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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Fatimah Az- Zahra', The Principal of all Women: Study and Analysis Immortal Tragedy Sorrows and distresses attacked Fatimah (s.a.) when she knew that her father, who was the dearest one to her at all, would leave for the better world, and this world would be empty of this great personality. The Prophet’s Last Illness When the Prophet (S) came back from Mecca to Medina, his health was indisposed and became worse day after another.

He suffered a very bad fever that when his wives or visitors put their hands on his garment, they felt the heat. Beside him there was a vessel of water where he put his hand into it and rubbed his holy face to lower the fever. He said, ‘I am still feeling the pain of the food that I have eaten in Khaybar. I feel that my back has been broken because of that poison.’[^1] Muslims, who were distressed and astonished, hurried to visit him. His room was crowded with his companions.

He announced to them his soon death and recommended them of what would assure for them happiness and success. He said to them, ‘O people, I am about to die and taken away. I say to you to be excused before you. I have left among you the Book of Allah the Almighty and my progeny…’ Then he took Imam Ali’s (a.s.) hand and said, ‘Here is Ali. He is with the Qur'an and the Qur'an is with Ali.

They will not separate until they will come to me at the pond (in the Paradise).’[^2] The Prophet (S) was certain that he was going to die. He saw that he would farewell the graveyards of Muslims and pray to Allah to forgive the dead.

In the night, he sent for Abu Muwayhibah and said to him, ‘I was ordered to ask for forgiveness for the people of al-Baqee’[^3] and so I sent for you to come with me.’ When the Prophet (S) arrived in al-Baqee’ Graveyard, he said, ‘Peace be on you O people of the graves. Let you be delighted with what you have been in, which is better than what (living) people are in. Seditions have come like pieces of dark night one after the other.

The last is worse than the first.’ The Prophet (S) saw in which conditions some of his companions were and what they would do later on, and so he congratulated the dead in the graves for they would not witness the seditions that came and would come after. The Prophet (S) said to Abu Muwayhibah, ‘O Abu Muwayhibah, I have been given the keys of the treasuries of this world and the eternity in it and then the Paradise.