He died of poison but not from the Jewish woman. The reason why sunnis believe he died of poison from a jewish woman is because Aisha said so in a hadith. Naturally a person who is suspect would try to deflect suspicion away by blaming someone else.
let’s consider the facts:
- the jewish woman prepared the poison in the year 7AH after the battle of Khaibar
- the prophet (s) passed away in the year 11AH
There’s a time gap of 4 years from the moment he allegedly ingested the poison and when he passed away as a result. Generally poison effects are immediate and doesn’t linger in the body for 4 years.
Aisha’s testimony that the prophet passed away as a result of poisoning from a jewish woman 4 years earlier is not valid because Aisha was an infamous liar. She lied to the prophet on at least 2 occasions that we know about. If she wasn’t afraid to lie to the prophet’s face, there is no guarantee she will be honest with us. Therefore her testimony is discounted unless corroborated by someone else.
The first time she lied to the prophet was in the incident of the honey.
Sahih Bukhari Hadith: 6.434 (also in 7.192, and 8.682)
Narrated Aisha:
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Allah's Apostle used to drink honey in the house of Zainab, the daughter of Jahsh, and would stay there with her. So Hafsa and I agreed secretly that, if he come to either of us, she would say to him "It seems you have eaten Maghafir (a kind of bad-smelling resin), for I smell in you the smell of Maghafir.
The 2nd lie, the incident when Aisha administered an unknown substance to the prophet as he was lying ill in bed. The prophet repeatedly refused the substance and asked her not to administer it to him. After he awoke he asked her why she administered the substance to him, Aisha shifted blame by accusing Abbas of administering the substance. The prophet was upset and asked they be punished by administering to them the same substance except al-abbas.
After he had passed away, Aisha gave two reasons for his death, the first one is that a jewish woman poised a piece lamb he ate 4 years ago, when that didn’t work and people’s suspicion of her continued, she claimed he died of a tumor.
This is in sahih bukhari and muslim, I don’t have time to look it up right now, but i’ll leave you with this video
youtube.com/watch?v=1NK6V599c-c&feature=related
questions:
- why did Aisha administer the substance to him while he was asleep?
- why did she blame Al-Abbas for doing this?
- why did the prophet order they be punished by administering to them the same substance with the exception of Al-Abbas