Hazrat Fatima (S.A) did not live a long life. She died between seventy five to ninety days after the Prophet’s death at a ripe age of eighteen.
The death of her beloved father was too much for her, Added to this great loss, was the injustices that she and her husband had to suffer from the hands of Muslims immediately after the Prophet’s death.
The immediate cause of her tragic death was from her illness that she got after she was hit with burning door by a man named Qunfus on the instructions of the Government of the day.
The events that led to her death are narrated in the upcoming stories.
Source:
A Brief Biography of Hazrat Fatima (A.S.), [Pg. 31].
By: M.M. Dungersi Ph.D.