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'Am al-Huzn

عام الحزن
Definition

'The Year of Sorrow.' The year (around year 10 of the prophethood) in which both Khadija and Abu Talib died, removing the Prophet's ﷺ two principal supports.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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