An Outline of Early Islamic History — Page 73
73 Proceeding he said: “What I command you today is not for today only. It is for all times to come. You should remember and obey until you leave this world and go to the next to meet your Creator. What I have said to you, carry it to the ends of the world. May be the one who has not heard benefits from it more than the one who has. ” His Last Advice On his way back to Medina, the Prophet said it to a gathering of the companions: “O ye people, I am only a man, perhaps God’s angel might come and I have to accept the call. I am leaving in your midst two things. The first is the Book of Allah which has guidance and light. Hold fast to the Book of Allah, therefore, hold fast to it; and my house - hold. I remind you of Allah in respect of the people of my house. ” Last Days: Last Words After his return from his last Hajj to Medina, the Prophet fell ill. The day before he became indisposed, he had ordered an army to be sent to the Roman frontier, Usama bin Zaid as its commander, to avenge the murder of his envoy. He remained ill for some thirteen days. For the first few days he could move about. When he became too weak to walk he went to the house of