Abu Bakr's sermon on the day of the Prophet's death

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The book reports Abu Bakr's sermon on the day the Prophet died. Before it, a group of companions had urged him to stay at home, since the people had no strength for fighting the tribes; he refused. ¹

He then climbed the pulpit, praised God, invoked blessings on the Prophet, and said: "Whoever worshipped Muhammad, Muhammad is dead; whoever worshipped God, God is living and never dies." ¹

The sermon calls for steadfastness even when the number is small, and holds that the religion will prevail despite the disbelievers' opposition. ¹

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Second caliph (634–644); under his rule the early community conquered Syria, Egypt and much of the Sasanian Empire. Remembered in Sunni tradition as al-Faruq, the model of just rule. ومن مناقبه في الصحيح القصر الذي رآه له النبي في الجنة فأخلى النظر إليه حياءً لغيرته ، ولبن الرؤيا الذي أوله النبي بالعلم فناوله إياه. ويروي هو صعوده إلى مشربة النبي حين اعتزل أزواجه فرأى أثر الحصير في جنبه فبكى فقال له «أما ترضى أن تكون لهم الدنيا ولنا الآخرة». ورأى حلة سيراء عند باب المسجد فعرضها على النبي ليلبسها يوم الجمعة وللوفد فقال «إنما يلبسها من لا خلاق له في الآخرة» ثم أهداها إليه بعد فكساها أخاً له مشركاً بمكة.

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