Hazrat Aminah
Blessed Mother of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
Blessed Mother of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
There is not much information about Hazrat Aminah’s life, but there are some established facts about her that are recorded here.
Her full name is Aminah bint Wahb, daughter of Wahb ibn Abd Manaf. She belonged to the Zuhra clan of the Quraish tribe.
She was the mother of Rasulallah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and was married to Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abdul Muttalib, who was the father of Rasulallah , peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
Hazrat
Abdullah passed away from an illness while on a caravan trip between
Madinah Sharif and Makkah Sharif, at the age of twenty-five. At this
time, Hazrat Aminah was pregnant with the blessed child and so
Rasulallah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was an orphan before his blessed birth.
Hazrat Aminah passed away when Rasulallah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was six years old, the year 576 or 577 AD.
Records claim that she passed away during a trip to Madinah Sharif, on which she had taken Rasulallah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to meet his uncles and to see the grave of his father.
She was
buried in Abwa, a village between Makkah and Madinah Sharif. The actual
grave was rediscovered in 1998, and quickly destroyed by Wahhabis.
Some histories record light shining from her face during the blessed pregnancy, indicating the coming birth of the Holy Prophet , peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,.
Some histories
also record the face of Hazrat Abdullah shining prior to consummating
the marriage, indicating that he would be father to the Holy Prophet , peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,.
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