Bulugh al-Maram — Hadith #52296

On the authority of Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) and his eyes were open. So he closed them and said: ‘When the soul is taken, the eyes follow it.’ Some of his family cried out, so he said: ‘Do not invoke anything but good upon yourselves, for the angels say “Amen” to what you say.’ Then he said: “O Allah, forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank among the guided ones, expand his grave for him, illuminate it for him, and be his successor among his descendants.” Narrated by Muslim 2.1 - An-Nawawi said (5/476-477): “With the letter sheen pronounced with a fatha, and his gaze raised, and he is the subject of the verb ‘shaqqa’ (to split), this is how we have recorded it, and it is the well-known version. Some have recorded ‘basarahu’ (his gaze) with a fatha, and this is also correct. The sheen is pronounced with a fatha without any disagreement… He is the one who was on the verge of death, and he began to look at something without his gaze returning to it.” 2 - Authentic. Narrated by Muslim (920).