Being ill

Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3936

اللَّهُمَّ أَمْضِ لأَصْحَابِي هِجْرَتَهُمْ، وَلاَ تَرُدَّهُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ، لَكِنِ الْبَائِسُ سَعْدُ ابْنُ خَوْلَةَ يَرْثِي لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ بِمَكَّةَ

Allāhumma amḍi lʾaṣḥābī hijratahum, walā taruddahum ʿalā aʿqābihim, lakini al-bāʾisu saʿdu ābnu khawlaha yarthī lah rasūlu-Llāh ṣlā-Llāh ʿlyh wslm an tuwuffiya bimakkaha

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Sa`d bin Malik:In the year of Hajjat-ul-Wada` the Prophet (ﷺ) visited me when I fell ill and was about to die because of that illness. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I am very ill as you see, and I am a rich man and have no heir except my only daughter. Shall I give 2/3 of my property in charity?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I then give one half of it in charity?" He said, "O Sa`d! Give 1/3 (in charity) and even 1/3 is too much. No doubt, it is better to leave your children rich than to leave them poor, reduced to begging from others. And Allah will reward you for whatever you spend with the intention of gaining Allah's Pleasure even if it were a mouthful of food you put into your wives mouth." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Am I to be left behind (in Mecca) after my companions have gone?" He said, "If you should be left behind, you will be upgraded and elevated for every deed you will do with a desire to achieve Allah's Pleasure. I hope that you will live long so that some people will benefit by you while others will be harmed. O Allah! Please fulfill the migration of my companions and do not make them turn back on their heels. But (we feel sorry for) the unlucky Sa`d bin Khaulah." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) lamented his death in Mecca

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 3936

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)

Also narrated in Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2116, Muwaṭṭa' Mālik 1458, Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2864, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 4209, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1295, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4409.

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