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1983. It was narrated that Abū Umāmah bin Saḥl said: "A woman from among the people of Al-'Awālī fell sick and the Prophet ﷺ was the best in visiting the sick. He said: 'When she dies, inform me.' She died at night and they buried her without telling the Prophet ﷺ. The following morning he asked about her and they said: 'We did not like to wake you, O Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' So he went to her grave and offered the funeral prayer for her and said the Takbīr four times." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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"When she dies, inform me": Thus, by way of Revelation (Wahīyy) or in view of her condition, the Prophet ﷺ had become certain of her imminent death. This is why the Prophet ﷺ made use of the phrase "when" instead of "if", which posits certainty. Further details have preceded in Hadīth 1971.
