Year of Sorrow

The Year of Sorrow (Aam-ul-Huzn) is an Islamic term for a Hijri year that coincided with 619A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims chapter " [http://www.al-islam.org/restatement/16.htm Muhammad's Visit to Ta'if] " on [http://www.al-islam.org/ Al-islam.org] ] or 623 [http://www.ummah.net/khoei/khadija.htm Wife of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWAS) ] ] CE. It is called so since both Abu Talib and Khadija - the Islamic prophet Muhammad's uncle and wife, respectively - died that year.

In Nur-ul-Absar, the author mentions the date of demise of Abu Talib to be the first of Zilqada after the removal of economic sanctions which lasted for 8 months and 21 days.Imam al-Mahdi (a) by Ayatullah Sayyid Sadr-al-Din al-Sadr on al-shia.com [http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/books/history/al_mahdi(a.s.)/12.htm] ]

The privations and hardships endured by the Muslims during the Meccan boycott of the Hashemites had gravely affected the health of both Khadeeja and Abu Talib. Khadeeja died within a few days, and Abu Talib's end came a month thereafter. [ [http://www.alislam.org/library/zafar/exampler.html The Excellent Exemplar - Muhammad ] ]

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