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Sunan Ibn Majah 3492 (Book 31, Hadith 57) #32846
Compassionate Care of the Prophet ﷺ

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ showed compassion and care for his companion Sa'd bin Zurarah, who was suffering from croup, by cauterizing him with his own hand. However, despite the Prophet's best efforts, Sa'd passed away. The Prophet ﷺ expressed his helplessness in the face of death and lamented that the Jews would blame him for not being able to save his companion.

Muhammad bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Sa’d bin Zurarah Al-Ansari said: "I heard my paternal uncle Yahya – and I have not seen a man among us like him – tell the people that Sa'd bin Zurarah, who was the grandfather of Muhammad through his mother, was suffering from pain in his throat, known as croup. The Prophet said: 'I shall do my best for Abu Umamah.’ Such that I will be excused (ie, free of blame if he is not healed). And he cauterized him with his own hand, but he died. The Prophet said: 'May the Jews be doomed! They will say: "Why could he not avert death from his Companions?" But I have no power to do anything for him or for my own self.’"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمِّي، يَحْيَى - وَمَا أَدْرَكْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَّا بِهِ شَبِيهًا يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ - وَهُوَ جَدُّ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَهُ وَجَعٌ فِي حَلْقِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُ الذُّبْحَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ ـ ‏"‏ لأُبْلِغَنَّ أَوْ لأُبْلِيَنَّ فِي أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عُذْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَكَوَاهُ بِيَدِهِ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ ـ ‏"‏ مِيتَةَ سُوءٍ لِلْيَهُودِ يَقُولُونَ أَفَلاَ دَفَعَ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ ‏.‏ وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَهُ وَلاَ لِنَفْسِي شَيْئًا

TOPICS
sad  *  compassion  *  care  *  cauterization  *  death  *  helplessness  *  muaammad  *  abdurraaman  *  zurarah  *  yahy  *  anar  *  umamah  *  ashb

QUICK LESSONS:
Show compassion towards others even if you cannot help them directly; accept Allah's will no matter what happens; never be too hard on yourself or others when things don't go as planned; have faith in God's plan even if it doesn't make sense at first glance .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to us about the compassionate care of our beloved prophet Muhammad ﷺ. When one of his companions, Sa'd ibn Zurarah was suffering from a throat infection known as croup, he did all he could to help him by cauterizing him with his own hands. Despite this effort however, Sa’d passed away and our beloved prophet ﷺ expressed helplessness in the face of death and lamented that people would blame him for not being able to save his companion. This hadith teaches us about how much love and compassion our beloved prophet ﷺ had for those around him even when there was nothing more he could do but accept Allah’s will. It also teaches us that we should never be too hard on ourselves or others when things don’t go as planned because ultimately it is Allah who has control over all things in this world including life and death itself.

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