Aminah takes her son to Madinah to visit his father’s grave. On the way home she falls ill and dies at al-Abwa’. His grandfather brings the orphaned boy back to Makkah.
As the book dates it: at age six
Who was there
- AWAminah bint WahbThe Prophet’s mother, who died at al-Abwa’ when he was six.
- UAUmm AymanThe servant of the Prophet’s father, later the Prophet’s nursemaid; she was with Aminah on the journey on which Aminah died.
- A‘Abdul-MuttalibThe Prophet’s grandfather, who re-dug the well of Zamzam, named the baby Muhammad, and cared for the orphaned boy until his own death.