By her death...

By her death, Muslims recalled the glory and the honor that the Prophet (S) had established for them and the kindness and love he had towards them. Medina shook with crying and weeping by men and women. They waited for the holy corpse to have honor by escorting it. Imam Ali (a.s.) charged Salman al-Farisi to tell the crowded people that the funerals was put off until the next day. People left the house.

Aa’isha came intending to see off the sacred corpse, but Asma’ prevented her saying, ‘She (Fatimah) asked me that no one should see her.’[^4] On the night, Imam Ali (a.s.), with al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and Asma’, washed (ritually) the pure body of Fatimah (s.a.), and then enshrouded her. Imam Ali (a.s.) asked the children to see off their mother, and they threw themselves over her while crying bitterly. After the farewell look, Imam Ali (a.s.) tied the shroud.

In the last part of night, Imam Ali (a.s.) offered the Prayer of the Dead on the pure corpse, and then he instructed the Hashemites and the Prophet’s closest companions to carry the sacred corpse to its last abode. He did not tell anyone else about the funerals and the burial except his family and the choice of his companions. He put Fatimah (s.a.) in the tomb and poured earth over her.

After the burial, he stood by the tomb and said, “O messenger of Allah, peace be upon you from me and from your daughter who has come to your neighborhood and who has hastened to meet you. O messenger of Allah, my patience after your choice (daughter) has been exhausted and my endurance has weakened except that I have ground for consolation in having endured the great hardship and great calamity of your separation.

I laid you down in your tomb after you had breathed your last (while your head was) between my neck and chest. We are Allah’s and unto Him shall we return. Now the trust has been returned and what had been given has been taken back. My grief will last forever and my nights will remain sleepless till Allah chooses for me the house in which you are now residing. Certainly your daughter will apprise you of the gathering together of your nation for oppressing her.

You ask her in detail and get all the news about the situation. This happened when no long time had elapsed and your remembrance had not disappeared yet.