Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (سيرة 1/96)

‘what have you seen?’ The Prophet then related to him what had occurred. Waraqah said, “That is the nāmūs (the angel of revelation) who was sent to Moses. If only I could be a vigorous youth when your people drive you out!” The Prophet asked, “Will they really drive me out?” He replied, “Yes. No one has ever brought what you have brought without being opposed and harmed. Should I live to see that day, I will champion you with decisive support.” Not long thereafter, Waraqah passed away.

Al-Tirmidhi transmitted—through Abu Musa al-Ansari, from Yunus ibn Bukayr, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah—that she said: Khadījah asked the Prophet ﷺ about Waraqah, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, he believed in you, yet he died before your call became openly manifest.” He ﷺ replied, “I saw him in a dream wearing white garments; had he been among the people of the Fire, his clothing would have been otherwise.”

In the mursal reports of ʿUrwah it is related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I have seen for Waraqah one garden—or two gardens—in Paradise.”

Al-Zuhri also narrated—from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah—that “revelation paused for a time, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became so sorrowful that he would repeatedly set out to the summits of high mountains intending to hurl himself from them. Whenever he reached the peak and was about to cast himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, ‘O Muḥammad, you are truly the Messenger of Allah.’ His heart would then be soothed and he would return. But when the pause in revelation grew lengthy, he would go out again intending the same, and each time he reached a mountain peak Gabriel would appear and say as before.” This was recorded by Aḥmad in his Musnad and by al-Bukhārī.

Hishām ibn Ḥassān narrated—from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās—who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was commissioned as a prophet at the age of forty. He remained in Mecca for thirteen years while revelation came to him, after which he was commanded to emigrate; he emigrated for ten years, and he died at the age of sixty-three.”

ما ترى؟ فأخبره، فقال ورقة: هذا الناموس الذي أنزل على موسى، يا ليتني فيها جذعا حين يخرجك قومك، قال: "أومخرجي هم"؟. قال: نعم، إنه لم يأت أحد بما جئت به إلا عودي وأوذي، وإن يدركني يومك أنصرك نصرا مؤزرا. ثم لم ينشب ورقة أن توفي. فروى الترمذي، عن أبي موسى الأنصاري، عن يونس بن بكير، عن عثمان بن عبد الرحمن، عن الزهري، عن عروة، عن عائشة، قالت: سئل النبي ﷺ عن ورقة، فقالت له خديجة: إنه -يا رسول الله- كان صدقك، وإنه مات قبل أن تظهر. فقال: "رأيته في المنام عليه ثياب بيض، ولو كان من أهل النار لكان عليه لباس غير ذلك". وجاء من مراسيل عروة أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: "رأيت لورقة جنة أو جنتين". وقال الزهري، عن عروة، عن عائشة: "وفتر الوحي فترة، حتى حزن رسول الله ﷺ حزنا شديدا، وغدا مرارا يتردى من شواهق الجبال، وكلما أوفى بذروة ليلقي نفسه، تبدى له جبريل فقال: يا محمد إنك رسول الله حقا، فيسكن لذلك جأشه، وتقر نفسه، فيرجع، فإذا طالت عليه فترة الوحي غدا لمثل ذلك، فإذا أوفى بذروة جبل تبدى له جبريل فقال مثل ذلك. رواه أحمد في "مسنده" والبخاري. وقال هشام بن حسان، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، قال: بعث رسول الله ﷺ لأربعين سنة، فمكث بمكة ثلاث عشرة سنة يوحى إليه، ثم أمر بالهجرة، فهاجر عشر سنين، ومات وهو ابن ثلاث وستين.