26/09/2023
MUHAMMAD SAW IS BORN
(The Most Influential Person Forever)
Part one (1)
Muhammad SAW was born in She'eb Banu Hashim in Makkah. It was on Monday morning in spring, the ninth day of Rabi' Al-Awwal (according to some sources it was the twelfth of Rabi' Al-Auwwal). In the Year of the Elephant, fifty to fifty-five days after Abraha's failed attack on the Ka'aba. In the Gregorian calender, the date corresponds to April 22, 561 C.E.
While Amina was pregnant, she had a dream that a light was emitted from her lower body that illuminated the places of Syria. When she went into labor, Shifa bint Amr, the mother of Abdul Rahman bin Auf, served as midwife. Abdul Mutatalib received the news of his grandson's birth with joy. He took the newborn to the Ka'abah and invoked Allah's blessings and gave thanks.
Believing his grandson would grow up to be highly praised, Abdul Muttalib named him MUHAMMAD, which means "he who is praised." In keeping with Arab tradition, he then shaved the baby's head and circumcised him on the seventh day. Afterwards, he invited his fellow-Makkans to a feast.
MUHAMMAD SAW was first nursed by his mother, and then Umm Ayman, his father's slave. An Abyssinian whose real was Barakah, she embraced Islam and migrated to Medina, where she died after the Prophet's death.
Suwaybah, the slave of Muhammad's uncle Abu Lahab, also nursed the infant. At that time, Suwaybah was also nursing her own child, Masrooh, as well as Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib and Abu Salamah bin Abdul Asad Makhzoomi. Hence, these three men became became foster brothers because they were nursed at the same breast.
MUHAMMAD IN CARE OF HALEEMA SA'ADIYA
It was a customary among the citizens of Makkah to put their newborns in the care of Bedouin women who will raise them for a couple of years in a desert 🏜. The Makkans believed that the unspoiled, rugged desert environment would make their children strong and hardy. Furthermore, an upbringing among the Bedouins ensured the children would learn the purest form of Arabic language spoken throughout Arabia.
Abdul Muttalib was looking for such Bedouin woman who would serve as a wet nurse and take his grandson to the desert 🏜. Some women from Banu Sa'ad bin Bakr came to Makkah to offer their services to local families. Abdul Muttalib asked each of them to take his grandson MUHAMMAD SAW but all of them declined the offer when they were told the child's father was dead. They felt the family of a fatherless child would not be able them handsomely.
Haleema bint Abu Dhuwayb had also came to Makkah that day. While all the other Bedouin women had found children to nurse, she was so not fortunate. She saw Abdul Muttalib with an infant in his arms and took pity on the child who had been rejected by other women. She and her husband took the infant Muhammad back to the desert. Haleema was happy she was not returning empty-handed.
Haleema and her husband, Harith bin Abdul Uzzah both belong to the tribe of Sa'ad bin Bakr bin Hawazen. Their children became the Prophet poster brothers and sisters. Their names were Abdullah, Anisa, and Judhama, who was better known as Shayma. Judhama also nursed Prophet SAW.
Haleema's House is Blessed
While Muhammad SAW stayed with Haleema's family, the house overflowed with blessings. Haleema herself narrated that she brought Him SAW during drought. Her she-camel 🐫 would not give a drop of milk, they found it difficult to live. However, when Haleema brought Muhammad SAW everything changed, her she-camel's udders were full of milk and ready to overflow. It gave so much milk that Haleema family was able to sleep that night they brought Muhammad in their house.
Haleemah's household suddenly appeared to be untouched by the drought, although they live in Dayar Banu Sa'd, the most drought-stricken spot in the region. The family goats would return from grazing with their stomachs full of grass and their udders bursting with milk. Husband and wife would milk their goats 🐐 🐐often while others failed to get a drop of milk.
Haleema's household continued to be blessed for the next two years, after which she weaned Muhammad SAW although he grew up during a great drought, he had developed into a strong, healthy child.
Haleemah Asks to Keep Muhammad SAW longer
Every six months Haleemah would take Muhammad SAW to Makkah to be with his mother and other family members. She will then return with him to Dayar Banu Sa'd. After Muhammad SAW was weaned, it was time for him to go back to his family for good. When Haleemah took him back to his mother Amina. She begged Amina to let her keep the boy longer because he had brought her good fortune. She pleaded he would grow stronger and healthier in the desert, far away from frequent epidemics that raged in Makkah. Amina consented and Haleemah returned home with Muhammad SAW happy for the extended good fortune. 😊
Two years later, however, a strange event occur that frightened Haleema and husband, prompting them to return Muhammad SAW to his family in Makkah.
MUHAMMAD'S CHEST IS OPENED
Ana's bin Malik RA relates that one day as Muhammad SAW was playing with some children near Haleemah's house, Jibreel AS (Angel Gabriel) appeared and made Muhammad SAW lie down. He then opened up the boy's chest, took out his heart, and extracted a lump of flesh from it, saying: "This is the portion of Satan in you." Then he put Muhammad's heart in a golden tray filled with Zamzam water💧💧washed it and replaced it in his chest.
The other children run to Haleemah in terror crying that Muhammad had been killed. When they reach Muhammad SAW, they found him alive, his face pale from shock. Anas later said that he saw the scar on the Prophet's chest where it had been sewn back together.
To be Continued...
In sha Allah
Rabilu Muhammad Kano