Omar Suleiman

Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was blessed with an exquisite ending. He was blessed to die on the same day of the week and at the same age that the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away, the age of sixty-three. This was also the same age that ʿUmar and ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with them) both died. He took comfort in this knowledge, and he dressed himself as the Prophet (peace be upon him) dressed as he was about to pass away. Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) called out with this moving duʿā’: ‘O Allah, let the best of my lifetime be its ending’. What a magnificent life this man had lived but he still said that the best of his life should be its ending. He continued, ‘and my best deed be the one that I seal my life with.’ Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had an impressive list of achievements, but his wish was that his best deed be the one that ends his life. And he completed the duʿā’ by saying, ‘and let the best of my days be the Day that I meet You,’ meaning to meet Allah (glorified and exalted is He) on the Day of Judgement.

Let me die a Muslim and be accompanied by the righteous. (Yusuf 12:101)

the power and the beauty of Habibah al-ʿAdawiyah’s duʿā’ is that all she wanted as the night passed was another opportunity to be at the door of her Lord and she would never give up.