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1621. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The wives of the Prophet ﷺ gathered together and not one of them lagged behind. Fâtimah came, and her gait was like that of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. He said, 'Welcome to my daughter.' Then he made her sit to his left, and he whispered something to her, and Fâtimah wept. Then he whispered something to her, and she smiled. I said to her: 'What made you weep?' She said: 'I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.' I said: 'I never saw joy so close to grief as I saw today.' When she wept I said: 'Did the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ tell you some special words that were not for us, then you wept?' And I asked her about what he
had said. She said: 'I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' After he had died I asked her what he had said, and she said: 'He told me that Jibrā'īl used to review the Qur'ān with him once each year, but he had reviewed it with him twice that year, (and he said:) "I do not think but that my time is near. You will be the first of my family to join me, and what a good predecessor I am for you." So I wept. Then he whispered to me and said: "Will you not be pleased to be the leader of the believing women, or the women of this Ummah?" So I smiled.'" (Sahih)
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[1] An-Nisâ' 4:69.
Commentary
This incident took place during the sickness of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ before death, when all the other Mothers of the Believers (the wives of the Prophet ﷺ) were present in his service. Shaikh Safiur-Rahmān Mubārakpuri said in Ar-Rahiq Al-Makhtum, that it happened on the last day of the Prophet's life, and he also said that, according to some other narrations, this incident was not of the last day, on the contrary it took place on a day during the last week of his life. Allāh knows best!
This Hadīth shows the virtue and nobility of Fātimah ﷺ whom the Prophet ﷺ told a particular secret.
It is according to the Sunnah that those who memorized the Qur'ān by heart recite to each other, and make arrangement for it, particularly in the month of Ramadān.
One should care more for good deeds in one's aged days of life.
