As a young child, Abdullah ibn Busr RA was present when the Prophet ﷺ visited his parents' house; his father gave the Prophet ﷺ a worn-out rug to sit on, and his mother sent hais (a dried date-and-flour cake) with young Abdullah to serve him. The Prophet ﷺ turned to the boy, rubbed his head, and told him, "This child shall live for a century." Abdullah ibn Busr later narrated this hadith as an old man of 95 in Damascus, one of the last of the sahaba still alive, and died exactly five years later, at the age of 100, while performing wudu.
One of the more striking of the Prophet ﷺ's personal prophecies, fulfilled to the exact year and confirmed by the very man it was given to, decades later.
Other events recorded around the same time. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
Hosted the Prophet ﷺ in our home and gave him a worn-out rug to sit on.
Sent hais with my young son Abdullah to serve the Prophet ﷺ and his father.
This child shall live for a century.
Said while rubbing the head of the young Abdullah ibn Busr, who had just served him hais.
How much is a century?
100 years.
Narrated this hadith in Damascus at 95 years old, one of the last of the sahaba still living.
Retold, as an old man, the story of the Prophet ﷺ's prophecy made over him as a boy.
Died at the age of 100, exactly five years after narrating the Prophet ﷺ's prophecy, while performing wudu.