Passion For Resemblance In The Date Of Passing Away And The Shroud

On page 67 of ‘Sahabah-e-Kiram Ka Ishq-e-Rasul’, [the 274- page publication of Maktabah-tul-Madinah, the publishing house of Dawat-e-Islami] it is stated: ‘A few hours before his passing, Sayyiduna Siddiq Al-Akbar رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ asked his beloved daughter Sayyiduna ‘Aishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْھَا, ‘How many pieces of cloth were there in the shroud of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم and what was the day of his apparent passing?’

The reason for asking the questions was his great desire to resemble the Blessed Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم in his shroud and the day of his passing away, so that in the same way that he had followed the Guide to the Path of Salvation, the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم during his life, he could also do so at the time of death.

(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, p. 468, Hadis 1387)