Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6314

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا (ح) وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : اجْتَمَعَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمْ يُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ امْرَأَةً ، فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي فَأَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ أَيْضًا ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : مَا يُبْكِيكِ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا حِينَ بَكَتْ : أَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحَدِيثِهِ دُونَنَا ، ثُمَّ تَبْكِينَ ؟ وَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ : مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ : إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كُلَّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً ، وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَهُ بِهِ فِي الْعَامِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَلاَ أُرَانِي إِلاَّ قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي ، وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِي لُحُوقًا بِي ، وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ ، فَبَكَيْتُ لِذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَارَّنِي ، فَقَالَ : أَلاَ تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، أَوْ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ فَضَحِكْتُ لِذَلِكَ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The wives of the Prophet (s.a.w) gathered and not one of them was absent. Then Fatimah came, and her manner of walking was like that of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) • He said: 'Welcome to my daughter,' and seated her to his right or his left. Then he whispered something to her and Fatimah - may Allah be pleased with her - wept, then he whispered to her and she smiled. I said to her: 'What made you weep?' She said: 'I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).' I said: 'I have never seen grief and joy so close as today.' I said to her when she wept: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) singled you out to say something to, and you wept.' And I asked her what he had said. She said: 'I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).' Then when he died, I asked her and she said: 'He ((s.a.w)) told me: "Jibril used to review the Qur'an once every year, but this year he reviewed it with me twice, and I realized that my death has drawn near, and you will be the first of my family to follow me, and I will be a fitting forerunner for you." So I wept at that, then he whispered to me and said: "Does it not please you to be the leader of the believing women, or the leader of the women of this Ummah?" so I smiled at that."'