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bore all these hardships and sacri-
fices because she knew the
Hereafter was more important than
this life. Unfortunately the boycott
left Khadijah [r] extremely weak and
she soon passed away.
She died at the age of sixty-five,
having given almost twenty-five
years to the Prophet Muhammad
[s] and supporting the cause of
Islam. When the Prophet [s] saw
her in the throes of death he com-
forted her saying, “
Allah has decid-
ed this for you, and what you are
afraid of will be good for you.
” What
the Prophet meant was that Allah
had kept a very special reward for
her in Jannah and that she should
not fear death. Khadijah’s [r] eyes lit
up and as she gazed at her beloved
husband, her soul left its earthly
body.
Her grave was prepared at a place
called Hujjoon, near Makkah. The
Prophet Muhammad [s], with his
