Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5968
وَعَن أبي سعيد الْخُدْرِيّ قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ بِخِرْقَةٍ حَتَّى أَهْوَى نَحْوَ الْمِنْبَرِ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَيْهِ وَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ قَالَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي؟ لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَوْضِ مِنْ مَقَامِي هَذَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ عَبْدًا عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا فَاخْتَارَ الْآخِرَةَ» قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَفْطِنْ لَهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَلْ نَفْدِيكَ بِآبَائِنَا وأمَّهاتِنا وأنفسنا وأموالِنا يَا رسولَ الله قَالَ: ثُمَّ هَبَطَ فَمَا قَامَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى السَّاعَة. رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ
Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri reported: During the illness in which he died, the Messenger of God ﷺ came out to us while we were in the mosque, his head bound with a cloth. He approached the pulpit and sat upon it, and we followed him. He said, ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, from where I stand I can see the Pool.’ Then he said, ‘A servant was offered this world and its adornments, and he chose the Hereafter.’ No one understood what he meant except Abu Bakr, whose eyes overflowed and who wept. He said, ‘Rather, we would ransom you with our fathers, mothers, selves, and wealth, Messenger of God.’ Then the Prophet ﷺ descended and never stood upon it again. [Al-Darimi transmitted it]