The Prophet Muhammad : His Childhood … B

" Muhammad " The Messenger of ALLAH⁽¹⁾ .

( peace be upon him )

Q : Who is the Messenger, Muhammad ?

(1) ( ALLAH ) : God .

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The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

* His Childhood … (B):

The tradition is explicit on the point that Haleemah’s return journey and her subsequent life, as long as the Prophet (peace be upon him) stayed with her, was encircled with a halo of good fortune. The donkey that she rode when she came to Makkah was lean and almost foundered; it recovered speed much to the amazement of Haleemah’s fellow travellers. By the time they reached the encampments in the country of the clan of Sa‘d, they found the scales of fortune turned in their favour. The barren land sprouted forth luxuriant grass and beasts came back to them satisfied and full of milk. Muhammad (peace be upon him) stayed with Haleemah for two years until he was weaned as Haleemah said:

We then took him back to his mother requesting her earnestly to have him stay with us and benefit by the good fortune and blessings he had brought us. We persisted in our request which we substantiated by our anxiety over the child catching a certain infection peculiar to Makkah. At last, we were granted our wish and the Prophet (peace be upon him) stayed with us until he was four or five years of age.

When, as related by Anas in Sahih Muslim, Gabriel came down and ripped his chest open and took out the heart. He then extracted a blood-clot out of it and said: "That was the part of Satan in thee." And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam in a gold basin. After that the heart was joined together and restored to its place. The boys and playmates came running to his mother, i.e. his nurse, and said: "Verily, Muhammad (peace be upon him) has been murdered." They all rushed towards him and found him all right only his face was white.

( To be continued … … … )

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