The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 401
IX - Repeated Treachery of the Jews, Compilation and Sequence of the Holy Qur ’ā n, Marriage of Ḥaḍrat Zainab ra , the Great Calumny and Mischief of the Hypocrites 401 place towards the end of 4 A. H. 1 Mother of Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra Passes Away The very same year, towards the end of 4 A. H. , the elderly mother of Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra , whose name was Fāṭimah bint Asad, passed away in Madīnah. This revered lady had been like a mother to the Holy Prophet sa , because after the demise of his paternal grandfather ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib, it was she who raised the Holy Prophet sa in her own home as her own. She loved the Holy Prophet sa dearly, and he was deeply saddened by her demise. Upon seeing the body of the deceased, the eyes of the Holy Prophet sa began to flow with tears. In his immense love, the Holy Prophet sa gave his own shirt to serve as her shroud. He stood in her grave and made all the arrangements for her burial himself. When she was being lowered into her grave, the Holy Prophet sa offered the following supplication in a very emotional voice: ٍّ جَزَاك ِ اللّٰه ُ مِن ْ اُم ٍّ خَیْرًا لَقَد ْ كُنْت ِ خَیْر َ اُم “May God the Exalted grant you the best reward for having been a very good mother; for you were indeed a most exemplary mother. ” 2 In Volume I of this book it has already been mentioned that Fāṭimah bint Asad and Abū Ṭālib had four sons named Ṭālib, ‘Aqīl, Ja‘far ra and Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra and one daughter named Ummi Hani. Ghazwah of Dummatul-Jandal and a New Addition to the Islāmic Wars - Rabī‘ul-Awwal 5 A. H. Until now, the military operations which had been undertaken were either directly or indirectly for the purpose of defense. Those campaigns which were undertaken for the purpose of settling treaties of peace and security with various Arabian tribes also fell under the same category. Moreover, all of the journeys which had been undertaken until that time were confined to the regions of central Ḥijāz and Najd, but now, this sphere began to 1 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Ḥudūd, Bābur-Rajmi Fil-Balāṭ, Ḥadīth No. 6819 * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 467, Rajmul-Yahūdiyyīn, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 2 Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 468, Wafātu Fāṭimata Ummi ‘Aliyyibni Abī Ṭālib, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut