Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6313

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : كُنَّ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَهُ ، لَمْ يُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ وَاحِدَةً ، فَأَقْبَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي ، مَا تُخْطِئُ مِشْيَتُهَا مِنْ مِشْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَحَّبَ بِهَا ، فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ، ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا فَبَكَتْ بُكَاءً شَدِيدًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعَهَا سَارَّهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَضَحِكَتْ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ بَيْنِ نِسَائِهِ بِالسِّرَارِ ، ثُمَّ أَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ ؟ فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، سَأَلْتُهَا مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَتْ: مَا كُنْتُ أُفْشِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِرَّهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُ: عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ ، بِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، لَمَا حَدَّثْتِنِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : أَمَّا الآنَ ، فَنَعَمْ ، أَمَّا حِينَ سَارَّنِي فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً ، أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَهُ الآنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَإِنِّي لاَ أُرَى الأَجَلَ إِلاَّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ ، فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي ، فَإِنَّهُ نِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ قَالَتْ : فَبَكَيْتُ بُكَائِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعِي سَارَّنِي الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ : يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَمَا تَرْضِيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، أَوْ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ قَالَتْ : فَضَحِكْتُ ضَحِكِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The wives of the Prophet (s.a.w) were with him, and not one of them was absent. Fatimah came walking, and her manner of walking was exactly like that of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) When he saw her, he welcomed her and said: 'Welcome to my daughter.' Then he seated her on his right or his left. He whispered to her and she wept bitterly, and when he saw that she was so upset, he whispered to her again and she smiled. I said to her: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) singled you out from among his womenfolk to whisper to, then you wept?' When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) left, I asked her: 'What did the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say to you?' She said: 'I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) -' When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) died, I said: 'I adjure you by the right I have over you, tell me what the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to you.' She said: 'Now, yes (I will tell you). When he ((s.a.w)) whispered to me the first time, he told me that: "Jibril used to review the Qur'an once or twice every year, but now he reviewed it twice; and I think that my death is near, so fear Allah and be patient, and I will be a fitting forerunner for you."' She said: 'So I wept, as you saw. When he saw my grief, he whispered to me a second time, and said: "O Fatimah, does it not please you to be the leader of the believing women, or the leader of the women of this Ummah?"' She said: 'So I smiled as you saw me."'