[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was commanded to pray for the people of al-Baqi, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for them one night three times. Then when it was the second night, he said: "O Abu Muwaihibah, saddle my riding animal for me." He said: So he rode, and I walked until he came to them. Then he dismounted from his riding animal, and the animal halted, and he stood over them — or he said: he stood among them — and he said: "Glad tidings to you for what you are in, compared with what the people are in. The trials have come like pieces of the night, each one mounting upon another; the latter is more severe than the first. So glad tidings to you for what you are in."

Then he returned and said: "O Abu Muwaihibah, I have been given — or he said: I was given a choice between — the keys to what will be opened for my ummah after me and Paradise, or meeting my Lord." So I said: By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, then tell us. He said: "That it would be turned back on its heels for as long as Allah wills; so I chose the meeting of my Lord ﷻ." He remained only seven or eight days after that until he was taken in death ﷺ. Abu al-Nadr said once: It is turned back on its heels.

أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ قَالَ: «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ، أَسْرِجْ لِي دَابَّتِي». قَالَ: فَرَكِبَ، وَمَشَيْتُ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ، فَنَزَلَ عَنْ دَابَّتِهِ، وَأَمْسَكَتِ الدَّابَّةُ، وَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، أَوْ قَالَ: قَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: «لِيَهْنِكُمْ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِمَّا فِيهِ النَّاسُ، أَتَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ، يَرْكَبُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا، الْآخِرَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى، فَلْيَهْنِكُمْ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ».

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ، إِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ، أَوْ قَالَ: خُيِّرْتُ، مَفَاتِيحَ مَا يُفْتَحُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي وَالْجَنَّةَ، أَوْ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي». فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَأَخْبِرْنَا. قَالَ: «لَأَنْتُرَدَّ عَلَى عَقِبِهَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، فَاخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي ﷻ». فَمَا لَبِثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا سَبْعًا أَوْ ثَمَانِيًا حَتَّى قُبِضَ ﷺ. وَقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مَرَّةً: تُرَدُّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهَا.

[Machine] On the authority of Abu Muwayhibah, the servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of Al-Baqi', so come with me." So I went with him in the middle of the night. When he stood near them, he said, "Peace be upon you, O people of the graves! May Allah honor you with what He honors those who have passed before you. If you knew what Allah has saved you from, the trials (and tribulations) to come would appear to you like the darkest part of the night. It (the trials) will follow one after another, each worse than the previous one.

Then he turned towards me and said, 'O Abu Muwayhibah, I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world, and the keys to eternal life in it, then Paradise. I was given the choice between that and meeting my Lord.' I said, 'May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, take the keys to the treasures of the world, and the keys to eternal life in it, then Paradise.' He said, 'No, by Allah, O Abu Muwayhibah, I have chosen to meet my Lord.' Then he sought forgiveness for the people of Al-Baqi' and left. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to feel the pain in which he died.

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ فَانْطَلِقْ مَعِي» فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَقَابِرِ لِيُهْنِكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِيهِ مِمَّا أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا نَجَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ أَقْبَلَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطْعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يَتْبَعُ آخِرُهَا أَوَّلَهَا الْآخِرَةُ أَشَرُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ إِنِّي قَدْ أُوتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْخُلْدِ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةُ فَخُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّي» قُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي خُذْ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي» ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَبُدِئَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِوَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ