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The Demise of
Fatimah
Fatimah
was the youngest daughter of the Prophet, peace and blessings be
upon him, and her mother was Khadijah Bint Khuwailid. Fatimah was
born five years before prophethood, i.e. before Muhammad, peace and
blessings be upon him, was sent as Allah’s Prophet.
She was
engaged to `Ali Ibn Abu Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, in
the second year after Hijrah (the Prophet’s Migration to Madinah)
in Ramadan, then they got married in Dhul Hijja. She gave birth to
Al-Hasan, Al-Husain, Zainab, Umm Kulthum and Muhsin who died when
he was a child.
She
was very dear to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
`A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated: “Fatimah,
may Allah be pleased with her, was coming towards our home, walking
exactly like the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The
Prophet said: ‘Welcome, my daughter!’ He seated her to his
right or left. Then he told her something in secret, and she cried.
I (`A’ishah) said to her: ‘The Prophet discloses his secrets to
you and you cry, how come? Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be
upon him, told her another thing in secret and she laughed. Hence I
(`A’ishah) said: ‘I’ve never seen a sad mood turning in a
moment to happiness as I see today’. I asked her about what the
Prophet told her, but she said: ‘I am not to reveal the secrets
of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him.’
Later
on when the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away,
I asked her again. She answered: He (the Prophet) told me:
‘Gabriel used to reveal the Qur’an to me once a year. Yet he
did it twice this year. So I think it is a sign that my days are
numbered, and you will be the first one of my folk who will die
after me. What a good predecessor I am to you!’ Hence, I cried.
Then he told me: ‘Doesn’t it gladden you to be the master of
believing women in Paradise?’ Hence, I laughed.” This incident
is agreed upon.
It
is said that she never laughed after the Prophet’s demise out of
overwhelming sadness and eagerness to follow her father, peace and
blessings be upon him.
Fatimah,
may Allah be pleased with her, died on the third of Ramadan, the
night of Tuesday, 11 A.H. May Allah be pleased with her.
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