Hadith #147

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English Translation

Abu Ishaq (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i was sitting with 'Abdullah b. 'Utba and there was a discussion about the age of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Some of the persons said: Abu Bakr was older than Allah's Messenger ﷺ. 'Abdullah said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ died when he was sixty-three, and Abu Bakr died when he was sixty-three and so 'Umar fell as a martyr when he was sixty-three. A person from the people who was called 'Amir b. Sa'd reported that Jabir had said: We were sitting with Mu'awiya that there was a discussion about the age of Allah's Messenger ﷺ. Thereupon Mu'awiya said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ died when he had attained the age of sixty-three, and Abu Bakr died when he had attained the age of sixty-three, and Umar fell as a martyr when he had attained the age of sixty-three