After his marriage, ‘Abdullāh did not receive much respite by the Lord’s measure. Thus, a short period afterwards when he travelled to Syria for the purpose of trade, he fell ill on his return and stayed in Yathrab, and it is there that he passed away. He was buried in the midst of his relative tribe the Banū Najjār. At that time, his wife Āminah was expecting.1 The inheritance left by ‘Abdullāh for his child, who was still in the womb of his mother, is worthy of mention: five camels, a few she-goats and a slave named Ummi Aiman.2
When ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib was informed of the illness of his son ‘Abdullāh, he immediately dispatched his eldest son Ḥārith to Madīnah in order to collect ‘Abdullāh. However, when Ḥārith reached Madīnah, ‘Abdullāh had already passed away. He returned home and informed his old father that your dear son has passed on from this world of transience. At that time, the grief by which ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib was struck can only be imagined, but even greater was the grief felt by Āminah’s heart, whose husband far away from home, just after his marriage, left behind the scar of his departure. Newlywed girls of a tender age who naturally possess a greater amount of modesty and shame are unable to express their emotions of grief and pain in such instances. Hence, they are forced to bear this grief within. From this one can only attempt to comprehend the pain Ḥaḍrat Āminah was forced to bear. However, the solace of God arrived swiftly to Āminah’s support. Thus, during these days, Āminah saw a dream in which a son was born to her and in this very dream it was told to her that her child was to be named Muḥammadsa. Moreover, she also saw a dream that an immensely illuminate light came forth from within her and disseminated to far off lands.3
1 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Dhikru Wafāti ‘Abdillah bin ‘Abdil-Muṭṭalib, Volume 1, p. 46, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)
* Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az-Zarqānī, Volume 1, p. 206, Bābu Wafāti ‘Abdillāh, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)
2 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Dhikru Wafāti ‘Abdillah bin ‘Abdil-Muṭṭalib, Volume 1, p. 46, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)
3 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, p. 128, Dhikru Mā Qīla li-Āminata ‘inda Ḥamlihā bi Rasūlillāhisa, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)
* Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az-Zarqānī, Volume 1, pp. 209-212, Bābu Dhikri Tazawwuji ‘Abdullāhi Āminata, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)