She didn’t scream. She didn’t cry. She just… stopped.

That was how Mufti Anas described the moment Sana Khan heard the news. The world outside continued to move, but inside their home, time froze. Sana Khan—the strong, composed, spiritual figure so many admired—fell into a silence no one saw coming.

In a rare and emotional revelation, Mufti Anas opened up about the days following the death of Sana’s beloved mother, Saeeda. “She sat down on the floor like a child,” he whispered. “She didn’t speak. Didn’t blink. It was as if something inside her had shut down.”

For those who followed Sana’s journey—her transformation from Bollywood starlet to devout, grounded woman—this moment was unimaginable. She had weathered storms before. But this… this was different.

“She kept asking, ‘Where did she go? How can she leave like that?’” Anas shared, his voice tight with emotion. “She didn’t cry the way people expected. Her pain came in waves of silence.”

In the first 24 hours, Sana reportedly refused to eat. She locked herself in her room, clutching her mother’s favorite dupatta, reciting verses with trembling lips. At night, she wouldn’t sleep—only stare at the ceiling in the darkness, murmuring her mother’s name like a child lost in a crowd.

Mufti Anas tried to console her, but nothing worked. “I would sit beside her, but she wouldn’t even notice. She was there physically, but her spirit was somewhere else. Somewhere with her mother.”

Then came the moment that broke them both.

“At around 2 a.m., I heard her scream,” he said, pausing. “She was shaking, crying, shouting, ‘I didn’t say thank you… I didn’t say I love you enough…’ And in that moment, I realized—grief is not loud until it’s unbearable.”

But the turning point came from the past.

One night, while scrolling through old voice notes, Sana found a short message from her mother: “Be strong, beta. Never stop smiling. You are the strength of our home.”

“She listened to that message again and again,” said Anas. “And the next morning, she made tea. She looked at me, and said, ‘Let’s pray for her with love. Not tears.’”

It wasn’t a full return to normal. Nothing ever really goes back after loss. But it was movement. It was healing, slow and fragile.

Today, Sana still doesn’t speak much in public. She hasn’t returned to Instagram with her usual presence. But those around her say she’s finding her way back—not to who she was, but to who she is now.

“She prays more. She cries sometimes in the middle of the day. But there’s something peaceful about her now,” Anas shared. “Grief hasn’t made her bitter—it’s made her softer. And stronger.”

For him, watching her break and rebuild has been the hardest and most beautiful part of their marriage.

“She holds my hand differently now,” he said quietly. “Like someone who knows what it’s like to lose everything, and still choose love.”

As he ended his reflection, he left one request for the public. “Please remember her mother in your prayers. That’s all Sana wants. Nothing more. Just a prayer for the woman who gave her everything.”

Because behind every strong woman is a mother who once wiped her tears. And when that mother is gone, the daughter must learn to wipe her own—and keep walking.