In the two Ṣaḥīḥs it is related from her that she said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was overtaken by death, he began covering his face with a khuṣayṣa (striped cloak). Whenever its weight distressed him, he would remove it, and while in that state he said, ‘May Allah curse the Jews and the Christians; they turned the graves of their prophets into places of worship.’ He was warning (his community) against what they had done. Had it not been for that, his grave would have been set out in the open; however, it was feared that it would be taken as a mosque.(1)” The two compilers recorded it.

• ‘In the two Ṣaḥīḥs’: that is, al-Bukhārī and Muslim; this makes the closing phrase “the two of them recorded it” redundant, so it is most likely a slip of the pen.
• ‘From her’: meaning ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
• ‘When he was overtaken’: with ḍamma on the nūn and kasra on the zāy, meaning when the Angel of Death descended upon him.
• ‘ṭafiqa’: with either kasra or fatḥa on the fāʾ, meaning “he began.”
• ‘khuṣayṣa’: a cloak marked with stripes.
• ‘it distressed him’: it caused him to feel constricted so that his breath was held back.
• ‘he removed it’: he lifted it from his noble face.
• ‘while in that state’: in this critical moment, enduring the agony of death.
• ‘warning (his community) against what they had done’: he cursed them as a caution to his nation not to imitate them.
• ‘Had it not been for that’: had it not been for the Prophet’s ﷺ warning about what they had done, and his curse upon anyone who followed their example,
• ‘his grave would have been set out in the open’: that is, he would have been buried outside his house.
• ‘khashiya’: it is also transmitted with fatḥa on the khāʾ in the active voice, so the meaning is that