no God but God).' Abu Imran asked his son: 'What is he saying?' His son replied: 'He asked me to remind you of the Shahada.' Abu Imran responded: 'Oh Ayyoub, it (the Shahada) is in front of me, I know nothing else.'

299 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Narrated to us by Dawud ibn Amr al-Dabbi who said: Narrated to us by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Asadi who said: Narrated to us by Yahya ibn Salama ibn Kuhail, from his father who said: I entered upon Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd while he was indulging himself, he looked at me and then said: "He who regrets will not succeed."

300 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, who said: Yahya bin Ma'in narrated to us, who said: Ma'n narrated to us, who said: Malik narrated to us, on the authority of Sa'eed bin Abi Sa'eed Al-Maqburi, who said: Marwan visited Abu Hurairah during his illness, in which he passed away, and said: "May Allah grant you recovery, O Abu Hurairah."

Abu Hurairah responded: "O Allah, I love meeting You, so make my meeting loved. Marwan had not yet reached the companions of the cotton before he passed away."

301 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said, 'Narrated to me by Ibrahim Abu Ishaq, he said, "Narrated to us by Abu Rabia, he said, 'Narrated to us by Abu Abdah Yusuf bin Abdah, from Thabit who said,' ⦗211⦘: 'When Muawiya grew old, a sore broke out on his back. Whenever he wore heavy clothes - and Syria is a cold land - it burdened him and made him feel depressed. He ordered, "Make me a lightweight warm cloak from this fur." It was made for him, but when it was put on him, he was comfortable for a moment, then it made him depressed. He said "Take it off me". Then he wore it again, then it made him depressed and he took it off, and did that repeatedly. Then he said, "May Allah degrade you, oh home. I ruled you for forty years, twenty as a caliph and twenty as a prince, then you made me to what I see. May Allah degrade you, oh home."'"

302 - Abdullah told us, he said: Ibrahim informed me, he said: Abu Rabiah told us, he said: Yusuf ibn Abdah told us, he said: I heard Thabit Al-Bunani say: 'Amr ibn Al-'As was in Egypt, he fell sick and felt heavy. He said to his guard: "Bring some of your comrades, I wish to instruct them." When they entered, he looked at them, then he said: "Indeed, it has reached this point, keep it away from me." They said: "And you, O Prince, say this? This is the command of Allah which cannot be repelled." He said: "Yes, by Allah, I knew it to be so, but I wanted you to take a lesson from it. There is no god but Allah." He kept saying this until he died.'

303 - Abdullah told us, The Hasan son of Abdul Rahman said №212: A man from Juhayna was on his deathbed. His neighbors and brothers came to him. He looked at them around him, with tears filling his eyes, then he said: [The Long Sea] Tomorrow, there will be many weepers among us and among you... and my home will be far from your homes.

304 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Hussein ibn Abdul Rahman also narrated to us. He said: Ahmad ibn Yusuf, while on the verge of death, overlooked his garden on the bank of the Tigris, and began to contemplate it and the Tigris. Then he sighed and said, in a poetic manner, [Simple Sea]: "How pleasant is life if not for the death of its companion... it has whatever you desire of faults to its critic".

He continued saying: "We did not bring him down until he died."

305 - We were told by Abdullah who said: "Ishaq bin Al-Sariy narrated to me, saying: 'We visited Abdullah bin Ya'qoub on the day he died. With him was a doctor prescribing medicine. Abdullah quoted [Al-Bahr Al-Khafif]as saying: 'Indeed, a life whose end is death, is a hastened life full of bitterness, and he died on that day.'

306 - Narrated to us by 'Abdullah, who said: Narrated to us by Muhammad bin Ahmad, who said: Yaqub bin Ishaq (213) narrated to me that he was present with a dying man, who was told: Say there is no god but Allah. He said:[Al-Bahr Al-Kamil] "If I die, my heart is filled with passions... Even the noble die because of their passions."

Then he said: "Oh one who does not die, have mercy on the one who dies." Then, shortly thereafter, he died.

307 - We were told by Abdullah, who said: "Abu Bakr Al-Wasiti told me the following: 'We were informed by Abu al-Mundhir Ismail bin Umar who said: 'We entered upon Warqaa bin Umar when he was in the throes of death. He started praising and glorifying Allah, and people began to enter the room in droves, offering their greetings. He would return their greetings and they would leave. But as the crowd grew, he turned to his son and said:

308 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Abbas ibn Yazid al-Basri informed me, who said: Ya'la ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Anbari told us, who said: Sayyar ibn Salamah told us, who said: "I visited Abi Al-Aaliyah during his illness from which he died, he said: "Indeed, the one most beloved to me is the one most beloved to Allah."

309 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Narrated to us by Dawood bin Rusheed who said: Narrated to us by Abbad bin Al-Awaam who said: Narrated to us by Abu Malik Al-Ashja'i, from Rib’iyy bin Hiraash who told them: that his sister, who was the wife of Hudhayfah said: On the night Hudhayfah passed away, he kept asking us: "What part of the night is it?" And we would tell him. Until it was dawn, she said: Then he said: "Sit me up." So we sat him up, he said: "Turn me around." So we turned him around, he said: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the torture of Hell in its mornings and evenings."

310 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Narrated to us by Harun Ibn Abdullah, he said: Narrated to us by Sayyar, he said: Ja'far narrated, he said: We visited Abi Tiyah Al-Duba'i when he was ill, which he subsequently died from, and he said: "By Allah, it is fitting for a Muslim man today that what he sees of the people's negligence in the matter of God should encourage him to increase his seriousness and effort for Allah." Then he wept.

311 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein told me: Hisham ibn Ubayd Allah told me: Ibn Lahi'ah told me: Abdul-Hamid ibn Abdullah ibn Ibrahim Al-Qurashi told me from his father who said: When the time of death came to Al-Abbas ibn Abd Al-Muttalib he said to his son: "

"O Abdullah, by Allah, I am not dying a death, but I am vanishing away. And I advise you to love Allah and love obedience to Him, and fear Allah and fear disobedience to Him, for if you are this way, you will not hate death when it comes to you. And I entrust you to Allah, my son."

Then he faced the qibla and said: "There is no god but Allah." Then he strained his gaze and died.

312 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Narrated to me by Muhammad bin Hussein who said: Narrated to us by Khalid bin Yazid Al-Qarni who said: Narrated to us by Yahya bin Mattar, from Isa bin Jaban who said: "Bishr bin Marwan ordered a man to be killed, and when he was tied with ropes and the one who would kill him stood up, he cried, then he recited this verse: {He punishes whom He wills and shows mercy to whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned} [Al-Ankaboot: 21]. He said: and his neck was struck in that state."

313 - Narrated by 'Abdullah who said: Muhammad Ibn Al-Husayn told me, who said: Al-Humaydi or "Sufyan said: "A man was brought to Ziyad, who ordered his execution. But when the man felt his impending death, he said: "Allow me to purify myself and pray two units of prayer, then I may die in repentance, and perhaps I’ll escape the torment of Allah. Ziyad asked: "What is he saying?" They said: "He says this and that." He said: "Leave him to perform ablution and pray as he wishes." Then he performed ablution, and prayed in the best manner possible. When he had completed his prayer, he was brought forward to be executed, so Ziyad said to him: "Have you faced repentance?" He said: "Yes, and by the One who there is no god but Him." So Ziyad set him free."

314 - Abdullah told us, he said: A man from the children of Hashim, from the lineage of Isa bin Ja'far, told me: "I heard Umm Ishaq bint Isa bin Ja'far say: 'I was present when Isa bin Ja'far was about to die, and he fell unconscious. We, inclined to wailing, went out [217] crying, but then Sabah al-Tabari - his freed slave - came to calm us down. When Isa regained consciousness, he said: "Let them be. Then he expressed metaphorically: "[The Complete Sea] They used to hide faces for modesty... But today, when they exposed themselves to the spectators, the pure-faced ones find tranquility on a young man... Simple in creation, good in news." '

315 - Abdullah narrated to us, he said: "Abu Bishr al-Bajali informed me, he said: Sabah al-Tabari narrated to us: 'He was present when Isa bin Ja'far embodied this at the time of his death.'

316 - Narrated to us by 'Abdullah, who said: Abu 'Abdullah Al-Sayrafi narrated to me, who said: Abu Hafs Al-Asadi narrated to me, who said: Abu Al-Wajihi, son of the daughter of Dhī Al-Rumma, narrated to me. He said: Mas'ud, meaning the brother of Dhī Al-Rumma, narrated to me. He said: "We were in the desert, and Dhī Al-Rumma was on his deathbed. He said: 'Carry me to the water so that the people of Islam can pray over me.' So, I carried him on a door, and he fainted. And then, I came to him, and he knocked on the door and said: ‘Mas'ud?’ I said: ‘At your service.’ He said: 'By Allah, this is the clear truth. There is no time when I say: [The long sea] In the evening, I have no strategy other than... picking up pebbles and writing in the house is an obsession. It is as if a Persian youth hit me... it's not on my liver but the pain of love is more painful.'"

317 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Abbas bin Jafar narrated to me, who said: Harith bin Miskeen narrated to us, who said: Ibn Wahb informed us, who said: Malik bin Anas informed me, who said: Umar bin Hussein was among the people of virtue, jurisprudence, consultation in matters, and worship. The judges used to consult him.

Malik said: Indeed, someone who was with him at his death informed me, and heard him say: "For the like of this let the workers work" [As-Saffat: 61], so I said to Malik: Do you think he said this because he witnessed something? He said: Yes.

318 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Abū Muhammad al-‘Ataki al-Basri narrated to me. He said: Hussein ibn Muhammad ibn Sallam, client of the family of Suleiman ibn Ali, narrated to me. He said: When Muhammad ibn Suleiman was on his deathbed, his head was in the lap of his brother Ja'far ibn Suleiman (219). Ja'far said: "Oh, how his back is severed!" Muhammad said: "Oh, how the back of he who is to account tomorrow is severed! By God, would that your mother had not given birth to you, and that I had been a camel and that I was not in the state that I am in."

319 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Abu Al-Hassan Al-Raqi told me, he said: Uthman bin Salih told us, he said: Ibn Lahi'a told us, he narrated from Al-Waleed bin Abi Waleed, from a man amongst the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that when death approached him, he wept. It was said to him: "What makes you weep?" He said: "Indeed, I am not weeping over the world, but I am weeping because I fear I could have spoken words that I thought were insignificant, while in the sight of Allah they are grave."

320 - Narrated by Abdullah, who said: "Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz bin Abi Rizmah informed me. He said: 'Al-Fadl bin Musa narrated to us, from Talha, from Abi Humayda, who said: "I saw a man drowning in the river of Balkh, and he was saying: 'This is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing [Fussilat: 12]' until he died."

321 - Abdallah narrated to us, he said: Muhammad bin Abd al-Aziz al-Marwazi ⦗220⦘ narrated to us and said: Nadhr bin Shumayl informed me and said: Uyainah bin Abd Al-Rahman informed us and said: Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an said:

"A man from the Ansar was at the point of death, he instructed his son: 'Oh my son, I leave you with an advisory, keep it from me, for you are obligated not to keep it from others; Fear Allah. If you can make today better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today; do that. And beware of greed, for it is a present enemy, and endure patience, for you have never despaired of anything except you obviated it. And everything from which to excuse oneself, it will not be excused from goodness. When someone stumbles among people, praise Allah that it wasn't you. And when you stand for your prayer, pray as though you're bidding farewell, believing that you will never pray again afterwards."

322 - Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Azdi told me that he narrated from Muhammad bin Ubaid Allah al-Fazari, from his grandmother who said ✥221✦: "The flood came to us, the flood of the Kaaba, in the year eighty; it brought with it trees and stones, which were swept away in the flood."

In the flood came a man who was carried off by the water, and he was saying: "Here I am, O God, here I am, because of our sins and the long respite we were given. And he was swept away by the water."

323 - Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Hussein informed me. He said: Al-Humaidi told us, from Sufyan, who said: Ibrahim As-Sa'igh said when Abu Muslim ordered his execution: "O Allah, if I have done something which I should not have done, then forgive me".

They said to Abu Muslim: "We have never seen anyone more distressed at the time of death than him." Abu Muslim said: "Look at these people, how little understanding they have. He only disliked aiding himself with anything."

324 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: "Ali bin Abi Mariam told me, from Muhammad bin Hussein, from Hakim bin Ja'far who said: 'Abdullah bin Abi Nuha told me: "I entered Damascus to visit a sick person I was attending to, and he was known for his virtue. So I asked him: How do you feel? He responded: I find the Hereafter closer to me than this world, and tomorrow the Day of Resurrection will occur for me, and indeed I seek forgiveness from Allah for my weakness and my mistakes. And when tomorrow came, he passed away."

325 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Narrated to us by Ishaq son of Ismail who said: Narrated to us by Yazid son of Haroon who said: Ismail told us, from Qays, who said: Uthman entered Abdullah's house, visiting him, and Uthman asked him, "How are you?". Abdullah replied, "I am returning to my rightful Master." Uthman said to him, "May you be well, or you are healed" - Yazid was uncertain -

326 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: "Muhammad bin Idris also narrated to me, saying: Ahmad bin Abi Hawari narrated to us saying: Abdullah bin As-Sari said ❋223❋, 'Salama, the deputy of Abdullah bin Marzook, told me: "Abdullah bin Marzook said during his illness: 'O Salama, I have a need from you.' I said, 'And what is it?' He said, 'Carry me and throw me onto that rubbish heap, perhaps I might die there, and my place will be seen and I will be pitied.'"

327 - Narrated by Abdullah who said: Muhammad bin Idris told me that Saeed bin Sulaiman Al-Nashiti said, "Ja'afar bin Hayyan told us from Al-Hasan that a king amongst the kings was overtaken by death. The people of his kingdom gathered around him and asked, 'To whom are you leaving the servants and the lands?' He said, 'O people, do not be ignorant, for you are in the sovereignty of the One who does not care whether the one who takes from His dominion is small or great.'"

328 - Narrated by Abdullah who said: "Narrated to us by Muhammad bin Ali bin Shaqiq who said: Narrated to us by Ibrahim bin Al-Ash'ath who said: Narrated to us by Al-Fudayl, from Hisham, from Al-Hasan who said ⦗224⦘: Salman wept when he was dying, so it was said: What makes you cry? He said: "I do not weep for your world, nor am I terrified of death, but for the scarcity of provisions, and the remoteness of the ultimate destination."

329 - Abdullah informed us, saying: "Muhammad bin Idris told me, who said: Muhammad bin Sa'id al-Asbahani informed us, who said: Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash told us, 'I came upon 'Asim as he was dying, and he was reciting, {"Then they were returned to Allah, their true Master."} [An'aam: 62] He recited softly as he understood. I don't think he was aware."

He said: "I visited Abu Husayn before he died, and he was reciting, {"And We did not wrong them, but they were wronging themselves."} [Az-Zukhruf: 76]."

He said: "I entered upon Al-Amash before he died, and he said: 'Do not let anyone pray for me. When you have prayed Fajr, take me out and bury me.'"

Then he said: "I went with the reciters to see Habib ibn Abi Thabit before he died. He was lying on a mat and he was saying: 'Ah, ah.' [225] But when we left him, he died."

330 - Abdullah narrated to us saying: Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman told me: When Muhammad bin Abbad was on his deathbed, a group of his people who were envious of him came to him. When they left, he said in a thoughtful manner, "[The Long Sea] Men wish for my death, but if I die ... this is a path in which I am not alone. Neither the life of those who remain behind me is ruined ... nor is the death of those who go before me eternal. So, tell the one who remains behind the one who has gone ... prepare for another [life] like it, as if it is already."

331 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr Al-Mada'ini told me, saying: Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated from Thabit, about Al-Mufaddal Ibn Al-Muhallab: "Indeed, when the king of Yemen was on his death bed, they asked, 'Who will you leave in charge of the lands and subjects?'

226- He replied: 'Oh people, do not be ignorant. You are under the rule of one who does not care if you are small or big.'

332 - Abdullah related to us, he said: "Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Shaqiq related to us, he said: Ibrahim ibn al-Ash'ath related to us, he said: Fudayl ibn Iyad related to us, from Hisham, from al-Hasan, who said:

"A man from the first generation was on his deathbed, and he cried. His weeping intensified, and it was asked of him, 'What makes you cry? May Allah have mercy upon you. Surely, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.' He said, 'By Allah, I don't leave behind anything that I cry about. And I do not weep from your world except for three things: the thirst in a distant day of migration between dawn and dusk. Or, a night in which a man spends tossing and turning between his forehead and feet. Or, the hardship of a morning or evening in the path of Allah."

333 - Abdullah told us, he said: Muhammad bin Ali told us, he said: Ibrahim told us, he said: Fudayl informed us, he said ⦗227⦘: "A man from the first era fell unconscious, he woke up in the middle of the night and asked: 'What time is it, family?' They said: 'It's dawn.' He replied: 'I seek refuge in Allah from a night whose morning is fire.' He said: And another man fell unconscious, he woke up at evening and said: 'I seek refuge in Allah from a spirit heading to the fire.'"

334 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: and narrated to us by Muhammad ibn Ali who said: narrated to us by Ibrahim who said: I heard Fudayl ibn Iyad say: It reached me that a man called Abu Atiya Al-Madhbouh, when he was on his deathbed, cried and was greatly distressed, and when he was asked about that, he said: "How could I not be distressed, when it is only a matter of time, and then I don't know where I will be led?"

335 - Abu Abdillah Al-Harawi said: Ja'far bin Durustawayh Al-Fasi informed me; he said: 'Muhammad bin Adam told us; he said: 'Makhlad narrated to us from Hisham, from the son of Abi Hussein. He said: "When death approached Atta, the women started to scream, Atta said: "Keep these women away from me, if they overpower you, seek assistance from the authority ℗228. Then he started saying: "O scream of the virtuous, O scream of the virtuous", and he continued repeating that until he passed away."

336 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: "Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna told me, saying: 'I heard Ibrahim bin Shammaas say: 'I heard Ibrahim son of Abi Bakr bin Ayyash say: "I was with my father at his death, and I cried. So, he said: 'Oh my son, why are you crying? Your father never committed a terrible deed."'

337 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Narrated to us by Ismail bin Abdullah Al-Ijli who said: Narrated to us by Hudbah bin Khalid who said: Narrated to us by Hazm bin Abi Hazm Al-Quta'i who said: We entered upon Malik bin Dinar during his illness which he died from, and he was conscious, he lifted his head towards the sky and said: "O Allah, You know that I did not love the life in this world for the sake of my stomach or my carnal desires."

338 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Yaqub bin Muhammad told me, he said: A man was visited while he was on his deathbed, and it was asked of him: "How do you find yourself?" [229] He said: "The cover has not yet been lifted."

339 - Narrated by Abd Allah, he said: Abu Muhammad Al-Ramli told me, he said: Abu Umayr told us, he said: My mother told me, from her brother who was known as Dawud al-Rattal, and he was a client of Ibrahim son of Salah son of Ali. He said: When Ibrahim bin Salah was dying, I said to him: 'O my master, say there is no god but Allah.' He said: 'I have done so, O Dawud.'

340 - We were told by Abdullah, who said: Abu Aqeel Al-Asadi told us, who said: Obaidullah Ibn Musa told us, who said: Israel narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Mokhtar, from Muhammad bin Seereen, he said: "Muawiyah fell seriously ill, he descended from his bed, and revealed what is between him and the ground. He started pressing one cheek to the ground, then the other, crying and saying:

"O Allah, indeed, You have said in Your book: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.' [An-Nisa: 48]. Make me from those whom you will to forgive."

341 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Abu Muhammad Al-Ramli told me, he said: Abu Umayr Al-Nahhas told me, he said: My mother narrated to me from her brother's maternal uncle, he said: When 'Abdul Wahhab Ibn Ibrahim- who was the Prince of Palestine- was dying, he began to say: "Alas, the agony of death!"

342 - Narrated by Abdullah, who said: Husain bin Ali al-Bazzaz also narrated to us, saying: Abu Umair bin al-Nahhas narrated to us from Damra bin Rabia, who said: The muezzin of Junaid bin Abdul Rahman came to him during his illness in which he died, and greeted him by uttering "Al-Imra", to which he replied: "I wish it had not been said to us."

343 - We were told by 'Abdullah, he said: Abu Ya'la the critic told me. He said: "A Bedouin was on his deathbed, he started saying: [Al-Bahr Al-Rajaz] 'O angel of death, come forward and sit... take my soul out from dry bones. I used to be a jest in the emptiness of souls.' "

344 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Bishr ibn Bashar told me, he said: Umar ibn Yunus al-Yamami told me, he said: My father told me, he said: Ikrima bin Khalid told me: That he went to Nafi' ibn Abi Alqamah al-Kinani - who was a governor in Mecca - to visit him, and found him in deep distress, so he said to him: "Fear Allah and remember Him often." He then turned his face to the wall and remained silent for a while, then he turned to me and said: "O Abu Khalid, I do not deny what you say, but I wish I was a slave owned by the family of so-and-so ibn Kinanah - the most miserable family in Kinanah - and that I never had any part in this governorship ever."

345 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Abu Kurayb told us, saying: Mus'ab narrated to us, from Mubarak, from Al-Hasan, from Anas bin Malik who said ⦗232⦘: When the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was on his deathbed, Fatima said: "Oh, how distressed he is." The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There will be no distress for your father after today."

346 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Abu Al-Hassan Al-Khuza'i informed me. He said: 'Abdur Rahim bin Ja'far bin Sulaiman bin Ali imagined at the point of death: [The Longest Sea] "Certainly, I see there is no immortality, and that a raven will peck in my house, and men will divide my inheritance... and the mothers will be distracted from me and will be bewildered."

347 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, who said: Hussein bin Abdullah Rahman told me, who said: Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Ijli told me, who said: Ibn al-Sammak said at the time of his death: "Oh Allah, you surely know that even when I was disobeying you, I love those who obey you."

348 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Hussein bin Abdul Rahman told me: Sa'dan bin Muslim narrated, he said: I visited my brother Yahya while he was exerting himself (in worship), and he said, "Remind me of something that will make me feel better. ⦗233⦘, This poetry came to my mind, so I told him: [The Desert Sea]

Oh great sinner, the pardon of Allah ... is greater than your sin
The greatest things in size ... are dwarfed by the pardon of Allah."

349 - We were informed by Abdullah who said: "We were told by Ubaidullah ibn Jarir who said: "We were informed by Musa ibn Ismail who said: 'Warqaa informed us, from ibn Abi Naji, from his father: That a man passed by a man from the Ansar while he was wiping his blood, and he said: 'I am so-and-so, have you become aware that Muhammad has been killed?' The Ansari responded: 'If Muhammad has indeed been killed, then he has reached (his end). Fight for your religion.'

350 - Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Muhammad Bin Umar Al-Muqaddami told me. He said: Sa'eed Bin 'Aamir told us, he said: Abu Al-Fadhl Katheer Bin Yasar told us. He said: We entered the presence of Habib, Abu Muhammad, as he was on his death bed. He said: "I wish to take a path I never trod before, and I don't know what will be done to me. I replied: Be cheerful, O Abu Muhammad, I hope nothing but good will happen to you." ⦗234⦘ He said: "What do you know? I wish the morsel we ate does not become poison to us."

351 - Narrated to us by 'Abdullah who said: Hasan bin Yahya narrated to me; he said: Makki bin Ibrahim al-Balkhi narrated to us; he reported from Musa bin Ubaidah, from Dawood bin Bakr: "A man fell sick, and when death approached him, he said: 'These angels are striking my face and back.' He narrated this to his family. So I asked Dawood: What was it? He said: This was a man who denied fate."

Note: The man saw in his illness a punishment for his denial of predestined fate.

352 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Narrated to us by Hajjaj bin Yusuf, he said: Narrated to us by Sahl bin Hammad, he said: Narrated to us by Thabit Al-Ansari, he said:

Narrated to me by Al-Zuhri, from Ibrahim bin Abd Al-Rahman bin Awf, he said: Abdullah bin Awf fell ill, and we thought it was due to his illness. He fainted, so Umm Kulthum came out and screamed for him. When he regained consciousness, he said: "Did I faint?" We said: "Yes."

He said: "Two men came to me and said: 'Come, we are taking you to the Most Mighty and Trustworthy.'

They took my hand and started taking me. A man met them and asked: 'Where are you taking this man?' They replied: 'We are taking him to the Most Mighty and Trustworthy.'

The man said: 'Do not take him, this man is one who has already been blessed from the time of his birth.'

353 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Narrated to us by Sa'id bin Sulayman, from Abbad bin Al-Awwam, from Ismail bin Abi Khalid, from Qais bin Abi Hazim, he said: We entered upon Sa'd bin Mas'ud - meaning while he was on his deathbed - and he said: "I do not know what they say, all I wish is that what is in this coffin of mine is fire.” When he passed away, they looked and found in it a thousand or two.

354 - Narrated to us by Abdullah who said: Al-Hasan ibn Abdulaziz informed me that he said: "I visited a man afflicted with leprosy who was on his deathbed. I tried to give him hopeì and remind him (of faith), but he responded, 'Indeed, I have the same hope as you for me; but how can [this hope be fulfilled] when I have disobeyed Him?' "

355 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Muhammad bin Aban Al-Balkhi told me: Yahya bin Sulaim Al-Taifi narrated to us, from Ismail bin Kathir, from Ziyad, the freed slave of Ibn Ayash, from the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, they said: "We visited Hudhaifa during his illness in which he died, he said: "O Allah, you know, if it wasn't that I consider this day is the first day of the Hereafter, and the last day of this worldly life, I wouldn't be speaking what I am speaking now. O Allah, you know that I used to prefer poverty over wealth, humiliation over honor, and I preferred death over life; thus, a beloved has come upon a hardship. He who regrets, won't be successful."

356 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Muhammad ibn Idris told me, he said: Saeed ibn Sulaiman al-Nashiyatiy told us, he said: Ja'far ibn Hayyan told us, from Hassan,: that death fell upon a king from the kings, his people of his kingdom surrounded him and they said: "To whom are you leaving the subjects and the lands?" He said: "O people, do not be ignorant, for you are in the kingdom of one who does not care whether a small or a great portion of his kingdom is taken."

357 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Ahmad bin Jameel narrated to us, saying: Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak informed us, saying: Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Dinar related to us, from Zaid bin Aslam who said (237): Miswar bin Makramah fainted, then regained consciousness and said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Allah's connection is dearer to me than this world and everything in it, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf is in the highest company {'With those who Allah bestowed favor upon them, from among prophets, sincere believers, martyrs and the righteous, and excellent are those companions.' [An-Nisaa: 69]}. Abdul Malik and Al-Hajjaj will drag their intestines in hell."

358 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Azdi told me, he said: When Harun, the Commander of the Faithful, was on his deathbed, he began to say: "And he warned him from the Messenger of Allah".

359 - Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad bin Sahl bin Bassam Al-Azdi told me, from Hisham bin Muhammad, who said: Abdul-Rahman bin Uthman bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Hatib Al-Jumahi narrated to me, from his father, from Uthman bin Ibrahim, who said: "We, a delegation from Quraysh, went to Al-Waleed bin Abd al-Malik. When we were in a part of the land of Samawa, we stopped by a water source, and suddenly, a beautiful woman approached us (238). She arrived and stopped in front of us, saying: 'Bring forth a man who is dying. Bear witness to his last words, urge him to make a will, and prompt him.'

He said, 'So we stood up with her, and came to a man who was struggling for his life. We spoke to him, and found around him his children, little ones. If you were to spread a mat over them, it would cover them. They all appeared to have been born on the same day, six or seven in total. When he heard our words, he opened his eyes and began to cry, then said: [Al Bahr Al Kamil] 'Woe to my children who I will leave behind...for their weakness, they are not able to stand. It used to be in me that if a lifetime passed me by... I would stick around for my children until they came of age.'

He continued: 'He caused all of us to cry, and we didn’t stand up from his side until he died. So we buried him. Then we arrived at Al-Waleed, and mentioned this to him, so he sent for his family and children, brought them to him, provided for them, and treated them kindly.'

360 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Fadl bin Ja'far narrated to us, he said: Nadhir bin Shaddad bin 'Atiya narrated to us, he said: My father, Shaddad bin 'Atiya narrated to us, he said: Anas bin Malik narrated to us, he said: We went to visit Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his illness. We said: How did you find yourself this morning, Abu 'Abdul Rahman? He replied: "We woke up by the grace of Allah as brothers."

We asked: How do you feel, Abu 'Abdul Rahman? He replied: "I find my heart is at peace due to faith."

We asked: What is troubling you, Abu 'Abdul Rahman? He replied: "I am troubled by my transgressions and sins."

We asked: Is there anything you desire? He replied: "I desire the forgiveness of Allah and His pleasure." ⦗239⦘

We asked him: Should we call a physician for you? He replied: "The physician has made me sick."

361 - Abdulla narrated to us, saying: Abu Al-Abbas Al-Ataki narrated to me, saying: Jabala bin Jarir narrated to me, saying: I visited Zuhair al-Babi during his illness, and I asked, "How are you feeling?" He said, "I find that I can neither avoid what I despise, nor am I able to attain what I love".

362 - Abdullah told us, he said: Ahmad bin Musa Al-Thaqafi also informed me. It was said to Al-Ansari in his illness, "How do you find yourself?" He replied, "I find myself - by God - on the verge of exchanging my life for death".

363 - Narrated by 'Abdullah who said: "Ubaidullah ibn Jarir told me, from Ahmad ibn Mu'adhal who said: "I went to my sister while she was ill and asked her, 'My sister, how are you feeling?' She replied: 'I find myself weak and my Lord is strong. In His strength is that which can strengthen my weakness ⦗240⦘. And I find myself poor, yet my Lord is rich, and in His riches is that which can fulfill my poverty.'"

364 - Narrated by Abdullah who said: Mubashir Ibn Hassan reported: "A woman with a prolonged illness was asked: 'How do you feel?' She replied: 'I feel as has been said: [The Light Sea] Truly, by my life, the physician has grown tired, my family has grown weary of me, and my visitors have abandoned me."

365 - Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Ali ibn Abi Ja'far told me, he said: Uthman ibn Salih narrated to us, he said: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, he said: Al-Walid ibn Abi Al-Walid reported that a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was facing death, and he cried. It was asked of him: "What makes you cry?" He said: "I am not crying over the worldly life, but I fear that I used to utter a statement that I thought was insignificant, yet it could be great in the sight of Allah."

366 - Abdullah narrated to us saying: Ubaidullah Al-Ataki informed me, saying: Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Jablah reported to us, from Muhammad ibn Marwan Al-Uqayli, from Salam, from Abu Mutie who said: "I approached the door of a barrier, and it was curtained. And they were saying: The Complainer ⦗241⦘. So I went in to see him, and there was an uncle wrapped up, saying: "He knows that I expect only Him, There is no god but Allah."

367 - We were told by 'Abdullah who said: 'Ubaidullah Al-Ataki told me the following: Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr related to us that Muharrar Abu Sa'eed reported from 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid who said, "We visited a friend of ours to comfort him during the throes of death. When he regained consciousness, he said: 'I heard what you were saying, and by God, I wished that these moments would remain forever. I do not know what I am to expect.'"

368 - Narrated to us by Abdullah, he said: Abu Ishaq Al-Marwazi told me. He said: "A man was dying in the city and he said: 'Do not let the world deceive you; it has already deceived me.'"

369 - Abdullah reported to us saying: Abu Muhammad Al-Ijli told me: "I visited a man on his death bed and he said: 'The world mocked me until my days were gone.'"