Meanwhile...
Meanwhile, Fatima kept close
to her father and asked him: "Messenger of Allah, where is my
Mother?" The Prophet avoided Fatima's question, so she looked
around for someone to ask where her Mother was! At that point,
Gabriel descended and revealed the following to the Prophet "Your
Lord commands you to inform Fatima that He sends His blessings
upon her and says: Your Mother is in a house of brocade, its corners
are made of gold, and its poles are of rubies. It is located between
Assia's (Pharaoh's wife) and Maryam Bint Imran's houses."
Fatima then said: "Surely Allah is As-Salam, and peace is from Him
Another mournful event that inflicted the Prophet was his uncle's death
Abu Talib had adopted Muhammed when he was eight years old upon
the death of his grand father .Abu Talib was the Prophet 's guardian
until he reached Fifty three years of age. Abu Talib's services and support for Islam and the Prophet never
ceased throughout those years .Had it not been for Abu Talib possibly
Islam could not have passed the stage of its prime days of
These two tragic events had a great effect on the messenger's life; the
death of Abu Talib caused the Prophet to immigrate to Medina, for he
had lost the strongest supporter and advocate of the religion from
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