Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْمُقْرِئُ الْخَطِيبُ بِوَاسِطَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جِئْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِينِي فَأْتِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ»
English Translation
Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Muqri al-Khatib in Wasit informed us, Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Abdullah al-Wasiti narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us from his father from Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im from his father who said: A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him, then he commanded her to return. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if I come and do not find you?" - meaning death. He said: "If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."