Ahl al-Bayt amongst you . Then he held and raised the hand of Ali and said 'Ali is with the Qur'an and the Qur'an is with Ali and they will not separate from each other till the Day of Resurrection'".

The Prophet had narrated Hadith Thaqalayn on different occasions and in various ways, before he fell ill and had drawn the attention of the people to these two weighty things. But the fact that, even when bedridden, he once again gave attention to the correlation between the Book and his progeny and stressed their importance before the same persons who had opposed his writing the will, would make one believe that the object of this repetition was to make amends for the non-execution of the will.

Distribution of Dinars

The policy of the Prophet with regard to public treasury (Baytul Mal) was that at the very earliest opportunity he distributed its property amongst the needy persons and refrained from keeping the contents of the treasury in custody for a long time. Hence, when he was confined to bed, and some dinars were lying with one of his wives, he asked her to bring them to him.

When the dinars were placed before him he took them in his hand and said: "How will Muhammad expect anything of Allah if he meets Him and has these with him?" Then he ordered the Commander of the Faithful to distribute the money among the poor.

The Prophet is Annoyed on Account of the Medicine Given to Him

During her stay in Ethiopia Asma, daughter of 'Umays, who was a near relative of the Prophet's wife, Maiymunah, had learnt the composition of a medicine which was the juice of some herbs. She imagined that the Prophet was suffering from pleurisy and in Ethiopia this ailment was treated with the said syrup. When the Prophet's condition was very serious and he was suffering from acute pain, she dropped some of that medicine in his mouth. When the condition of the Prophet improved somewhat, and he came to know about the incident he was very much displeased and said: "Allah does not at all make his Prophet suffer from such an ailment".

Last Farewell to Friends
During the period of his illness the Prophet used to come to the mosque at

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