The Death of Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) and an end to a glorious period of rule
After spending over forty years governing the affairs of the Ummah, twenty as governor and twenty as Caliph, during which he returned to the Ummah its stability and re-initiated the blessed act of Jihad against the disbelievers, Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) at the ripe of seventy-eight, parted from this temperory world for the eternal life of the Hereafter. To Almighty Allah we all belong and to Him is our return.
Before passing away, Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) bequeathed that he be buried in the Qamees (kurta) that Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) that Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) had given him, Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) had some of the blessed nails of Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) by him. He asked that they be crushed into powder and placed in his eyes and mouth, after which he should be left to the mercy of Almighty Allah Ta'ala, who is The Most Merciful.
As death approached, Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) began saying, 'If only if I was an ordinary man from the Quraysh, in Zu-Tuwa, and had not ever had any share in the governing!' (statements of this kind were found on the tongues of the many of the great rulers in Islam, which portrayed the great fear they had in their heart for the Creator)
After his death, Hadhrat Dhahaak ibn Qais (radhiyallahu anhu), holding the shroud of Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu), mounted the pulpit, saying:
Amir ul Mu'mineen!, Mu'awiyah (radhiyallahu anhu) was the blade and strength of Arabs, with which Almighty Allah brought to an end turmoil, and whom Almighty Allah gave rule over His servants, and whose armies were spread in the lands and at sea. He was a servant from the servants of Allah, who Almighty Allah has now called back. He has now completed his time and has returnes to his Creator.
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