At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Summary
The account
The Prophet went out in the middle of the night to al-Baqi', asked forgiveness for its people, and said: "Peace be upon you, people of the graves. May you be at ease in what you have come to, while the people are in what they are in." 2 He warned them of coming trials like pieces of a dark night, where the last follows the first and the last is worse than the first, and gave them tidings, saying: "We shall surely join you." 1
For young visitors
On a quiet night the Prophet went to the Baqi' cemetery, greeted its people, prayed for them, and told them that he would join them.
In Ibn Hisham's Sira
Ibn Ishaq reports that the Prophet woke Abu Muwayhiba in the middle of the night to accompany him to al-Baqi'. He asked forgiveness for its people, and then gave Abu Muwayhiba the choice between the keys of the world and eternity, or meeting God. He chose to meet his Lord. 3 4
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Muwayhiba, client of the Prophet· Muhammad
- Occurred at
- al-Baqi'
- Part of
- The death of the Prophet
People and things also explored
The death of the Prophet· The farewell prayer over the martyrs of Uhud· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The burial of the Prophet· The last sermon from the minbar· The dosing of the Prophet during his illness· The pen-and-paper incident· The Prophet's request for a writing in his last illness
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.464
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.464; sahih-muslim
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/291
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/292
- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “The night supplication at al-Baqi'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/night-supplication-at-al-baqia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.