11. A’ISHAH AND THE PROPHET’S ILLNESS
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) enjoyed her life with the Prophet (peace be upon him) until the very hard days were to befall A’ishah, the rest of the Mothers of the Believers, and all Muslims. That was when the Prophet (peace be upon him) had been in his last period of illness which started after his returning from the Farewell Pilgrimage in the end of the tenth year after hijrah (emigration from Makkah to Madinah).
The Prophet felt ill when he went out to al-Baqt where he asked Allah’s forgiveness for his household and the dead Muslims. It was in Safar I I AH. N A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, “When the Prophet (peace be upon him) returned from al-Baqi, he found me suffering from a severe headache and I was saying, ‘O my head!’ He said, ‘It is me, by Allah, (who is to say,) O my head!’ Then, his pain became worse until he was seized by fever.”
The Prophet’s wives felt his desire to be nursed in Aisha’s house. A’ishah said, “Allah’s Messenger, in his deathbed, used to ask, ‘Where will I be tomorrow? Where will I be tomorrow?” He sought Aisha’s turn. His wives allowed him to stay wherever he wished. So he stayed at A’ishah’s house until he died.
‘A’ishah(may Allah be pleased with her) said, “Among Allah’s favors on me was that the Prophet (peace be upon him) took his last breath in my house on the day of my turn and his soul was taken away (while he was in my lap) between my chest and my arms and his saliva mixed with mine.” added, ” Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr came in, carrying a tooth-stick (Siwak) with which he was cleaning his teeth. Allah’s Messenger looked at it in such a way that I knew he wanted it, so when I asked him if he would like me to give it to him, he agreed. Thus, I took it to chew it for him to make it soft and gave it to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). He cleaned his teeth with it while he was resting against my chest. After finishing the brushing of his teeth, he lifted his hand or his finger and said thrice, “To the One Who has the highest Rank,” and then died.
On the Prophet’s death, A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) became a widow at the age of eighteen or nineteen. However, she had memorized great knowledge from the Prophet (peace be upon him). She stayed in her home teaching men and women.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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