What Was Narrated Concerning The Sickness Of The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ
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الحديث: 1624 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 519
Source no. 1624 · Volume 4 · Page 124
Sahih
صحيح مختصر الشمائل (٣٢٢)
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1624. It was narrated that Zuhri heard Anas bin Mālik say: "The last glance that I had of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was when he drew back the curtain on Monday, and I saw his face as if it was a page of the Mushaf (Qur'an), and the people were praying behind Abu Bakr. He (Abu Bakr) wanted to move, but he (the Prophet ﷺ) gestured to him to stand firm. Then he let the curtain fall, and he died at the end of that day." (Sahih)
1624 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ: آخِرُ نَظْرَةٍ نَظَرْتُهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، «كَشْفُ السِّتَارَةِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ، كَأَنَّهُ وَرَقَةُ مُصْحَفٍ، وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَحَرَّكَ، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اثْبُتْ، وَأَلْقَى السِّجْفَ، وَمَاتَ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ»
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Anas ﷺ told the likeness of the blessed face of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was that of a paper. Yellowness and whiteness has prevailed on the face because of sickness and weakness rather than the redness. The Prophet's face was described similar to the paper of the Noble Qur'ān because the paper of the Noble Qur'ān has great love, respect and reverence in the hearts of the believers, and the blessed face of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was attributed with these qualities.