44/15. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2450a — Fatimah's Secret News
The Virtues Of Fatimah (RA), The Daughter Of The Prophet (SAW)
Fatimah First Family to Follow the Prophet Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 2450a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2450a
حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ - عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَعَا فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَتَهُ فَسَارَّهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِفَاطِمَةَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي سَارَّكِ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَبَكَيْتِ ثُمَّ سَارَّكِ فَضَحِكْتِ قَالَتْ سَارَّنِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي بِمَوْتِهِ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ سَارَّنِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَتْبَعُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَضَحِكْتُ .
A'isha Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called his daughter Fatima (during his last illness). He said. to her something secretly and she wept. He again said to her something secretly and she laughed. 'A'isha further reported that she said to Fatima: What is that which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to you secretly and you wept and then said to you something secretly and you laughed? Thereupon she said: He informed me secretly of his death and so I wept. He then again informed me secretly that I would be the first amongst the members of his family to follow him and so I laughed.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2450aIn-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 142USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 31, Hadith 6003
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2450a
This Hadith about Fatimah first family to follow the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) describes a private moment during the last illness of Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He called Fatimah and said something secretly. She wept. Then he said something else secretly, and she laughed. When Aishah later asked her, Fatimah explained that the first secret was news of the Prophet's death, so she cried. The second secret was that she would be the first among his family to follow him, so she laughed. The text shows grief and comfort close together. It also shows Fatimah keeping the Prophet's private words until she explained them later.
What we learn from this hadith
- Fatimah felt deep grief at the news of the Prophet's coming death.
- The second secret gave her comfort after sadness.
- Private words should be treated with care.
- The narration shows both love and patience in a painful moment.
