Ashrat al-Saah - al-Wabil - Yusuf al-Wabil - (83)

Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

The Prophet’s death—peace and blessings be upon him—was one of the greatest calamities ever to befall the Muslims. When he died, the world grew dark in the eyes of the Companions—may Allah be pleased with them.

Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—said: “On the day the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—entered Medina, everything in it was radiant. On the day he died, everything in it grew dark. We had not yet withdrawn our hands from the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and were still in the midst of burying him when we could scarcely recognize our own hearts” (1).

Ibn Hajar said: “He meant that they found their hearts changed from the familiar warmth, purity, and tenderness they had known during his lifetime, because they had lost the instruction and discipline with which he had sustained them” (2).

With his death—peace and blessings be upon him—revelation from heaven ceased. This is evident in Umm Ayman’s reply to Abū Bakr and Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—when they visited her after the Prophet’s death—peace and blessings be upon him. When they reached her, she wept. They asked her: “Why are you weeping? What Allah has in store is better for His Messenger. She replied: I am not weeping because I do not know that what Allah has in store is better for His Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him. Rather, I am weeping because revelation from heaven has ceased. This stirred them to tears, and they began to weep

(1) *Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī*, Chapters on Virtues (10/87–88, with *Tuhfat al-Ahwadhī*). Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a *sahīh gharīb* (authentic, singular) hadith.” Shuʿayb al-Arnāʾūt said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” See al-Baghawī, *Sharh al-Sunna* (14/50), edited by Shuʿayb al-Arnāʾūt. Ibn Hajar said: “In a report transmitted by al-Bazzār through a sound chain, Abū Saʿīd said: ‘We had scarcely dusted our hands off after burying him when we could no longer recognize our own hearts.’” *Fath al-Bārī* (8/149). (2) *Fath al-Bārī* (8/149).

فقد كان موت النّبيّ ﷺ من أعظم المصائب الّتي وقعت على المسلمين، فقد أظلمتِ الدُّنيا في عيون الصّحابة ﵃ عندما مات ﵊. قال أنس بن مالك ﵁: "لما كان اليوم الّذي دخل فيه رسول الله ﷺ المدينة؛ أضاء منها كلّ شيء، فلما كان اليوم الّذي مات فيه؛ أظلمَ منها كلّ شيء، وما نفضنا عن رسول الله ﷺ الأيدي - وإنا لَفي دَفْنِه - حتّى أنكرنا قلوبَنا" (١). قال ابن حجر: "يريد أنّهم وجدوها تغيَّرت عمّا عهدوه في حياته من الألفة، والصفاء، والرقة؛ لفقدان مَا كان يمدُّهم به من التعليم والتأديب" (٢). فبموته ﷺ انقطع الوحي من السَّماء؛ كما في جواب أم أيمن لأبي بكر وعمر ﵃ عندما زاراها بعد موت النّبيّ ﷺ، فلم"نتهيا إليها؛ بكت، فقالا لها: "ما يُبكيكِ؟ ما عند الله خير لرسوله. فقالت: ما أبكي أن لا أكون أعلم أنَّ ما عند الله خيرٌ لرسوله ﷺ، ولكني أبكي أن الوحي قد انقطع من السَّماء. فهيَّجَتْهُما على البكاء، فجعلا يبكيان

(١) "جامع التّرمذيّ"، أبواب المناقب، (١٠/ ٨٧ - ٨٨ - مع تحفة الأحوذي)، وقال التّرمذيّ: "هذا حديث صحيح غريب". وقال شعيب الأرناؤوط: "إسناده صحيح". انظر: "شرح السنة" للبغوي، (١٤/ ٥٠)، تحقيق شعيب الأرناؤوط. قال ابن حجر: "قال أبو سعيد فيما أخرجه البزار بسند جيد: ما نفضنا أيدينا من دفنه حتّى أنكرنا قلوبنا". "الفتح" (٨/ ١٤٩). (٢) "فتح الباري" (٨/ ١٤٩).