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The Concept of Death in Islam (29) the death
of the Prophets is different
This is the 29th article of the
series, The Concept of Death in Islam.
In this article, the death of the Prophets is different.
The
prophets are the best chosen people among the human beings. Their death is
different than our death. No prophet's soul is ever captured unless he
is shown his place in Paradise and given the option to die or to survive. It should
be emphasized that all the Prophets chose to die.
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It
is narrated that Aisha (the wife of the Prophet Muhammad) said that when the
Prophet Muhammad was in good health, he used to say that:
Never does a prophet die
unless he is shown his place in Paradise before his death
No Prophet dies till he is
given the option to select either the worldly life or the life of the Hereafter
[This
means that No prophet's soul is ever captured unless
He is shown his place in
Paradise and
He is given the option to
die or survive]
Aisha
said:
I
heard the voice of the Prophet before his death,
With
his voice becoming hoarse, (He was reciting this verse of the Quran) saying,
"In
in the company of those on whom is the grace of Allah, - of the prophets (who
teach), the sincere (lovers of truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the
righteous (who do good): ah! What a beautiful fellowship! These are the best company." (Verse
4.69)
Thereupon
I thought that the Prophet had been given the option.
Aisha
said:
When
the Prophet became ill (and in his last day)
His
last moments came on while his head was on my thigh,
He
became unconscious, and then recovered his consciousness, he looked towards the
ceiling of the house and then said,
"O
Allah! (Please let me be) with the highest companion."
Aisha
continued:
Thereupon
I said (to myself),
"Hence
he is not going to stay with us?" he is not going to choose us."
[He
was given the option to live or to die, and He chose to die to be with Allah]
Then
I realized that what he had said was the application of the narration which he
used to mention to us when he was healthy. The last word he spoke was,
