What Was Narrated Concerning The Sickness Of The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ
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الحديث: 1626 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 519
Source no. 1626 · Volume 4 · Page 126
Sahih
صحيح المختصر (٣٢٣)
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1626. It was narrated that Aswad said: "They said in 'Aishah's presence that 'Ali was appointed (by the Prophet ﷺ) before he died),[1] and she said: 'When was he appointed? He (the Prophet ﷺ) was resting against my bosom, or in my lap, and he called for a basin, then he became limp in my lap and died, and I did not realize it. So when did he ﷺ appoint him?''' (Sahih)
1626 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: ذَكَرُوا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ وَصِيًّا، فَقَالَتْ: «مَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ؟ فَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ مُسْنِدَتَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي، أَوْ إِلَى حَجْرِي، فَدَعَا بِطَسْتٍ، فَلَقَدِ انْخَنَثَ فِي حِجْرِي، فَمَاتَ، وَمَا شَعَرْتُ بِهِ، فَمَتَى أَوْصَى صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟» بَابُ ذِكْرِ وَفَاتِهِ وَدَفْنِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
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[1] i.e., urging people to adhere to regular prayer, and to treat their slaves ('those whom your right hands possess') in a kind manner.
It is also one of the forged issues by the Shī'ah sect that the Prophet ﷺ appointed 'Ali ﷺ his successor when he ﷺ was alive, but this claim has no strong proof. If this was the case then the Companions would not have to discuss the matter of appointing a successor. One difficulty of death is the physical effect on the body which appears on good people too, and the other difficulty is spiritually related to the angels' taking the spirit from the body, which does not trouble a good believer. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ felt little discomfort prior to the separation of his spirit from the body but the separation of his spirit from the body was unperceivable to such an extent that 'Aishah ﷺ realised it when the spirit had already flown to the next world.