Salahuddin Smiled At This While Dying | Dr. Hassan Elwan

Salahuddin's Final Moments

Salahuddin's health kept deteriorating. He loved the Quran, so they brought a reciter. Every night they would recite two to three juz for Salahuddin Al-Ayubi.

The Sultan went into a full coma and the reciter would say, anytime I recite one of the names of Allah, he says "sahih, true, true," and then he goes back into a coma. And then he said, till I reached one verse:

"It is indeed Allah, the one that no deity is worthy of worship except Him. On Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of the great throne."

And he said, "I saw Salahuddin's face light up, a big smile, and he gave his soul out." The great Sultan, the Sultan that's so beloved to all the people, the one that liberated Jerusalem, the one that united the Muslims, the one that represented compassion, has passed away.