Bukhari 716 — Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer

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«أن رسول الله قال في مرضه: «مروا أبا بكر يصلي بالناس». قالت عائشة: قلت: إن أبا بكر إذا قام في مقامك لم يسمع الناس من البكاء، فمر عمر فليصل. فقال: «مروا أبا بكر فليصل للناس»»

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Mentions: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Hafsa bint Umar· Muhammad· The death of the Prophet

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Medina· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The Farewell Pilgrimage· The Hijra· Muwatta 473· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Mecca· The death of the Prophet

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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Medina

City in the Hejaz to which the Prophet migrated in 622 CE; site of the Prophet's Mosque and the first Muslim community. The Prophet declared it a sanctuary as Abraham declared Mecca — its bounds 'between 'Ayr and Thawr' (or 'to Uhud' in the reading Abu 'Ubayd and al-Hazimi preferred) and 'between its two lava fields'; within them hunting and tree-cutting are forbidden and the bloodwit for unintended killing is heavier. Samhudi counts nearly ninety-five names for it, among them Tayba, Taba and Yathrib.