Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5840
The Commission and the Beginning of the Revelation - Section 1
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَعُمَرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل البُخَارِيّ: ثَلَاث وَسِتِّينَ أَكثر
Translation
He said the Prophet was taken at the age of sixty-three, Abu Bakr at the age of sixty-three, and `Umar at the age of sixty-three. Muslim transmitted it.