“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back from Al-Baqi’ and I had a headache and was saying: ‘O my head!’ He said: ‘Rather, I should say, O my head, O ‘Aishah!’ Then he said: ‘It will not matter if you were to die before me, for I will take care of you, wash you, shroud you, offer the funeral prayer for you and bury you.’”  

رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْبَقِيعِ فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهُ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْكِ فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to me one day from a funeral at Al-Baqi' while I had a headache. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my head hurts." He replied, "Mine too." Then he asked, "What if I were to wash you, shroud you, pray over you, and bury you? Would that not harm you if I died before you?" I said, "No, but it would be as if I were dead by you, and by Allah, if you were to do that, I would divorce myself from you and marry some of your wives." At this, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and started to feel the pain in his head, in which he later died.  

رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنْ جَنَازَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهْ قَالَ بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهْ ثم قَالَ مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ؟ قُلْتُ لَكِنِّي أَوْ لَكَأَنِّي بِكَ وَاللهِ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأَعْرَسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ قَالَتْ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّبُدِئَ فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to me one day from a funeral in Al-Baqi' while I had a headache. I said, "O Rasulullah, my head is hurting." He replied, "Rather, it is my head that is hurting." Then he said, "What harm would it do to you if you were to die before me, then I would wash you, shroud you, pray over you, and bury you?" I said, "Because I fear that if you did that, you would return to my house and marry one of your other wives." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, then he began to experience the pain in which he eventually passed away.  

رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَا رَأْسَاهُ قَالَ «بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَا رَأْسَاهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَمَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ ثُمَّ دَفَنْتُكِ؟ » قُلْتُ لَكَأَنِّي بِكَ أَنْ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ قَدْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأَعْرَسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ بُدِئَ فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from a funeral, and I had a headache. I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, my head hurts." He replied, "Indeed, my head hurts as well." Then he said, "What harm would it do to you if you were to die before me? I would wash you, shroud you, perform the funeral prayer for you, and bury you." I said to him, "Because if you did that, I would return to my house and marry some of your wives." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, and then his illness, in which he died, began. Muhammad ibn Ahmad disputed this narration, while Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated it from Ibn Ishaq, from Ya'qub, from Al-Zuhri, from 'Urwah, from 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah.  

رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهْ قَالَ «بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَمَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مُتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ ثُمَّ دَفَنْتُكِ» قُلْتُ لَكَأَنِّي بِكَ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأَعْرَسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ بُدِئَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ؟ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to me one day from a funeral in Al-Baqi' and I had a headache. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my head hurts!" He said, "Rather, it is my head that hurts, O Aisha." Then he said, "By Allah, it would not harm you if you were to die before me, for I would wash you, shroud you, pray upon you, and bury you." I said, "Indeed, if you were to do that, then I would return to my house and spend my bridal night with some of your wives." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, and then the pain that he had, which caused his death, began. Saleh bin Kaysan opposed him regarding this incident and it was narrated by Al-Zuhri from Urwah.  

رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهْ فَقَالَ «بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَاللهِ مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مُتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ ثُمَّ دَفَنْتُكِ» قُلْتُ لَكَأَنِّي بِكَ وَاللهِ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأَعْرَسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ بُدِئَ بِوَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ تَعْنِي مِنْهُ خَالَفَهُ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned one day from a funeral in Baqi' cemetery, and I had a headache. I said, "I have a headache." He said, "No, O Aisha, you have two headaches." Then he said, "What would have happened to you if you had died before me? I would have washed you, shrouded you, prayed for you, and buried you." I said to him, "It is because of my love for you, and by Allah, if you had done that, I would have returned to my house and would have married some of your wives." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, then his illness, in which he died, began.  

رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهْ قَالَ بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهْ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَمَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ ثُمَّ دَفَنْتُكِ؟ قُلْتُ لَكَأَنِّي بِكَ وَاللهِ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ قَدْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأَعْرَسْتَ فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ بُدِئَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ