Al-Bukhārī also related—through Yūnus, from Ibn Shihāb, from ʿUrwah—that ʿĀʾishah used to say: “During the illness in which he passed away, the Prophet ﷺ would remark, ‘O ʿĀʾishah, I still feel the pain from the morsel I ate at Khaybar, and now the time has come for my aorta to be cut because of that poison.’
Al-Layth narrated—through ʿAqīl, from Ibn Shihāb—that ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh told him that ʿĀʾishah said: “When the Prophet ﷺ grew gravely ill and the pain intensified, he asked his wives for permission to be nursed in my house, and they consented. He came out leaning on two men, his feet dragging on the ground. Once inside my room his illness worsened and he said, ‘Pour over me water from seven water-skins whose knots have not yet been untied, so that I may address the people.’ We seated him in a wash-basin belonging to Ḥafṣah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and began to pour the water over him until he signalled to us that we had done enough. He then went out, led the people in prayer, and delivered a sermon.” Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim).
Sālim Abū al-Naḍr reported—through Busur ibn Saʿīd and ʿUbayd ibn Ḥunayn, from Abū Saʿīd [al-Khudrī]—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people, saying: “Allah offered a servant the choice between the life of this world and that which is with Him, and the servant chose what is with Allah.” Abū Bakr wept, and we were amazed at his tears. The servant who had been given the choice was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself, and Abū Bakr understood this better than any of us. The Prophet then said, “Do not weep, Abū Bakr. The person who has done the greatest favor to me with his companionship and his wealth is Abū Bakr. Were I to take an intimate friend (khalīl) other than my Lord, I would take Abū Bakr; but rather it is the brotherhood and affection of Islam. No doorway in the mosque shall remain open except the doorway of Abū Bakr.” Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim).
Abū ʿAwānah transmitted—through ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Ibn Abī al-Maʿlā, from his father, one of the Anṣār—a report similar to the preceding narration of Abū Saʿīd.