Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5971
وَعَنْهَا : قَالَتْ: رَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَات يومٍ من جنازةٍ مِنَ الْبَقِيعِ فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: وَارَأْسَاهْ قَالَ: «بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهْ» قَالَ: «وَمَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ؟» قُلْتُ: لَكَأَنِيِّ بِكَ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَرَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَعَرَّسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ بُدِيءَ فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ. رَوَاهُ الدَّارِمِيُّ
‘A’ishah reported: One day the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from a funeral in al-Baqi‘ and found me with a headache, saying, ‘Oh, my head!’ He said, ‘Rather, I have a headache, ‘A’ishah.’ He said, ‘What harm would it do you if you died before me, so that I washed you, shrouded you, prayed over you, and buried you?’ I said, ‘It seems to me, by God, that if you did that, you would return to my house and spend the night there as a bride with one of your wives.’ The Messenger of God ﷺ smiled. Then the illness from which he died began. [Al-Darimi transmitted it]