Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/567)

as related in the two Sahīh collections: “Anas reported that Abū Bakr led them in prayer during the illness from which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died. On Monday, while they stood in rows praying, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drew back the curtain of his chamber and looked at us as he stood there, his face like a page of the Quran. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, smiled broadly. He said (1): We were stunned with joy during our prayer at the Prophet’s appearance, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Abū Bakr stepped backwards to join the row, thinking that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was coming out to pray. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, signalled to them with his hand: ‘Complete your prayer.’ He said: Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went back inside and lowered the curtain. He said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died that same day.

In some of al-Bukhārī’s narrations, he said: The people were so overjoyed at the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that they nearly became distracted in their prayer. He mentioned that this took place during the prayer of

(1) Qāla (“he said”) is an addition in (M).

كَمَا فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ «عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فِي وَجَعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ، وَهُمْ صُفُوفٌ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَشَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِتْرَ الْحُجْرَةِ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ كَأَنَّ وَجْهَهُ وَرَقَةُ مُصْحَفٍ، ثُمَّ تَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَاحِكًا، قَالَ (١) : فَبُهِتْنَا وَنَحْنُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ مِنَ الْفَرَحِ بِخُرُوجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَنَكَصَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ لِيَصِلَ الصَّفَّ، وَظَنَّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَارِجٌ لِلصَّلَاةِ، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ أَتِمُّوا صَلَاتَكُمْ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَرْخَى السِّتْرَ، قَالَ: فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ. وَفِي بَعْضِ طُرُقِ الْبُخَارِيِّ: قَالَ: فَهَمَّ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَفْتَتِنُوا فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ فَرَحًا فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةِ

(١) قَالَ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (م)