Aminah's Death

Aminah was extremely glad with the homecoming of Muhammad. She kept herself busy  looking after and playing with Muhammad day after day.

Whenever seeing her son’s face, Aminah remembered Abdullah who died before her child was born. Aminah couldn’t forget her late husband.

One day, Aminah went along with Muhammad to Yatsrib (Madinah) to visit the tomb of Abdullah. Muhammad was still six years old at that time. Aminah was accompanied by Abdul Muthallib and her maid Ummu Aiman. It took 400 km distant to go through. Aminah didn’t care. She only wanted to visit Abdullah’s tomb.

After a long and tiring journey, Aminah and her party arrived at Yatsrib. She took Muhammad to the tomb of his father. Aminah felt warm-hearted and touched when she saw Muhammad approaching Abdullah’s tomb. Muhammad only saw his father’s tomb, not his father’s face. Aminah’s tears dropped because of sadness. She imagined that her husband was still alive so that Muhammad could see him.

After one month Aminah and her family stayed in Yatsrib, she decided that they should go home. However, in the middle of the journey, Aminah fell sick. Her sickness got severe and Abdul Muthallib got really worried. Finally, after accomplishing her mission of visiting her husband’s tomb with her son, Aminah inevitably died. She was buried at a place called Abwa.

Sadly the six year-old little Muhammad was now an orphan. The caring and nurturing of him then was turned to Abdul Muthallib.