[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "How was the beginning of your affair, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "My wet nurse was from the tribe of Bani Sa'd bin Bakr, and when I was a child, we traveled together with some sheep. We did not take any provisions with us, so I said to my brother, 'Go and bring us some provisions from our mother.' So my brother went, and I stayed with the sheep. Then, two white birds that looked like eagles came and one of them said to the other, 'Is that him?' The other replied, 'Yes.' So they approached me quickly and took hold of me, laid me down on the ground, and split open my chest, then they took out my heart and extracted two black clots from it. One of them said to the other, 'Increase him in his speech.' So they washed my chest with snowwater, then they washed my heart with cold water. Then one of them said to the other, 'Place tranquility in him.' So they placed it in my chest and sealed it with the seal of Prophethood. And one of them said to the other, 'Give him a share.' So he gave him a share and sealed it with the seal of Prophethood. Then one of them said to the other, 'Place him in a balance, and place a thousand from his nation on one side, and when I look at the thousand above me, I feel shy lest any of them should fall upon me.' Then they departed from me and left me, and I went away very frightened. Then I went to my mother and told her what had happened to me. She said, 'I seek refuge with Allah for you.' Then she took me on a riding animal and carried me behind her until we reached my mother. She said, 'Have you fulfilled the trust and fulfilled your promise?' And she spoke to her about what had happened to me and she (my grandmother) was not perturbed by that. She said, 'I saw a light coming out of me that illuminated the palaces of Shaam (Syria).'"  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ كَانَ أَوَّلُ شَأْنِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ كَانَتْ حَاضِنَتِي مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَابْنٌ لَهَا فِي بَهْمٍ لَنَا وَلَمْ نَأْخُذْ مَعَنَا زَادًا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَخِي اذْهَبْ فَأْتِنَا بِزَادٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ أُمِّنَا فَانْطَلَقَ أَخِي وَمَكَثْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَهْمِ فَأَقْبَلَ طَيْرَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ كَأَنَّهُمَا نَسْرَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَقْبَلَا يَبْتَدِرَانِي فَأَخَذَانِي فَبَطَحَانِي إِلَى الْقَفَا فَشَقَّا بَطْنِي ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَا قَلْبِي فَشَقَّاهُ فَأَخْرَجَا مِنْهُ عَلَقَتَيْنِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ائْتِنِي بِمَاءِ ثَلْجٍ فَغَسَلَا بِهِ جَوْفِي ثُمَّ قَالَ ائْتِنِي بِمَاءِ بَرَدٍ فَغَسَلَا بِهِ قَلْبِي ثُمَّ قَالَ ائْتِنِي بِالسَّكِينَةِ فَذرَّاهَا فِي قَلْبِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ حِصْهُ فَحَاصَهُ وَخَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَقَالَ حَيْوَةُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ حِصْهُ فَحَصَّهُ وَاخْتِمْ عَلَيْهِ بِخَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ اجْعَلْهُ فِي كِفَّةٍ وَاجْعَلْ أَلْفًا مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِي كِفَّةٍ فَإِذَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْأَلْفِ فَوْقِي أُشْفِقُ أَنْ يَخِرَّ عَلَيَّ بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ أُمَّتَهُ وُزِنَتْ بِهِ لَمَالَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا وَتَرَكَانِي وَفَرِقْتُ فَرَقًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى أُمِّي فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِالَّذِي لَقِيتُهُ فَأَشْفَقَتْ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أُلْبِسَ بِي قَالَتْ أُعِيذُكَ بِاللهِ فَرَحَلَتْ بَعِيرًا لَهَافَجَعَلَتْنِي وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ فَحَمَلَتْنِي عَلَى الرَّحْلِ وَرَكِبَتْ خَلْفِي حَتَّى بَلَغْنَا إِلَى أُمِّي فَقَالَتْ أَوَأَدَّيْتُ أَمَانَتِي وَذِمَّتِي؟ وَحَدَّثَتْهَا بِالَّذِي لَقِيتُ فَلَمْ يَرُعْهَا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ خَرَجَ مِنِّي نُورٌ أَضَاءَتْ مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الشَّامِ  

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "How was the beginning of your affair, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "My foster mother was from Bani Sa'd bin Bakr, and I and her son went to graze sheep in Bahm. We did not take any provisions with us, so I told my brother, 'Go and bring us some provisions from our mother's house.' My brother set off and I stayed with the sheep. Two white birds flew towards me like eagles, and one of them said to the other, 'Is it him?' The other replied, 'Yes.' They approached me and captured me, placing me on the ground. They then split open my chest and took out my heart, removing two black clots from it. One of them said to the other, 'Weigh his share and then seal him with the seal of prophethood.' One of them said to the other, 'Put it in one scale and put a thousand from his nation in the other scale.' When I look up at the thousand above me, I fear they will overpower me.' They said, 'If his nation were to be weighed with it, it would have outweighed them.' Then they departed and left me, and I woke up in a severe state of fear. I then went to my mother and told her what I had seen. She was scared that something had happened to me, so she took a camel, placed me on its back, and mounted behind me until we reached my mother. She said, 'Have you fulfilled your trust and duty?' and I informed her about what had happened to me. This did not disturb her. She said, 'I saw a light emanating from me that illuminated the palaces of Syria.'"  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَ أَوَّلُ شَأْنِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ كَانَتْ حَاضِنَتِي مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَابْنٌ لَهَا فِي بَهْمٍ لَنَا وَلَمْ نَأْخُذْ مَعَنَا زَادًا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَخِي اذْهَبْ فَأْتِنَا بِزَادٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَمِّنَا فَانْطَلَقَ أَخِي وَكُنْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَهْمِ فَأَقْبَلَ طَيْرَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ كَأَنَّهُمَا نَسْرَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَقْبَلَا يَبْتَدِرَانِي فَأَخَذَانِي فَبَطَحَانِي لِلْقَفَاءِ فَشَقَّا بَطْنِي ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَا قَلْبِي فَشَقَّاهُ فَأَخْرَجَا مِنْهُ عَلَقَتَيْنِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ حِصْهُ يَعْنِي خُطَّهُ وَاخْتَتِمْ عَلَيْهِ بِخَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ اجْعَلْهُ فِي كِفَّةٍ وَاجْعَلْ أَلْفًا مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِي كِفَّةٍ فَإِذَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْأَلْفِ فَوْقِي أُشْفِقُ أَنْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَا لَوْ أَنَّ أُمَّتَهُ وُزِنَتْ بِهِ لِمَالَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا وَتَرَكَانِي وَفَرِقْتُ فَرَقًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى أُمِّي فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِالَّذِي رَأَيْتُ فَأَشْفَقَتْ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ الْتُبِسَ بِي فَقَالَتْ أُعِيذُكَ بِاللَّهِ فَرَحَّلَتْ بَعِيرًا لَهَا فَجَعَلَتْنِي عَلَى الرَّحْلِ وَرَكَبَتْ خَلْفِي حَتَّى بَلَغْنَا أُمِّي فَقَالَتْ أَدَّيْتُ أَمَانَتِي وَذِمَّتِي وَحَدَّثَتْهَا بِالَّذِي لَقِيتُ فَلَمْ يَرُعْهَا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ خَرَجَ مِنِّي نُورٌ أَضَاءَتْ مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الشَّامِ  

"كَانَتْ حَاضِنَتَى مِنْ بَنِى سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَابْنٌ لَها نَرْعَى بُهْمًا لَنَا وَلَمْ نَأخُذْ مَعَنَا زَادًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَخِى اذْهَبْ فَأتِنَا بِزَادٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ أُمِّنَا، فانْطَلَقَ أَخِى وَمَكَثْتُ عِنْدَ الْبُهْمِ فَأَقْبَلَ طَيْرَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ كَأَنَّهُمَا نَسْرَانِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَأَقْبَلا يَبْتَدِرَانِى فَأَخَذَانِى فَأَبْطَحَانِى لِلْقَفَا، فَشَقَّا بَطْنِى، ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَا قَلبِى فَشَقَّاهُ فأَخْرجَا مِنْهُ عَلَقَتَيْنِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِه: ائْتِنى بِمَاءِ ثَلْجٍ، فَغَسلا بِهِ جَوْفِى ثُمَّ

قَالَ: ائتِنِى بمَاءِ بَرَدٍ فَغَسلَا بِهِ قَلْبِى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ائْتِنِى بِالسكِينَةِ، فَذَرَّاهَا فِى قَلْبِى، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: حَصِّنْهُ يَعْنِى خُطَّهُ واخْتِمْ عَلَيْه بِخَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّة، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: اجْعَلْهُ فِى كِفَّةٍ وَاجْعَلْ أَلفًا مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِى كِفَّةٍ، فإِذَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الأَلْفِ فَوْقَى أُشْفِقُ أَنْ يَخِرُّوا، فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ أُمَّتَهُ وُزِنَتْ بِهِ لَمَالَ بِهِمْ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا وَتَرَكَانِى وَفَرِقْتُ فَرَقًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى أُمِّى فأَخْبَرتُهَا بِالَّذِى لَقِيتُهُ فَأَشْفَقَتْ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ الْتُبِسَ بِى فَقَالَتْ: أُعِيذُكَ باللهِ فَرحَلت بِعِيرًا لَهَا فَجَعَلَتنِى عَلَى الرَّحْلِ وَرَكِبَتْ خَلْفِى حَتَّى بَلَغْنَا أُمِّى، فَقَالَتْ: أَدَّيْتُ أَمَانَتى وَذِمَّتى، وَحَدَّثَتها بِالَّذِى لَقِيتُ، فَلَمَ يَرُعْهَا ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنِّى نُورًا أَضاءَتْ مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الشَّامِ".