Name: The Gravedigger's Wife
Released: 2021

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Format

Film · Muslim history or life carries the story

Released

2021 CE · 1442 AH†

Countries

SO · FR · DE · FI

Languages

so (original)

Approach

drama of Muslim life

Depiction of sacred figures

The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

The first Somali film to screen at Cannes: Khadar Abdullahi's film about a gravedigger who toils to save his sick wife in Hargeisa. ¹ ²

The dosing of the Prophet during his illness

During the Prophet's illness, a group of his wives and some Muslim women, among them Asma' bint Umays, gathered with al-Abbas present and agreed to dose him; al-Abbas said 'I will dose him'; they did; when he came round he asked who had done it, was told it was his uncle, and said this was a medicine brought by women from the direction of Abyssinia; his uncle said they feared pleurisy; he said that was a disease God would not bring on him, and that everyone in the house should be dosed except his uncle, so Maymuna, who was fasting, was dosed as a punishment for what they had done.

The Gravedigger's Wife

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The dosing of the Prophet during his illness