A Day in The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by Abd a-Wahhab b. Nasir al-Turayri

A Dqy in the ufe of Prophet Muhammad
your room when you have taken off your clothes. I felt that you had
gone to sleep and I did not wish to wake you up, thinking that you
might feel lonely [when I had gone]. He told me God's order to go
to al-Baqi' and pray for the forgiveness of those buried there."'
'A'ishah continues: "I asked him how should I address those in
the graves. He said that I should say: 'Peace be to the · people of this
place who are Muslims and believers. May God bestow mercy on
those of us who have gone ahead and those who will go later. We
shall, God willing, be joining you.' After that, he used to go out
every night towards the end of the night to al-Baqi'. He would say:
'Peace be to you in a place of believing people. You have met what
you have been promised. You are awaiting the morrow. We shall
join you, God willing. My Lord, forgive the people in Baqi ' al­
Gharqad."'
How admirable this Prophet was when he went out quietly in
the depth of the night and stood before the graves of his
companions who had died without seeing the great victory of Islam
when people started to embrace it in flocks. They went to their
Lord when the Muslim community was still small in number, going
through hardship and facing the determined onslaught of their
enemies. They passed away, having received no reward in this
present !if e.
At that time, the Prophet was receiving delegation after
delegation from all over Arabia. Yet, neither these delegations nor
the expansion of the area of Islam prevented him from thinking
about those that had gone ahead. He dedicated a part of the time of
his rest to stand before their graves, remembering their faces and
raising his arms to pray for them.
At the time, the Prophet was about to bid his final farewell to
this present life. He was bidding farewell to both the dead and the
living in readiness to go to the Supreme Companion.
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