Day 8

The lesson

1. He is the seal of the prophets, after whom there is no prophet (33:40). In Shia belief he is the first of the Fourteen Infallibles, protected from error not only in receiving and delivering revelation but in all his life, and the Qur'an is his greatest miracle.
2. In his last illness he said: If I owe anything to anyone, let him come and ask for it; if I have hurt anyone, I am ready to be paid back for it (al-Tabaqat al-Kubra of Ibn Sa'd). He passed away in Medina in 11 AH at sixty-three, on 28 Safar (some reports: 12 Rabi al-Awwal), with his head on the chest of Ali (Nahj al-Balagha, sermon 202). Ali washed and shrouded him and buried him in his house, which is now inside his mosque.
3. All his children died in his lifetime except Sayyida Fatima, and his progeny continues through her alone (Tarikh-i Payambar-i Islam of Ayati). While Ali and Banu Hashim were washing his body, a group gathered at Saqifa Bani Sa'ida and chose Abu Bakr, setting aside what he had proclaimed at Ghadir (al-Irshad of al-Shaykh al-Mufid; Sharh Nahj al-Balagha of Ibn Abi l-Hadid).

Questions

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