The night supplication at al-Baqi'
زيارة البقيع ليلاً والاستغفار لأهلها
c. May 632 CE · Safar 11 AH
One night in the last days the Prophet went out at midnight to al-Baqi' cemetery, greeted its people, prayed forgiveness for them, foretold coming trials 'like the segments of dark night', and promised them 'we are following you'.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Summary
The account
The Prophet went out in the middle of the night to al-Baqi', asked forgiveness for its people and said: peace upon you, people of the graves — may you rejoice in what you have come to, given what the people have come to 2. He told them of coming trials like segments of dark night, the last of each worse than the first, and gave them tidings, saying: we shall surely join you 1.
For young visitors
On a quiet night the Prophet went to al-Baqi' cemetery, greeted its people, prayed for them and told them he would join them.
Connections
- Occurred at
- al-Baqi'
- Had participant
- Muhammad
- Part of
- The death of the Prophet
People and things also explored
The farewell prayer over the martyrs of Uhud· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The burial of the Prophet· The last sermon from the minbar· The pen-and-paper incident· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Medina
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 464
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 464; sahih-muslim
- Sahih Muslim
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