English translation
114. Narrated ‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Abdullāh : Ibn ‘Abbās رضي الله عنهما said, “When the ailment of the Prophet ﷺ became worse, he said, ‘Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.’ But ‘Umar said, ‘The Prophet ﷺ is seriously ill, and we have got Allāh’s Book with us and that is sufficient for us.’ But the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On that the Prophet ﷺ said to them, ‘Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right that you should quarrel in front of me.’” Ibn ‘Abbās came out saying, “It was most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise.” (Note : It is apparent from this Hadīth that Ibn ‘Abbās had witnessed the event and came out saying this statement. The truth is not so, for Ibn ‘Abbās used to say this statement on narrating the Hadīth and he had not witnessed the event personally. See Fath Al-Bārī, Vol.I, p.220 footnote.) (See also Hadīth No.3168, Vol.4).
