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24 HADRAT MARIYAH QIBTIYYAH a lot of respect during their tenures as Khulaf a’. They had fixed an allowance for her, which she continued to receive until her death. Hadrat M a riyah ra passed away in Mu h arram 16th Hijr i , during the Khilafat of Hadrat ‘Umar F a r u q ra. Hadrat ‘Umar F a r u q ra led her funeral prayer and she was buried in Jannatul-Baq i ‘. 14 The Holy Prophet sa treated Hadrat M a riyah ra the same way he treated all of his holy wives, and instructed her to observe pardah (veil). He treated her with love and kindness, and respected her greatly. He used to say, “Treat the Copts with utmost respect because we are bound to them in two ways, through blood and through a pledge. We are bound to them by blood because the mother of Hadrat Ism a‘i l as ( Hadrat H a jirah as ) and the mother of my son Ibr a h i m ra (M a riyah ra ) are both Coptic. The bond through pledge means that we have made a treaty with them. ” 15 Hadrat M a riyah Qib t iyyah ra lived for five years after the passing away of the Holy Prophet sa. Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra said that she did not dislike the coming of any other woman into the household of the Holy