Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her what the Prophet ﷺ had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret of Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When the Prophet ﷺ died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Every year Gabriel used to revise the Qur'an with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you like to be the chief of all the ladies of Paradise or the chief of the believing women? So I laughed for that."  

كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مَشْىُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا لِمَ تَبْكِينَ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ أَسَرَّ إِلَىَّ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لَحَاقًا بِي فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَضَحِكْتُ لِذَلِكَ  

Mother of the Believers: We, the wives of the Prophet ﷺ were all sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and none of us had left when Fatima came walking, and by Allah, her gait was very similar to that of Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' When he saw her, he welcomed her, saying, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or his left, confided something to her, whereupon she wept bitterly. When he noticed her sorrow, he confided something else to her for the second time, and she started laughing. Only I from among the Prophet's wives said to her, "(O Fatima), Messenger of Allah ﷺ selected you from among us for the secret talk and still you weep?" When Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up (and went away), I asked her, "What did he confide to you?" She said, "I wouldn't disclose the secrets of Messenger of Allah ﷺ" But when he died I asked her, "I beseech you earnestly by what right I have on you, to tell me (that secret talk which the Prophet had with you)" She said, "As you ask me now, yes, (I will tell you)." She informed me, saying, "When he talked to me secretly the first time, he said that Gabriel used to review the Qur'an with him once every year. He added, 'But this year he reviewed it with me twice, and therefore I think that my time of death has approached. So, be afraid of Allah, and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you (in the Hereafter).' " Fatima added, "So I wept as you (ʿAisha) witnessed. And when the Prophet ﷺ saw me in this sorrowful state, he confided the second secret to me saying, 'O Fatima! Will you not be pleased that you will be chief of all the believing women (or chief of the women of this nation i.e. my followers?")  

إِنَّا كُنَّا أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عِنْدَهُ جَمِيعًا لَمْ تُغَادَرْ مِنَّا وَاحِدَةٌ فَأَقْبَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ تَمْشِي لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا تَخْفَى مِشْيَتُهَا مِنْ مِشْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَحَّبَ قَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَبَكَتْ بُكَاءً شَدِيدًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى حُزْنَهَا سَارَّهَا الثَّانِيَةَ إِذَا هِيَ تَضْحَكُ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا أَنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ نِسَائِهِ خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالسِّرِّ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا ثُمَّ أَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا سَارَّكِ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لأُفْشِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ قُلْتُ لَهَا عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ بِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَمَّا أَخْبَرْتِنِي قَالَتْ أَمَّا الآنَ فَنَعَمْ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي قَالَتْ أَمَّا حِينَ سَارَّنِي فِي الأَمْرِ الأَوَّلِ فَإِنَّهُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلاَ أَرَى الأَجَلَ إِلاَّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي فَإِنِّي نِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكَ قَالَتْ فَبَكَيْتُ بُكَائِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعِي سَارَّنِي الثَّانِيَةَ قَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَلاَ تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ  

We, the wives of Allah's Apostle ﷺ, were with him (during his last illness) and none was absent therefrom that Fatima, who walked after the style of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, came there, and when he saw her he welcomed her saying: You are welcome, my daughter. He their made her sit on his right side or on his left side. Then he said something secretly to her and she wept bitterly and when he found her (plunged) in grief he said to her something secretly for the second time and she laughed. I ('A'isha) said to her: Messenger of Allah has singled you amongst the women (of the family) for talking (to you something secretly) and you wept. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ recovered from illness, I said to her. What did Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you? Thereupon she said: I am not going to disclose the secret of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, I said to her: I adjure you by the right that I have upon you that you should narrate to me what Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to you. She said: Yes, now I can do that (so listen to it). When he talked to me secretly for the first time he informed me that Gabirel was in the habit of reciting the Qur'an along with him once or twice every year, but this year it had been twice and so he perceived his death quite near, so fear Allah and be patient (and he told me) that he would be a befitting forerunner for me and so I wept as you saw me. And when he saw me in grief he talked to me secretly for the second time and said: Fatima, are you not pleased that you should be at the head of the believing women or the head of this Umma? I laughed and it was that laughter which you saw.  

كُنَّ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عِنْدَهُ لَمْ يُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ وَاحِدَةً فَأَقْبَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي مَا تُخْطِئُ مِشْيَتُهَا مِنْ مِشْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَحَّبَ بِهَا فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَبَكَتْ بُكَاءً شَدِيدًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعَهَا سَارَّهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْنِ نِسَائِهِ بِالسِّرَارِ ثُمَّ أَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ أُفْشِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ بِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَمَا حَدَّثْتِنِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ أَمَّا الآنَ فَنَعَمْ أَمَّا حِينَ سَارَّنِي فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَهُ الآنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَإِنِّي لاَ أُرَى الأَجَلَ إِلاَّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي فَإِنَّهُ نِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ قَالَتْ فَبَكَيْتُ بُكَائِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعِي سَارَّنِي الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَمَا تَرْضَىْ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ قَالَتْ فَضَحِكْتُ ضَحِكِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ  

“The wives of the Prophet ﷺ gathered together and not one of them lagged behind. Fatimah came, and her gait was like that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, ‘Welcome to my daughter.’ Then he made her sit to his left, and he whispered something to her, and she smiled. I said to her: ‘What made you weep?’ She said: ‘I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ I said: ‘I never saw joy so close to grief as I saw today.’ When she wept I said: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ tell you some special words that were not for us, then you wept?’ And I asked her about what he had said. She said: ‘I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ After he died I asked her what he had said, and she said: ‘He told me that Jibra’il used to review the Qur’an with him once each year, but he had reviewed it with him twice that year, (and he said:) “I do not think but that my time is near. You will be the first of my family to join me, and what a good predecessor I am for you.” So I wept. Then he whispered to me and said: “Will you not be pleased to be the leader of the women of this Ummah?” So I smiled.’”  

قَالَتِ اجْتَمَعْنَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ تُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ أَيْضًا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا يُبْكِيكِ؟ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا حِينَ بَكَتْ أَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثٍ دُونَنَا ثُمَّ تَبْكِينَ؟ وَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنِي أَنَّ جِبْرَائِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً وَأَنَّهُ عَارَضَهُ بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلاَ أُرَانِي إِلاَّ قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي وَأَنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِي لُحُوقًا بِي وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَارَّنِي فَقَالَ أَلاَ تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ فَضَحِكْتُ لِذَلِكَ  

“The wives of the Prophet ﷺ gathered together and not one of them lagged behind. Fatimah came, and her gait was like that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, ‘Welcome to my daughter.’ Then he made her sit to his left, and he whispered something to her, and she smiled. I said to her: ‘What made you weep?’ She said: ‘I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ I said: ‘I never saw joy so close to grief as I saw today.’ When she wept I said: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ tell you some special words that were not for us, then you wept?’ And I asked her about what he had said. She said: ‘I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ After he died I asked her what he had said, and she said: ‘He told me that Jibra’il used to review the Qur’an with him once each year, but he had reviewed it with him twice that year, (and he said:) “I do not think but that my time is near. You will be the first of my family to join me, and what a good predecessor I am for you.” So I wept. Then he whispered to me and said: “Will you not be pleased to be the leader of the women of this Ummah?” So I smiled.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1621)   

كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا اسْتَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثِهِ ثُمَّ تَبْكِينَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَاحَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لُحُوقًا بِي وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ فَبَكَيْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَتْ فَضَحِكْتُ لِذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "Aisha narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complained in our house, so Fatimah came to him walking. By Allah, Aisha's way of walking was similar to the way of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked ahead of her, so she cried, then he walked behind her, and she laughed. Aisha said, 'I have never seen anyone laugh so close to crying like today.' I said to Fatimah, 'Tell me what he said to you.' She said, 'I was doing what I usually do, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me in your place. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, he asked me, and I said, 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Jibril would oppose me with the Quran once every year, and he has opposed me twice this year, and I do not see him except when I am called by him. So fear Allah." I became sorrowful, then he comforted me and said, 'Are you not pleased that your husband was the first of the Muslims to embrace Islam and the most knowledgeable among them?' For indeed, you are the leader of the women of my Ummah, just as Maryam (Mary) was the leader of the women of her people.'"  

عَائِشَةُ اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي فَأَتَتْهُ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَائِشَةَ بِيَدِهِ كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَارَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ ضَحِكًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ بُكَاءٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَخْبِرِينِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ؟ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ وَقَدْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَانَكِ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَقَدْ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَانِي إِلَّا مَدْعُوًّا بِهِ فَأَجِيبُ فَاتَّقِي اللهَ» قَالَتْ فَجَزِعْتُ ثُمَّ سَارَّنِي فَقَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنَّ زَوْجَكِ أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِسْلَامًا وَأَعْلَمُهُمْ عِلْمًا؟ فَإِنَّكِ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أُمَّتِي كَمَا سَادَتْ مَرْيَمُ نِسَاءَ قَوْمِهَا»  

[Machine] It was as if her walking was the walking of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he said, "Welcome, my daughter." He then sat her on his right or left side and whispered something to her, causing her to cry. I said to her, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has especially chosen you for his conversation, so why do you cry?" Then he whispered something to her again, causing her to laugh. I said, "I have never seen you happier than you are today. It seems to bring you more joy than sorrow." I asked her what he had said, and she replied, "I would not reveal the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he passed away. When he passed away, I asked her, and she said, "Indeed, he whispered to me that Jibreel used to revise the Qur'an with me once every year, but this year he revised it twice. I do not see him except when my time is near, and you are the foremost among my family to be joining me, and you are the best descendants of mine." I cried because of that, and he said, "Don't you want to be the leader of all the women of this Ummah or the women of the Muslims?" She laughed at that.  

كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي» فَأَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا اسْتَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثِهِ ثُمَّ تَبْكِينَ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حَزَنٍ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ؟ فَقَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ أَسََرَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي وَإِنَّكَ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لَحَاقًا بِي وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ» فَبَكَيْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ» فَضَحِكَتُ لِذَلِكَ  

[Machine] The women of the Prophet ﷺ gathered together, and none of them left except one woman. Then Fatimah came, walking in a manner similar to her father's walk ﷺ. He said, "Welcome, my daughter" and he seated her on his right side or left side. He walked with her for a while and she cried, then he walked with her again and she laughed. We said to her, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave you a secret that you were crying and laughing." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, I asked her, "Tell me what he said to you." She said, "I would not reveal the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I said to her, "I ask you by what right do I have over you, for you told me." She said, "As for now, he indeed informed me. He said to me, 'Indeed Jibreel used to review the Quran with me once every year, and this year he reviewed it with me twice, and I do not see this except when my time is near. So fear Allah and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you.' " Then I cried, and he walked with me and said, "Are you not pleased that you will be the leader of the women of the believers?" or he said, "The women of this Ummah." And then I laughed.  

اجْتَمَعَ نِسَاءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ تُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي مَا تُخْطِئُ مِشْيَتَهَا مِنْ مِشْيَةِ أَبِيهَا ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا يَا بِنْتِي» فَأَقْعَدَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَسَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْنَا لَهَا خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْنَنَا لِسِرٍّ وَتَبْكِينَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا أَخْبِرِينِي بِمَا سَارَّكِ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَرَّهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا أَسْأَلُكِ بِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَمَا أَخْبَرْتِينِي فَقَالَتْ أَمَّا الْآنَ فَنَعَمْ سَارَّنِي فَقَالَ لِي «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أَرَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا عِنْدَ اقْتِرَابِ أَجْلِي فَاتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي فَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ» فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ سَارَّنِي فَقَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ» أَوْ قَالَ «نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ» فَضَحِكَتُ  

Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her what the Prophet ﷺ had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret of Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When the Prophet ﷺ died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Every year Gabriel used to revise the Qur'an with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you like to be the chief of all the ladies of Paradise or the chief of the believing women? So I laughed for that." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3623)   

كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ» فَقُلْتُ لَهَا «اسْتَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثِهِ وَتَبْكِينَ؟ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ» فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ وَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَانِي إِلَّا قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجْلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لَحَاقًا بِي وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ» قَالَتْ فَبَكَيْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟» قَالَتْ «فَضَحِكْتُ»  

[Machine] We were all with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and none of us would leave except one. Then Fatimah came walking, and by Allah, she walked exactly like the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until she reached him. So he said, "Welcome, my daughter," and made her sit to his right or left. Then he whispered something to her, and she burst into tears. Then he whispered something else to her, and she laughed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up, I said to her, "The Messenger of Allah whispered something to you, and you cried. Tell me what he said to you." She said, "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. But when he passed away, I said, 'By the right I have over you, what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you?' She said, 'As for now, yes, he told me something good but as for his first visit, he said, 'Gabriel used to revise the Qur'an with me once every year, but this year he has done it twice. I think that my time has come, so fear Allah and be patient.' Then he said, 'O Fatimah, are you pleased that you will be the lady of this ummah or the lady of all women of the world?' So I laughed."  

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَمِيعًا مَا تُغَادِرُ مِنَّا وَاحِدَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي وَلَا وَاللهِ إِنْ تُخْطِئُ مِشْيَتِهَا مِشْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي فَأَقْعَدَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَبَكَتْ بَكَّاءً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَضَحِكَتْ» فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا «خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بِالسِّرَارِ وَأَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ» أَخْبِرِينِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ؟ قَالَتْ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ» قُلْتُ لَهَا «أَسْأَلُكِ بِالَّذِي لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَا الَّذِي سَارَّكِ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قَالَتْ «أَمَّا الْآنَ فَنَعَمْ سَارَّنِي أَمَّا مَرَّتُهُ الْأُولَى» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مُرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أَرَى الْأَجَلَ إِلَّا قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فَاتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنَّكِ سَيِّدَةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ؟» فَضَحِكْتُ  

Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her what the Prophet ﷺ had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret of Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When the Prophet ﷺ died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Every year Gabriel used to revise the Qur'an with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you like to be the chief of all the ladies of Paradise or the chief of the believing women? So I laughed for that." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3623)   

اجْتَمَعَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ تُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ قَالَتْ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي» ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا فَأَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَقُلْتُ «حِينَ بَكَتْ خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثِهِ دُونَنَا ثُمَّ تَبْكِينَ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ» فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا قَطُّ أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَدَّثَنِي قَالَ «كَانَ جِبْرِيلُ يُعَارِضُنِي كُلَّ عَامٍ مُرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَانِي إِلَّا وَقَدْ حَضَرَ أَجْلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِي بِي لُحُوقًا وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَارَّنِي أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ» قَالَتْ «فَضَحِكَتْ لِذَلِكَ»  

[Machine] I have never seen anyone among the people who resembles the speech of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , nor a conversation nor a sitting with Fatimah. She said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw her, he would greet her and then go to her and kiss her, then he would take her hand and bring her until he made her sit in his place. And whenever she saw the Prophet ﷺ she would greet him, then she would go to him and kiss him. Indeed, she entered upon the Prophet ﷺ in his illness in which he passed away, so he greeted her, kissed her, and then whispered to her and she cried. Then he whispered to her again and she laughed. So I said to the women, I only used to see that she had a virtue over the women, but here she is, among the women, crying when suddenly she laughs. So I asked her what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you? She said, "At that moment, I was a seed." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I asked her, and she said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'My appointed time has come and I am dying, so I cried.' Then he said, 'You are the first of my family to join me, so I felt happy and I laughed.'"  

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَشْبَهَ كَلَامًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا حَدِيثًا وَلَا جَلْسَةً مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَآهَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ رَحَّبَ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَبَّلَهَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا فَجَاءَ بِهَا حَتَّى يَجْلِسَهَا فِي مَكَانِهِ وَكَانَتْ إِذَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَحَّبَتْ بِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَتْهُ وَإِنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ فَرَحَّبَ بِهَا وَقَبَّلَهَا ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لِلنِّسَاءِ مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ لَهَا فَضْلًا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بَيْنَمَا هِيَ تَبْكِي إِذْ ضَحِكَتْ فَسَأَلْتُهَا مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ إِنِّي إِذًا لَبَذِرَةٌ فَلَمَّا أَنْ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ وَإِنِّي مَيِّتٌ فَبَكَيْتُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّكِ لَأَوَّلُ أَهْلِي بِي لُحُوقًا فَسُرِرْتُ وَأَعْجَبَنِي فَضَحِكْتُ»  

Mother of the Believers: We, the wives of the Prophet ﷺ were all sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and none of us had left when Fatima came walking, and by Allah, her gait was very similar to that of Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' When he saw her, he welcomed her, saying, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or his left, confided something to her, whereupon she wept bitterly. When he noticed her sorrow, he confided something else to her for the second time, and she started laughing. Only I from among the Prophet's wives said to her, "(O Fatima), Messenger of Allah ﷺ selected you from among us for the secret talk and still you weep?" When Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up (and went away), I asked her, "What did he confide to you?" She said, "I wouldn't disclose the secrets of Messenger of Allah ﷺ" But when he died I asked her, "I beseech you earnestly by what right I have on you, to tell me (that secret talk which the Prophet had with you)" She said, "As you ask me now, yes, (I will tell you)." She informed me, saying, "When he talked to me secretly the first time, he said that Gabriel used to review the Qur'an with him once every year. He added, 'But this year he reviewed it with me twice, and therefore I think that my time of death has approached. So, be afraid of Allah, and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you (in the Hereafter).' " Fatima added, "So I wept as you (ʿAisha) witnessed. And when the Prophet ﷺ saw me in this sorrowful state, he confided the second secret to me saying, 'O Fatima! Will you not be pleased that you will be chief of all the believing women (or chief of the women of this nation i.e. my followers?") (Using translation from Bukhārī 6285)   

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَمِيعًا مَا تُغَادِرُ مِنَّا وَاحِدَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي وَلَا وَاللهِ أَنْ تُخْطِئَ مِشْيَتُهَا مِشْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي» فَأَقْعَدَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَبَكَتْ بَكَّاءً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَضَحِكَتْ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بِالسِّرَارِ وَأَنْتَ تَبْكِينَ أَخْبِرِينِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ قَالَتْ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَرَّهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا أَسْأَلُكِ بِالَّذِي لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَا سَارَّكِ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَتْ أَمَّا الْآنَ فَنَعَمْ سَارَّنِي الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أَرَى الْأَجَلَ إِلَّا قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فَاتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي» فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنَّكِ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الِامَّةِ أَوْ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ» فَضَحِكْتُ