Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) – when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he came and kissed him
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The questioner: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) – when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he came and kissed him, and said: "Indeed, Allah will not gather upon you two deaths" to the end of the incident; what is the meaning of this statement from Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)? And what was his intention in clarifying this to the Companions? And did the Companions believe that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) lives another life before he is resurrected; so Abu Bakr wanted to refute them with this statement of his, so advise us, may you be rewarded, and peace?
The Shaykh: This is a refutation of what 'Umar ibn al-Khattab went to when he was shocked by the news of the death of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and he said: "He has not died, but rather he has gone, perhaps he said: to his Lord, yes, then he will return to us," so Abu Bakr al-Siddiq refuted this word of 'Umar, and described the Messenger (peace be upon him) as being more honorable to his Lord than to gather upon him two deaths, the first death which occurred, and the other death which he will live after the first and then die according to 'Umar's claim, so this is a word which in reality contains a refutation of 'Umar, and this error which 'Umar fell into in reality represents the error of the masses of people who believe in the Messenger (peace be upon him) and love him, and then this love drives them to deny self-evident matters as happened with 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), but the difference between 'Umar and others who may share in such an error is that 'Umar awakens immediately as soon as he is reminded; and therefore he said: as if I had not read the verse of Abu Bakr which he used as evidence for his death (peace be upon him):[Ali 'Imran 3:144] the verse.
Whereas the masses of people when they are reminded of the reality that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is a human being, and that what happens to humans happens to him; it is very difficult for them to accept that reminder, and they persist in their old error and do not return; so this is the intention of the word of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq; it is a refutation of the previous word of 'Umar.
The Shaykh: This is a refutation of what 'Umar ibn al-Khattab went to when he was shocked by the news of the death of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and he said: "He has not died, but rather he has gone, perhaps he said: to his Lord, yes, then he will return to us," so Abu Bakr al-Siddiq refuted this word of 'Umar, and described the Messenger (peace be upon him) as being more honorable to his Lord than to gather upon him two deaths, the first death which occurred, and the other death which he will live after the first and then die according to 'Umar's claim, so this is a word which in reality contains a refutation of 'Umar, and this error which 'Umar fell into in reality represents the error of the masses of people who believe in the Messenger (peace be upon him) and love him, and then this love drives them to deny self-evident matters as happened with 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), but the difference between 'Umar and others who may share in such an error is that 'Umar awakens immediately as soon as he is reminded; and therefore he said: as if I had not read the verse of Abu Bakr which he used as evidence for his death (peace be upon him):
Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him.
وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُWhereas the masses of people when they are reminded of the reality that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is a human being, and that what happens to humans happens to him; it is very difficult for them to accept that reminder, and they persist in their old error and do not return; so this is the intention of the word of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq; it is a refutation of the previous word of 'Umar.
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