Miezi miwili tu baada ya kifo cha mjomba wake, Mjumbe wa Allah ﷺ alipata hasara nyingine kubwa ya kibinafsi, yaani Mama wa Waumini, mkewe Khadija, alifariki katika mwezi wa Ramadhani wa mwaka wa kumi wa Utume wake, akiwa na umri wa miaka sitini na mitano, naye Mtume ﷺ akiwa na umri wa miaka hamsini. Khadija kwa kweli alikuwa baraka ya Allah kwa Mtume ﷺ. Kwa miaka ishirini na mitano alishiriki naye taabu na majaribu ya maisha, hasa katika miaka kumi ya kwanza ya kazi yake ya Utume. Alihuzunika sana kwa kifo chake, na mara moja alijibu kwa msukumo wa hisia za upendo wa dhati:
Only two months after the death of his uncle, did the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) experience another great personal loss viz., the Mother of believers, his wife Khadijah passed away in Ramadan of the tenth year of his Prophethood, when she was sixty-five years old, and he was fifty. Khadijah was in fact a blessing of Allâh for the Prophet (Peace be upon him). She, for twenty-five years, shared with him the toils and trials of life, especially in the first ten years of his ministry of Prophethood. He deeply mourned over her death, and once he replied in an honest burst of tender emotions:
"Aliniamini mimi wakati wengine wote hawakuniamini. Alikubali Uislamu wakati watu walinikanusha. Alinisaidia na kunifariji kwa nafsi yake na mali yake wakati hakukuwa na mwingine wa kunisaidia. Watoto wangu wote nilipata kutoka kwake peke yake."
• “She believed in me when none else did. She embraced Islam when people disbelieved me. And she helped and comforted me in her person and wealth when there was none else to lend me a helping hand. I had children from her only.”.
Abu Hurairah alisimulia kuwa Gabriel alimjia Mjumbe wa Allah ﷺ na kusema: "Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, tazama, Khadijah anakujia akiwa na chombo cha chakula au kinywaji kilichotiwa viungo. Atakapokufikia, mpe salamu kutoka kwa Mola wake, na mbashirie nyumba ya lulu katika Pepo ambapo hakuna kelele wala taabu."
Abu Hurairah reported that Gabriel came to Allâh’s Messenger (Peace be upon him) and said: “Allâh’s Messenger, lo, Khadijah is coming to you with a vessel of seasoned food or drink. When she comes to you, offer her greetings from her Lord, and give her glad tidings of a palace of jewels in Paradise where there is no noise and no toil.”.
Matukio haya mawili yenye uchungu yalitokea ndani ya kipindi kifupi cha muda, na yaliongeza sana huzuni na mateso yake. Washirikina wa Makka sasa walitangaza waziwazi kampeni yao ya kuwatesa na kuwadhulumu. Mtume ﷺ alipoteza matumaini yote ya kuwarudisha katika njia iliyo sahihi, hivyo akaelekea Al-Ta’if akitafuta mazingira ya kumsaidia. Lakini huko pia alikatishwa tamaa, na alipata mateso yasiyovumilika na unyanyasaji uliozidi kwa mbali hali yake ngumu katika mji wake wa asili. Masahaba wake nao walitendewa kwa usawa mateso yasiyoelezeka na dhuluma isiyovumilika, kiasi kwamba rafiki yake wa karibu zaidi, Abu Bakr, ili kuepuka shinikizo, alikimbia kutoka Makka na alitaka kuondoka kwenda Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Lakini kama si Ibn Ad-Daghanah, aliyekutana naye huko Bark Al-Ghamad na kufanikiwa kumzuia asimalize safari yake ya kukimbia, na kumrudisha chini ya ulinzi wake, angeondoka.
These two painful events took place within a short lapse of time and added a lot to his grief and suffering. The Makkans now openly declared their campaign of torture and oppression. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) lost all hope of bringing them back to the right path, so he set out for Al-Ta’if seeking a supportive atmosphere. But there too, he was disappointed and he sustained unbearable tortures and maltreatment that far outweighed his miserable situation in his native town. His Companions were on equal footing subjected to unspeakable torture and unbearable oppression to such an extent that his closest friend, Abu Bakr, to escape pressure, fled out of Makkah and wanted to leave for Abyssinia (Ethiopia) if it were not for Ibn Ad-Daghanah who met him at Bark Al-Ghamad and managed to dissuade him from completing his journey of escape and brought him back under his protection.
Kifo cha Abu Talib kilimfanya Mtume ﷺ awe hatarini, na washirikina walitumia fursa hiyo kuonyesha chuki na kiburi chao, wakajaribu kumtesa kimwili na kumdhulumu. Siku moja, kijana mmoja mwenye kiburi kutoka kabila la Quraishi alimzuia akamwaga mchanga kichwani mwake. Alipofika nyumbani, binti yake alimwosha mchanga ule na kulia. Mtume ﷺ alimwambia: "Usilie, binti yangu. Hakika Allah atamlinda baba yako." Mfululizo wa misiba ya haraka ulimfanya Mtume ﷺ aite kipindi kile "mwaka wa huzuni na maombolezo." Tangu wakati huo, mwaka huo ukajulikana kwa jina hilo.
Tdeath of Abu Talib rendered the Prophet (Peace be upon him) vulnerable, and the polytheists availed them of that opportunity to give free rein to their hatred and highhandedness and to translate them in terms of oppression and physical tortures. Once an insolent Quraishite intercepted him and sprinkled sand on his head. When he arrived home, a daughter of his washed the sand away and wept. “Do not weep, my daughter. Allâh will verily protect your father.” The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said. Rapid succession of misfortunes, led the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to call that period, ‘the year of grief and mourning’. Thenceforth, that year bore that appellation.