The distinctive demise of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and His life beyond it

 The benevolence of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) on the 12^th of Rab’ee Ul Awwal

There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari on the authority of Hadhrat Anas bin Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him):

Translation: Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (May Allah be well pleased with him) was leading Salaat Ul Fajr.  Suddenly the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) expressed His benevolence by raising the curtain of His room and looked at the Companions.  The Companions were standing in a row in Salaat.  Then the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) smiled.  Hadhrat Abu Bakr (May Allah be well pleased with him) started moving back on his heels so as to join the row behind him and thought that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) wants to come for Salaat.  Hadhrat Anas bin Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him) says:  The Muslims were so overjoyed at the sight of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) that they desired to break the Salaat and gaze at the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) gestured at them with His hand that they should complete their Salaat.  Then the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) returned to His room and dropped the curtain.  (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, Pg. No. 640, Hadith No. 4183)

Hadhrat Anas bin Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him) says:  His face was so radiant that it seemed a page out of the Holy Quran.  (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, Pg. No. 93, Hadith No. 648)

The smiling of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was out of happiness.  His face seemed like a page out of the Holy Quran.  Apart from radiance, it was an expression of the happiness that the mission of conveying the laws of Allah has been completed.  The Ummah is acting upon those laws and is seeking the pleasure and approval of Almighty Allah through its worship and by following the divine laws in its day-to-day affairs.