2. He said: Abu Ubaidullah Muhammad ibn Imran al-Marzbani reported to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari, who reported from al-Hasan ibn Aleel al-Anzi, who reported from Abdul Karim ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, who reported from Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Manqar, who reported from Ziyad ibn al-Munzir, who reported from Sharjeel, from Umm al-Fadhl ibn al Abbas, who said: When the messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, fell seriously ill in his last days, he once woke up while we were crying around him. So he said: "What makes you cry?" We said: "O Prophet of Allah, we are crying helplessly, we cry because you will soon leave us behind, and the heavenly news will cease to come to us. And we cry over the fate of the Ummah after you have gone." The Prophet, peace upon him and his progeny said: "Be it clear to you that you will be suppressed and weakened after I have gone."