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My aunt took me to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is- ill.” The Prophet (ﷺ)
touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He then performed ablution and I
drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw “Khatam An-
Nubuwwa” (The Seal of Prophethood) between his shoulders like a button of a tent.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he
has to wish for death, he should say: “O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let
me die if death is better for me.’ ”

`Aisha, (complaining of headache) said, “Oh, my head”! Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “I wish that had
happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allah’s Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah
for you.” Aisha said, “Wa thuklayah! By Allah, I think you want me to die; and If this should happen,
you would spend the last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Nay, I
should say, ‘Oh my head!’ I felt like sending for Abu Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my
successor lest some people claimed something or some others wished something, but then I said (to
myself), ‘Allah would not allow it to be otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise”.

I visited the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was having a high fever. I touched him an said, “You have a very high
fever” He said, “Yes, as much fever as two me of you may have.” I said. “you will have a double
reward?” He said, “Yes No Muslim is afflicted with hurt caused by disease or some other
inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his sins as a tree sheds its leaves.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to visit me during my ailment which had been aggravated during Hajjat-al-
Wada`. I said to him, “You see how sick I am. I have much property but have no heir except my only
daughter May I give two thirds of my property in charity?”! He said, “No.” I said, “Half of it?” He
said, “No.” I said “One third?” He said, “One third is too much, for to leave your heirs rich is better
than to leave them poor, begging of others. Nothing you spend seeking Allah’s pleasure but you shall
get a reward for it, even for what you put in the mouth of your wife.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) rode a donkey having a saddle with a Fadakiyya velvet covering. He mounted me behind
him and went to visit Sa`d bin ‘Ubada, and that had been before the battle of Badr. The Prophet (ﷺ)
proceeded till he passed by a gathering in which `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul was present, and that
had been before `Abdullah embraced Islam. The gathering comprised of Muslims, polytheists, i.e.,
isolators and Jews. `Abdullah bin Rawaha was also present in that gathering. When dust raised by the
donkey covered the gathering, `Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his upper garment and said,
“Do not trouble us with dust.” The Prophet (ﷺ) greeted them, stopped and dismounted. Then he invited
them to Allah (i.e., to embrace Islam) and recited to them some verses of the Holy Qur’an. On that,
`Abdullah bin Ubai said, “O man ! There is nothing better than what you say if it is true. Do not
trouble us with it in our gathering, but return to your house, and if somebody comes to you, teach him
there.” On that `Abdullah bin Rawaha said, Yes, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Bring your teachings to our
gathering, for we love that.” So the Muslims, the pagans and the Jews started abusing each other till
they were about to fight. The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on quietening them till they became calm. Thereupon the
Prophet mounted his animal and proceeded till he entered upon Sa`d bin Ubada. He said to him “O
Sa`d! Have you not heard what Abu Hubab (i.e., `Abdullah bin Ubai) said?” Sa`d said, ‘O Allah’s
Apostle! Excuse and forgive him, for Allah has given you what He has given you. The people of this
town (Medina decided unanimously to crown him and make him their chief by placing a turban on his
head, but when that was prevented by the Truth which Allah had given you he (`Abdullah bin Ubai)
was grieved out of jealously, and that was the reason which caused him to behave in the way you have
seen.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit me (while I was sick) and he was riding neither a mule, nor a horse.

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He said, “Do the lice of
your head trouble you?” I said, “Yes.” So he called a barber to shave my head and ordered me to make
expiation for that.”

I visited Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand and
said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! You have a high fever.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Yes, I have as much fever as
two men of you have.” I said, “Is it because you will get a double reward?” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Yes,
no Muslim is afflicted with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but that Allah will
remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves.”

I visited the Prophet (ﷺ) during his illness and touched him while he was having a fever. I said to him,
“You have a high fever; is it because you will get a double reward?” He said, “Yes. No Muslim is
afflicted with any harm, but that his sins will be annulled as the leave of a tree fall down.”