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She said, “O cousin, you have never lied to me or betrayed me, and I have never opposed you in anything since we got married.” Ali (‘a) said, “I seek refuge with Allah! You are, by Allah, more knowledgeable, righteous, pious, virtuous, noble and fearful of Allah than that. You have never gone against my wishes, and your separation and loss is very difficult for me. Only that there is no escape from it. By Allah, you have renewed the tribulation of the loss of the Holy Prophet, and your loss weighs heavily on my heart – Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return. What a painful, difficult and distressing ordeal! It is a tribulation from which there is no relief and a calamity from which there is no respite!” Then they both cried for a while. The Imam took her head, placed it on his chest and said, “Tell me of your final wishes, whatever they may be, for you will find me loyal and I will do whatever you ask of me. I will give preference to your wishes over my own.” She said, “May Allah reward you with the finest reward. O cousin! My wishes are as follows: firstly, that after my death you marry my sister’s daughter Umamah, for Indeed, she will be kind to my children, and verily men cannot live without women.” Then she said, “I [also] do not want anyone amongst those who oppressed me to witness my funeral, for they are my enemies and the enemies of the Prophet of Allah. So, do not allow any of them, or their followers, to pray upon me; and bury me in the darkness of night, when the eyes are shut, and people are asleep.”

She said: “O cousin, when I pass away, wash my body without uncovering it, for Indeed, I am pure and purified; and perform the hunut on me with what remains from the hunut used on my father, the Prophet of Allah (S). Then pray upon me, and let only those few individuals who are close to our family pray with you. Bury me at night, not during the day and in secret, not openly. Keep the location of my grave hidden, and let none of those who oppressed me witness my funeral. O cousin, I know you will not be able to remain alone after me, So, if you remarry, keep a day and night for your wife and a day and night for my children. O Aba al-Hasan! Do not scold them, for they [will] have become heartbroken orphans; yesterday they lost their grandfather and today they will have lost their mother.