4 of 5 · Rabi' al-Awwal 11 AH onward · The room of 'A'ishah, Madinah
'A'ishah bint Abi Bakr رضي الله عنها
In My House, on My Day
'A'ishah counted it among Allah's favours to her that the Prophet ﷺ died in her house, on her day, resting between her chest and her throat, and that in his last hour Allah mixed her saliva with his, when she softened the tooth-stick he used (Sahih al-Bukhari 4449).
He was buried where he died, in her room, and she went on living beside his grave. Later her father Abu Bakr was buried there too. When 'Umar was dying, he sent to ask her permission to be buried beside his two companions. She said she had wanted that place for herself, but she would prefer him over herself (Sahih al-Bukhari 1392).
She is reported to have said that while only her husband and her father lay there, she would enter the room without her outer garment; but once 'Umar was buried there, she never entered except fully covered, out of modesty before him.
She gave up the place she wanted most, beside the Prophet ﷺ, for the sake of another believer; and her respect for others did not end at their death.
What is something you treasure that you could let someone more in need of it have?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 4449 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1392 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Musnad AhmadGrade not recorded here
- al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak 'ala al-SahihaynHistorical report
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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