English Translation

Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, he said: Shu'bah and Hajjaj told us - he said: Shu'bah informed us - from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, and Rawh, they said: Shu'bah told us, from Sa'd, who said: I heard Urwah ibn al-Zubayr narrating from Aisha, that she said: I used to hear that no prophet dies until he is given the choice between this world and the hereafter. She said: Then I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, during his illness in which he died, his voice becoming hoarse, saying: "{With those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor, of the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous - and excellent are those as companions.}" She said: So I realized that he was then given the choice. Rawh said: "that he was given the choice between this world and the hereafter."