Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1624
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ آخِرُ نَظْرَةٍ نَظَرْتُهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَشْفُ السِّتَارَةِ يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ كَأَنَّهُ وَرَقَةُ مُصْحَفٍ وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَحَرَّكَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اثْبُتْ وَأَلْقَى السِّجْفَ وَمَاتَ مِنْ آخِرِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, who heard Anas ibn Malik say: The last time I looked at the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was when the curtain was lifted on Monday. I looked at his face, and it was as though it were a page of a mushaf. The people were praying behind Abu Bakr. The Prophet wanted to move, but gestured to him to remain in place. Then he let the curtain fall, and he died toward the end of that day.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The comparison ‘a page of a mushaf’ is retained as phrased in the Arabic, without supplying an interpretation of the simile.
‘Toward the end of that day’ follows the source’s wording; no more specific time is added.