And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us — and the wording is that of Ibn al-Muthanna — they said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, who said: I used to hear that no prophet would die until he was given the choice between this world and the Hereafter. She said: Then I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the illness from which he died — and hoarseness had overtaken him — saying: "With those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor from among the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and excellent are those as companions." She said: So I thought that he had been given the choice at that time.