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The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a woman who was sitting and weeping beside a grave and said to her, “Fear
Allah and be patient.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to us when his daughter died and said, “Wash her thrice or five times or more, if
you see it necessary, with water and Sidr and then apply camphor or some camphor at the end; and
when you finish, notify me.” So when we finished it, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet
and told us to shroud the dead body in it.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and we were giving a bath to his (dead) daughter and said, “Wash her
three, five or more times with water and Sidr and sprinkle camphor on her at the end; and when you
finish, notify me.” So when we finished, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and told us
to shroud her in it. Aiyub said that Hafsa narrated to him a narration similar to that of Muhammad in
which it was said that the bath was to be given for an odd number of times, and the numbers 3, 5 or 7
were mentioned. It was also said that they were to start with the right side and with the parts which
were washed in ablution, and that Um ‘Atiyya also mentioned, “We combed her hair and divided them
in three braids.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) , concerning his (dead) daughter’s bath, said, “Start with the right side, and the parts
which are washed in ablution.”

When we washed the deceased daughter of the Prophet, he said to us, while we were washing her,
“Start the bath from the right side and from the parts which are washed in ablution.”

The daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) expired, and he said to us, “Wash her three or five times, or more if you
see it necessary, and when you finish, notify me.” So, (when we finished) we informed him and he
unfastened his waist-sheet and told us to shroud her in it.

Abu Bakr came riding his horse from his dwelling place in As-Sunh. He got down from it, entered the
Mosque and did not speak with anybody till he came to me and went direct to the Prophet, who was
covered with a marked blanket. Abu Bakr uncovered his face. He knelt down and kissed him and then
started weeping and said, “My father and my mother be sacrificed for you, O Allah’s Prophet! Allah
will not combine two deaths on you. You have died the death which was written for you.”
Narrated Abu Salama from Ibn `Abbas : Abu Bakr came out and `Umar , was addressing the people,
and Abu Bakr told him to sit down but `Umar refused. Abu Bakr again told him to sit down but `Umar
again refused. Then Abu Bakr recited the Tashah-hud (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)) and the people attended to Abu Bakr and left `Umar. Abu
Bakr said, “Amma ba’du, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead,
but whoever worshipped Allah, Allah is alive and will never die. Allah said: ‘Muhammad is no more
than an Apostle and indeed (many) Apostles have passed away before him ..(up to the) grateful.’ ”
(3.144) (The narrator added, “By Allah, it was as if the people never knew that Allah had revealed this
verse before till Abu Bakr recited it and then whoever heard it, started reciting it.”)

Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) offered five rak`at in the Zuhr prayer, and somebody asked him whether there
was some increase in the prayer. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “What is that?” He said, “You have offered five
rak`at.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performed two prostrations of Sahu after Taslim.

Um Al-`Ala’, an Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “The
emigrants were distributed amongst us by drawing lots and we got in our share `Uthman bin Maz’un.
We made him stay with us in our house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved fatal when he
died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came I said, ‘May Allah be
merciful to you, O Abu As-Sa’ib! I testify that Allah has honored you’. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘How do you
know that Allah has honored him?’ I replied, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you!
On whom else shall Allah bestow His honor?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘No doubt, death came to him. By
Allah, I too wish him good, but by Allah, I do not know what Allah will do with me though I am
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). ‘ By Allah, I never attested the piety of anyone after that.”Al-Laith also narrated as above.

The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the `Asr or the Zuhr prayer and finished it with Taslim. Dhul-Yadain said to
him, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Has the prayer been reduced?” The Prophet (ﷺ) asked his companions in the
affirmative. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I offered two more rak`at and then performed two prostrations (of
Sahu). Sa`d said, “I saw that ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair had offered two rak`at in the Maghrib prayer and
finished it with Taslim. He then talked (and when he was informed about it) he completed the rest of
his prayer and performed two prostrations, and said, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed like this.’ ”