“I want to thank all of you who came so that you could pay your respect to this wonderful wife of mine and mother of all.”—The Honorable Minister @LouisFarrakhan
Watch the full replay of the Janazah Services for First Lady of The Nation of Islam Mother Khadijah Farrakhan https://t.co/53iuzUvT8x
#MotherKhadijah #Farrakhan
Mosque Maryam
7351 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60649
Janazah services for Mother Khadijah Farrakhan
Friday, July 3, 2026
11:00 am CT 12pm EST
Can be viewed @
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Janazah Services for First Lady of The Nation of Islam Mother Khadijah Farrakhan
@MosqueMaryam
7351 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60649
Thursday, July 2, 2026
10:00am-8:00pm CT
Lie in State
Friday, July 3, 2026
11:00 am CT
Janazah Services
Live webcast: https://t.co/382xj9gzmZ
#MotherKhadijah #Farrakhan
Everytime I went to see Minister Farrakhan for a Violin lesson I saw Mother Farrakhan. May Allah be pleased with her, and may Allah comfort and heal my Teacher, th Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan during this time🎻
#MotherKhadijahFarrakhan#LouisFarrakhan#RIP#Violinlesson
During the BET Awards “In Memoriam” segment, BET honored several influential figures who passed away over the past year, including Clive Davis. Yet there was no acknowledgment of Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, the beloved wife of Minister Louis Farrakhan, who devoted decades of her life to serving Black people and passed away at the age of 90.
That omission speaks volumes.
Many in our community view Clive Davis as someone who profited from Black music while helping shape an industry that too often exploited Black artists and controlled the direction of our culture. Mother Khadijah Farrakhan spent her life building, serving, and uplifting Black people. If anyone deserved to be remembered before a Black audience, it was her.
This is exactly why Black ownership of Black media matters. When we do not own our institutions, we cannot expect our heroes, our builders, and our freedom fighters to be honored according to our values. We end up celebrating those who benefited from our culture while overlooking those who dedicated their lives to our liberation.
We need media that answers to Black people. We need institutions that preserve our history. We need platforms that recognize our own. Until we own the narrative, someone else will decide who deserves to be remembered.
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan beyond all else was so down to earth ,humorous and very kind to me knowing my support of her husband and the NOI trying to make the world a better balanced peaceful place 🙏🏿❤️@ModestyQueen19@OfficialNOI
Khadijah Farrakhan (born Betsy Ross; November 26, 1935 – June 27, 2026) was the wife of Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. She is known as the "First Lady of the Nation of Islam".
The Honorable Minister @LouisFarrakhan with deep sadness yet with profound gratitude to Allah informs you that his beloved wife of 72 years, the First Lady of the Nation of Islam, Mother Khadijah has returned to Allah (may Allah be pleased).
Rasheed Wallace understands it! The 6’11 living legend paved the way for POWER FORWARDS to pop and shoot 3’s. He was the example of expanding your game as a big man!🎯 #RasheedWallace#NBA
@Soulful1865 I respect this clip, however Jazz did not start in the 1930’s, it began as Ragtime in the late 1800’s and from the Clarinet playing in the Mento song in the Clip, it has Jazz improvisation in it, which is a Black American creation from New Orleans.