‘umar, who was so stunned that he almost lost consciousness and stood before people addressing them: "some of the hypocrites claim that the messenger of allâh [pbuh] died. the messenger of allâh [pbuh] did not die, but went to his lord in the same way as moses bin ‘imran did. he stayed away for forty nights, but finally came back though they said he had been dead. by allâh, the messenger of allâh [pbuh] will come back and he will cut off the hands and legs of those who claim his death." [ibn hisham 2/655]