It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) remained alive for six months after the death of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Salih bin Kaysan, Uqayl, Ibn Uyaynah, al-Muwaqqari, the nephew of al-Zuhri and Ibn Jurayj all narrated it similarly.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) fell severely ill, and she said to Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her): "Do you not see what state I have reached? I will be carried on the (funeral) bier with my body exposed?" Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: By my life (it will not be so); rather, I will prepare for you a covered bier (coffin) such as I saw being made in the land of Abyssinia. Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Show it to me." Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) sent for fresh palm branches, which were cut from al-Aswaf, and built a covered frame over the bed. This was the first time such a covered arrangement was made for a funeral. Seeing it, Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) smiled, and I did not see her smiling after the death of her father except on that day. Then we carried her and buried her at night.

It is narrated from Urwah that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was buried at night. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) buried her, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) did not learn of it until she had been buried; and Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) led her funeral prayer.

Umm al-Hasan bint Abi Ja'far Muhammad bin Ali narrates from her brother Ja'far bin Muhammad that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) died at the age of 21, and she had been born at the beginning of the 41st year from the birth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that between (the deaths of) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) there was a gap of only two months.