[Machine] Narrated Abu Muwayhibah, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me in the middle of the night and said, "O Abu Muwayhibah, indeed I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi'ah. So come with me." So I went with him. When he stood amongst them, he said, "Peace be upon you, O dwellers of the graves. May what you have been blessed with in the morning be better than what the people have been blessed with in the morning. If only you knew what Allah has saved you from, then trials and tribulations would have started appearing to you like a piece of the darkest night, one following another. The last (of these trials and tribulations) is worse than the first." Then he (the Prophet) turned to me and said, "O Abu Muwayhibah, indeed I have been given the keys to the treasures of this world and the Hereafter, and I have been given the choice between them and meeting my Lord. So I said, 'By my father and mother, take the keys to the treasures of this world and the Hereafter, then Paradise.' He said, 'No, by Allah, O Abu Muwayhibah, I have chosen to meet my Lord and Paradise.' Then he sought forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi'ah, and then he left. The pain in which Allah caused him to pass away in when morning came was excruciating for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ فَانْطَلِقْ مَعِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَقَابِرِ لِيَهْنِ لَكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِيهِ مِمَّا أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا نَجَّاكُمُ اللهُ مِنْهُ أَقْبَلَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يَتْبَعُ أَوَّلُهَا آخِرَهَا الْآخِرَةُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ إِنِّي قَدْ أُوتِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَخُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّي ﷻ وَالْجَنَّةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي فَخُذْ مَفَاتِيحَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي وَالْجَنَّةَ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَبُدِئَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي قبَضَهُ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ  

[Machine] Narrated Abu Muayhibah, who was a guardian of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke me up one night and said, 'O Abu Muayhibah, go and seek forgiveness, for I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of Baqi' (the graveyard in Medina).' So I went with him. When we reached Baqi', he said, 'Peace be upon you, O people of Baqi', may what you are in this morning be good for you. If you knew what Allah has saved you from, the trials would have approached you like thick darkness following after darkness. Then he said, 'O Abu Muayhibah, Allah has chosen for me to be given the treasures of the earth, eternal life in it, and then Paradise, and the meeting with my Lord Almighty.' I said, 'May I be your sacrifice, both my parents are offered to you. Take the keys of the treasures of this earth, and eternal life in it, then Paradise.' He said, 'No, O Abu Muayhibah, I have chosen to meet my Lord Almighty.' Then he sought forgiveness for the people of Baqi' and left. When he began the prayer in the morning, he would begin his prayer by complaining about that day when he was taken (from this world)." (Source: Al-Bukhari)  

طَرَقَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ انْطَلِقِ اسْتَغْفِرْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لِأَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَقِيعِ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْبَقِيعَ قَالَ «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْبَقِيعِ لِيَهُنْ لَكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِيهِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَنْجَاكَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ أَقْبَلَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يَتْبَعُ أَوَّلُهَا خِرَهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَيَّرَنِي أَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِي خَزَائِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّي ﷻ» فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي فَخُذْ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «كَلَّا يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي ﷻ» ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ بَدَأَهُ شَكْوَاهُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was commanded to pray for the people of Al-Baqi and he prayed for them three times in his night prayer. When he prayed for them the third time, he said, "O Abu Muawiyah, saddle my mount for me." So I saddled the mount for him, and he rode and went to the people of Al-Baqi. Then he alighted and stood among them. He said, "May you be refined by what you have faced from among the tribulations that come one after another, like pieces of a dark night. Some of them are worse than the others. May you be refined by what you have faced from them." Then the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came and said, "O Abu Muawiyah, I have been given, or I have been given the choice of the keys of what Allah will open for my nation after me, whether it is Paradise or meeting with my Lord." I said, "By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, I chose the meeting with my Lord." He said, "I have chosen the meeting with my Lord." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , did not stay except for seven or eight nights before he passed away.  

أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ أَسْرِجْ لِي دَابَّتِي فَأَسْرَجْتُ فَرَكِبَ فَسَارَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَأَمْسَكْتُ دَابَّتَهُ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ» فَقَالَ «لِيُهْنِكُمْ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِمَّا فِي النَّاسِ أَتَتْ فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يَرْكَبُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا الْأُخْرَى أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَلْيُهْنِكُمْ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ» ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ إِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُ» أَوْ قَالَ «خُيِّرْتُ مَفَاتِيحَ مَا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي وَالْجَنَّةَ أَوْ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي» قُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اخْتَرْنَا قَالَ «اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي» فَمَا مَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا سَبْعَ أَوْ ثَمَانَ حَتَّى قُبِضَ ﷺ  

[Machine] Narrated by Abu Muwayhibah, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : The Prophet ﷺ passed by me one night and said, "O Abu Muwayhibah, go forth, for I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of this Baqi [graveyard]." So I went forth, or he said: "So we went forth," and when we reached Al-Baqi, he sought forgiveness for the people of the graves. Then he said, "May you be blessed with what you have experienced until now. If you only knew what has been saved for you by Allah, you would have seen that trials would descend upon you like the darkest part of the night. The last of them would go on while the first of them is even worse than the last." Then he said, "O Abu Muwayhibah, did you know that Allah has bestowed upon me the treasures of the earth and eternal life in it, followed by Paradise and the meeting with my Lord?" I said, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, so take the keys to the treasures of the earth and eternal life in it." He said, "No, O Abu Muwayhibah, I have chosen the meeting with my Lord." Then he sought forgiveness for the people of the graves and then left. When morning came, he began to complain of the ailment that he passed away from. (Sahih Muslim)  

طَرَقَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ «أَبُو مُوَيْهِبَةَ انْطَلِقْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لِأَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَقِيعِ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَوْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَ الْبَقِيعَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَقَابِرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لِيَهْنِ لَكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِيهِ لَوْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّا نَجَّاكُمُ اللهُ مِنْهُ أَقْبَلَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يَتْبَعُ آخِرَهَا أَوَّلُهَا الْآخِرَةُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ هَلْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللهَ خَيَّرَنِي أَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِي خَزَائِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّي؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي فَخُذْ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا قَالَ «كَلَّا يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَقَابِرِ وَانْصَرَفَ» فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ بَدَأَهُ شَكْوَاهُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ ﷺ  

"يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ انْطَلِقْ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لأهْلِ هَذَا البَقِيع: السَلامُ عَليْكُمْ يَا أَهلَ الْبَقِيعِ، لَيَهنَ لكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتم فِيهِ مما أَصبحَ النَّاسُ فيه، لو تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَنْجَاكُمْ الله منه، أَقْبَلت الفِتَنُ كقطعِ الليلِ المظلِم، يتبعُ آخِرُهَا أَوَّلَهَا، الآخرةُ شرٌّ من الأولى، يا أبا مُويهبَة: إنى قد أعطيتُ مَفَاتيحَ خزائِنِ الدُّنْيا والخلدَ فيهَا ثم الجَنَّةَ، فَخُيِّرتُ بين ذَلِكَ وبيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِى، فاخترَتُ لِقَاءَ ربِّى والْجَنَّةَ".