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A funeral procession passed by Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) who said, “Relieved or relieving?” The people asked,
“O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What is relieved and relieving?” He said, “A believer is relieved (by death) from
the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a
wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him.”

(the wife of the Prophet) When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was in good health, he used to say, “No prophet’s soul
is ever captured unless he is shown his place in Paradise and given the option (to die or survive).” So
when the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) approached and his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious for a
while and then he came to his senses and fixed his eyes on the ceiling and said, “O Allah (with) the
highest companions.” (See Qur’an 4:69). I said’ “Hence he is not going to choose us.” And I came to
know that it was the application of the narration which he (the Prophet) used to narrate to us. And that
was the last statement of the Prophet (before his death) i.e., “O Allah! With the highest companions.”
(See Qur’an 4:69)

There was a leather or wood container full of water in front of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (at the time of his
death). He would put his hand into the water and rub his face with it, saying, “None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah! No doubt, death has its stupors.” Then he raised his hand and started saying,
“(O Allah!) with the highest companions.” (See Qur’an 4:69) (and kept on saying it) till he expired and
his hand dropped.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Who-ever loves to meet Allah, Allah (too) loves to meet him and who-ever hates to
meet Allah, Allah (too) hates to meet him”. `Aisha, or some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “But we
dislike death.” He said: It is not like this, but it is meant that when the time of the death of a believer
approaches, he receives the good news of Allah’s pleasure with him and His blessings upon him, and
so at that time nothing is dearer to him than what is in front of him. He therefore loves the meeting
with Allah, and Allah (too) loves the meeting with him. But when the time of the death of a
disbeliever approaches, he receives the evil news of Allah’s torment and His Requital, whereupon
nothing is more hateful to him than what is before him. Therefore, he hates the meeting with Allah,
and Allah too, hates the meeting with him.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two (fingers).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established till the sun rises from the west, and when it
rises (from the west) and the people see it, then all of them will believe (in Allah). But that will be the
time when ‘No good it will do to a soul to believe then. If it believed not before..”‘ (6.158)
The Hour will be established (so suddenly) that two persons spreading a garment between them will
not be able to finish their bargain, nor will they be able to fold it up. The Hour will be established
while a man is carrying the milk of his she-camel, but cannot drink it; and the Hour will be established
when someone is not able to prepare the tank to water his livestock from it; and the Hour will be
established when some of you has raised his food to his mouth but cannot eat it.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two,” showing his two
fingers and sticking (separating) them out.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two (fingers).

The Prophet (ﷺ) had a she-camel called Al-`Adba’ and it was too fast to surpass in speed. There came a
bedouin riding a camel of his, and that camel outstripped it (i.e. Al-Aqba’). That result was hard on the
Muslims who said sorrowfully, “Al- Adba has been outstripped.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It is due from
Allah that nothing would be raised high in this world except that He lowers or puts it down.”