The Prophet ﷺ said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was), there a man from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his prayers, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went on praying) and did not answer her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her and then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and then came to the child and said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The child replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing this) the people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,' but he said, 'No, of nothing but mud.'(The third was the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like him.' On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, 'O Allah! Do not make me like him.' The child then started to suck her breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, "As if I were now looking at the Prophet ﷺ sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.") After a while the people passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave girl)!, On that the child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.' When she asked why, the child replied, 'The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثَةٌ عِيسَى وَكَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُرَيْجٌ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فَجَاءَتْهُ أُمُّهُ فَدَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ أُجِيبُهَا أَوْ أُصَلِّي فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى تُرِيَهُ وُجُوهَ الْمُومِسَاتِ وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَكَلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى فَأَتَتْ رَاعِيًا فَأَمْكَنَتْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا فَقَالَتْ مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ فَأَتَوْهُ فَكَسَرُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ وَأَنْزَلُوهُ وَسَبُّوهُ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَتَى الْغُلاَمَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلاَمُ قَالَ الرَّاعِي قَالُوا نَبْنِي صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَالَ لاَ إِلاَّ مِنْ طِينٍ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ ابْنًا لَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ ذُو شَارَةٍ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَهُ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّاكِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى ثَدْيِهَا يَمَصُّهُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَمَصُّ إِصْبَعَهُ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأَمَةٍ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَ هَذِهِ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِمَ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ الرَّاكِبُ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ وَهَذِهِ الأَمَةُ يَقُولُونَ سَرَقْتِ زَنَيْتِ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلْ  

Juraij, it is your mother, so talk to her. She found him at that time absorbed in prayer, so he said (to himself): O Lord, my mother (is calling me) (whereas I am absorbed) in my prayer. He opted for prayer. She (his mother) went back, then came again for the second time and said: O Juraij, it is your mother (calling you), so talk to me. He said: O Allah. there is my mother also and my prayer, and he opted for prayer. She said: O Allah, this Juraij is my son. I pray to talk to him but he refuses to talk to me. O Allah, don't bring death to him unless he has seen the prostitutes, and had she invoked the curse upon him (from the heart of her heart) he would have been involved in some turmoil. There was a shepherd living near by his temple (the temple where Juraij was engaged in prayer). It so happened that a woman of that village came there and that shepherd committed fornication with her and she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. It was said to her: Whose child is this? She said: He is the child of one who is living in this temple. So there came persons with hatchets and spades. They called Juraij. He was absorbed in prayer and he did not talk to them and they were about to demolish that temple that he saw them and then came to them and they said: Ask her (this woman) what she says. He smiled and then touched the head of the child and said: Who is your father? He (the child) said: My father is the shepherd of the sheep, and when they heard this, they said: We are prepared to rebuild with gold and silver what we have demolished from your temple. He said: No, rebuild it with clay as it had been before. He then went up (to his room and absorbed himself in prayer). (Using translation from Muslim 2550a)   

وَكَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَصِفُ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصِفُهَا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ قَالَ فَصَادَفَتْهُ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أُمِّي وَصَلَاتِي فَاخْتَارَ صَلَاتَهُ فَرَجَعَتْ ثُمَّ أَتَتْهُ فَصَادَفَتْهُ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَتْ يَا جُرَيْجُ أَنَا أُمُّكَ فَكَلِّمْنِي فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أُمِّي وَصَلَاتِي فَاخْتَارَ صَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَتْهُ فَصَادَفَتْهُ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَتْ يَا جُرَيْجُ أَنَا أُمُّكَ فَكَلِّمْنِي قَالَ يَا رَبِّ أُمِّي وَصَلَاتِي فَاخْتَارَ صَلَاتَهُ فَقَالَتْ اللهُمَّ هَذَا جُرَيْجٌ وَإِنَّهُ ابْنِي وَإِنِّي كَلَّمْتُهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُكَلِّمَنِي اللهُمَّ فَلَا تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى تُرِيَهُ الْمُومِسَاتِ وَلَوْ دَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُفْتَتَنَ لَافْتُتِنَقَالَ وَكَانَ رَاعٍ يَأْوِي إِلَى دَيْرِهِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَتْ امْرَأَةٌ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا الرَّاعِي فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا فَقِيلَ مِمَّنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ صَاحِبِ الدَّيْرِ فَأَقْبَلُوا بِفُؤُوسِهِمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَى الدَّيْرِ فَنَادَوْهُ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُمْ فَأَخَذُوا يَهْدِمُونَ دَيْرَهُ فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُواسَلْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ قَالَ أُرَاهُ تَبَسَّمَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَ الصَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ رَاعِي الضَّأْنِ فَقَالُوا يَا جُرَيْجُ نَبْنِي مَا هَدَمْنَا مِنْ دَيْرِكَ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَعِيدُوهُ تُرَابًا كَمَا كَانَ فَفَعَلُوا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Among the Children of Israel, there was a man called Jurayj who used to worship in a monastery. One day, his mother came to him and called him. He said, 'O Jurayj, what is it? What is more honorable for me to do? Pray or listen to my mother?' He chose to continue with his prayer. She called him again and again, saying the same thing. He kept choosing prayer over his mother. So she said, 'O Allah, do not cause him to die until he sees the life of prostitutes.' She used to take care of sheep for her family and then she would return to her cell in the monastery. She committed adultery and became pregnant. When they asked her, 'Who is responsible for this?' She said it was Jurayj, the owner of the monastery. They brought knives and tools and said, 'O Jurayj, come out, there is a dispute.' He refused to come out and continued with his prayer. So they destroyed the monastery. When Jurayj saw this, he came out and they put a rope around his and the adulterous woman's necks, parading them in front of the people. He placed his finger on her stomach and asked, 'Child, who is your father?' She replied, 'My father is so-and-so, the shepherd.' They kissed him and said, 'If you wish, we will rebuild your monastery with gold and silver.' He said, 'No, rebuild it as it was before.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُرَيْجٌ كَانَ يَتَعَبَّدُ فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ فَأَتَتْهُ أُمُّهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَنَادَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ أَيْ جُرَيْجُ أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَشْرِفْ عَلَيَّ أُكَلِّمْكَ أَنَا أُمُّكَ أَشْرِفْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ صَلَاتِي وَأُمِّي فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَنَادَتْهُ مِرَارًا فَقَالَتْ أَيْ جُرَيْجُ أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَشْرِفْ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ صَلَاتِي وَأُمِّي فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِفَقَالَتْ اللهُمَّ لَا تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى تُرِيَهُ الْمُومِسَةَ وَكَانَتْ رَاعِيَةً تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِأَهْلِهَا ثُمَّ تَأْوِي إِلَى ظِلِّ صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَأَصَابَتْ فَاحِشَةً فَحَمَلَتْ فَأُخِذَتْ وَكَانَ مَنْ زَنَى مِنْهُمْ قُتِلَ قَالُوا مِمَّنْ؟ قَالَتْ مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ صَاحِبِ الصَّوْمَعَةِ فَجَاءُوا بِالْفُؤُوسِ وَالْمُرُورِ فَقَالُوا أَيْ جُرَيْجُ أَيْ مُرَاءٍ انْزِلْ فَأَبَى وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ يُصَلِّي فَأَخَذُوا فِي هَدْمِ صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ نَزَلَ فَجَعَلُوا فِي عُنُقِهِ وَعُنُقِهَا حَبْلًا فَجَعَلُوا يَطُوفُونَ بِهِمَا فِي النَّاسِ فَوَضَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ عَلَى بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ أَيْ غُلَامُ مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ أَبِي فُلَانٌ رَاعِي الضَّأْنِ فَقَبَّلُوهُ وَقَالُوا إِنْ شِئْتَ بَنَيْنَا لَكَ صَّوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ قَالَ أَعِيدُوهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ  

[Machine] Imran ibn Husayn narrated to us, saying: We were discussing righteousness in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he began to narrate to us. He said: Among the nations before you, there was a man who was deeply devout; his name was Jurayj. He had a mother, who would come and call him in order to honor him and talk to him. One day, she came to him while he was in prayer, facing towards her, and she called him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated that Jurayj put his hand on his forehead, and she continued to call him, raising her head and putting her hand on her forehead, repeating the name "Jurayj" three times, each time repeating it three times. Jurayj said, "My Lord or my prayer?" His mother became angry and said, "O Allah, let Jurayj not die until he sees the faces of the adulterous women." The daughter of the ruler of the town heard this supplication and became pregnant and gave birth to a son. They asked her, "Who did this to you? Who is your companion?" She said, "He is the man of the prayer cell, Jurayj." He did not pay attention to this until he heard people talking about it and accusing him. When he saw this, he took a rope, tied it to a tree, and let them pull it through his nose and beat him, saying, "You are deceiving people with your actions." He said to them, "What is wrong with you?" They said, "You are the one who got the daughter of the ruler pregnant, aren't you?" He said, "What did she do?" They said, "She gave birth to a boy." He asked, "Is the boy alive?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Leave me alone." Then he performed two Rak'ahs of prayer, and when he finished, he walked to a tree and took a branch from it. Then he went to the boy, who was in his cradle, and struck him with that branch, saying, "O tyrant, who is your father?" The boy replied, "My father is so-and-so, the shepherd." They said, "If you wish, we will rebuild your prayer cell with gold, or if you prefer, with silver." He said, "Restore it as it was." Abu Harb claimed that Jurayj did not speak until only three people did so: 'Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary), the witness of Yusuf (Joseph), and the companion of Jurayj.  

عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ تَذَاكَرْنَا الْبِرَّ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَا قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ رَجُلٌ مُتَعَبِّدٌ صَاحِبُ صَوْمَعَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُرَيْجٌ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ أُمٌّ وَكَانَتْ تَأْتِيَهِ فَتُنَادِيهِ فَيُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهَا فَيُكَلِّمُهَا فَأَتَتْهُ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَيْهَا فَنَادَتْهُ فَحَكَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ فَجَعَلَتْ تُنَادِيهِ رَافِعَةً رَأْسَهَا وَاضِعَةً يَدَهَا عَلَى جَبْهَتِهَا أَيْ جُرَيْجُ أَيْ جُرَيْجُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلَّ مَرَّةٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ جُرَيْجٌ أَيْ رَبِّ أُمِّي أَوْ صَلَاتِي فَغَضِبَتْ فَقَالَتِ اللهُمَّ لَا يَمُوتَنَّ جُرَيْجٌ حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْمُومِسَاتِ قَالَ وَبَلَغَتْ بِنْتُ مَلَكِ الْقَرْيَةِ فَحَمَلَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا فَقَالُوا لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِكِ؟ مَنْ صَاحِبُكِ؟ قَالَتْ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الصَّوْمَعَةِ جُرَيْجٌ فَمَا شَعَرَ حَتَّى سَمِعَ بِالْفُؤُوسِ فِي أَصْلِ صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُهُمْ وَيْلَكُمْ مَا لَكُمْ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ أَخَذَ الْحَبْلَ فَتَدَلَّى فَجَعَلُوا يَجُرُّونَ أَنْفَهُ وَيَضْرِبُونَهُ وَيَقُولُونَ مُرَاءٍ تُخَادِعُ النَّاسَ بِعَمَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ وَيْلَكُمْ مَا لَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ بِنْتِ الْمَلِكِ الَّتِي أَحْبَلْتَهَا؟ قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلَتْ؟ قَالُوا وَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا قَالَ الْغُلَامُ حَيٌّ هُوَ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَتَوَلُّوا عَنِّي فَتَوَلُّوا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْتَهَى ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا غُصْنًا ثُمَّ أَتَى بِالْغُلَامِ وَهُوَ فِي مَهْدِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْغُصْنِ وَقَالَ يَا طَاغِيَةُ مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ أَبِي فُلَانٌ الرَّاعِي قَالُوا إِنْ شِئْتَ بَنَيْنَا لَكَ صَوْمَعَتَكَ بِذَهَبٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ بِفِضَّةٍ قَالَ أَعِيدُوهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ فَزَعَمَ أَبُو حَرْبٍ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ «عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَشَاهِدُ يُوسُفَ وَصَاحِبُ جُرَيْجٍ»  

"إنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَا قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الأُمم رجُل مُتَعبِّدٌ صاحِبُ صَوْمَعَهٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: جُرَيجٌ وكانَتْ لَهُ أُمٌّ، فكانَتْ تأتيه فتناديه ويشرف عليها فيُكلِّمُهَا، فأَتَتْهَ يَوْمًا وهو في صَلاِتهِ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَيْهَا فَنَادَتْهُ فجعلتْ تُنَاديه رافعةً رَأسَهَا إِلْيهِ واضعةً يَدَهَا عَلَى جَبْهَتِهَا أَىْ

جُرَيْجُ، أَىْ جُرَيْجُ ثلاث مَرَّات، كُلُّ ذلك يقُولُ جُرَيْجُ: "أَىْ ربِّ، أُمِّى، أَوْ صلاتى؟ " فغضبتْ، فقالَتْ: اللهُمَّ لا يَمُوتَنَّ جُرَيْجٌ حَتَّى يَنْظر في وجوه الْمُومِسَاتِ، وبلغتْ بنْتُ مَلِكِ الْقَريَةِ فحملتْ فولدتْ غُلَامًا، فقالوا لها: مَنْ فعلَ هذا بِك؟ مَنْ صَاحِبُك؟ قالت: هُو صَاحِبُ الصَّوْمَعة جُرَيْج فما شَعَرَ حَتَّى سمعَ بالفؤوسِ في أَصْل صَوْمَعَتِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُهُمْ: وَيْلَكُمْ مَالَكُمْ؟ فلم يُجيِبُوه فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذلك أَخَذَ الْحَبْلُ فتدلَّى فجعلُوا يَجَؤُونَ أَنْفَهَ، وَيَضْربُونَهَ، ويقولُونَ: مُرَاءٍ تُخادِعُ النَّاسَ بِعَمَلِكَ، قَالَ: وَيْلَكُمْ مَالَكُمْ؟ قالوا: بِنْتُ صَاحِب القريةِ، بِنْتُ الْمَلِكِ الَّتى أَحبلتَهَا قال: فما فَعَلَتْ؟ قَالُوا: وَلَدَتْ غلامًا، قالَ: الغلامُ حىٌّ هُوَ؟ قالوا: نَعَمْ، قالَ: فَتَوَلَّوا عِنِّى. فَتَوَلَّوا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْن، ثُمَّ انْتَهَى حتى مشى إِلى الشَّجَرَة، فَأَخذَ مِنْها غُصْنًا ثُمَّ أَتَى الغلامَ وَهُوَ فِى مهدِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بذلِكَ الغُصْنِ، وقالَ: يا طاغِيَةُ مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قال: أَبى فلانٌ الرَّاعِى، قالُوا: إِنْ شِئْتَ بَنَيْنَا لَكَ صَوْمَعَتَك بِذَهَب، وإِنْ شئتَ بِفِضَّة قال: أَعِيدُوها كما كَانَتْ".  

"عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَة قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : إِنَّ جُرَيجًا الرَّاهِبَ كَانَ مُتَعَبِّدًا فِي صَوْمَعة ومِنْ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ أَمٌ تأتِيهِ فَتَقُولُ: يَا جُرَيجُ فَتَقْطَع صَلاته فيكلمها، فأَتَتْهُ يَوْمًا فَجَعلَتْ تُنَادِي يَا جُرَيجُ، فَجَعَل لا يُكَلِّمُها وَلا يَقْطعُ صَلاتَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أمِّي وَصَلاتِي فَلا يُكَلِّمها، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ الْعَجُوز ذَلِكَ وَخَرَجتْ وَقَالَتْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ جُرَيْج يَسْمَع كَلامِي وَلا يُكَلِّمني فَلاَ تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى يَنْظَر فِي أعْيُنِ الْمُومِسَاتِ، وَكَانَتْ رَاعِيةٌ وَرَاعٍ يَأوِيان إلَى دَيره فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا الرَّاعِي فَحَمَلتْ، وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الْقَريةِ يعظمون الزِّنَا إِعْظَامًا شَدِيدًا، فَلَمَّا وَلَدتْ أَخْذْهَا أَهْلُ القَرْيَةِ فَقَالُوا: مِمَّن؟ فَقَالَتْ: مِنْ جُرَيْج الرَّاهِب نَزَل فَوَقَع بِي فَحَمَلْتُ، فأَتَاهُ قَوْمهُ فَنَادَوهُ يَا جُرَيْجُ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ قَوْمِي وَصَلاِتي، وَجَعَلَ لا يُكَلِّمهمُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوا ذَلِكَ ضَرَبَوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ بِالْفُؤُوسِ، فَلمَّا كان ذلك نَزَل إِلَيْهم فَقَالَ: مَا لكُم؟ قَالَوا: ذَكَرتْ هَذِه أَنّهَا وَلَدَتْ مِنْكَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى ركْعَتَيْن، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأسِ الْمَوْلُودِ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ: الرَّاعي الذي كَانَ يَأوِي مَعَهَا إلَى ديرِكَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَوْمُهُ ذَلِكَ جَزعُوا ذَلِكَ مِمَّا صَنعُوا بِهِ، وَقَالُوا: دَعَنَا نَبْنِي صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ قَالَ: لَا، أَعِيدُوهَا عَلَى مَا كَانَتْ، قَالَ قَوْمهُ: وَلِمَ ضَحِكْتَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ بِكَ مَا نُريد مِنْ القَتْلِ والشِّتْمِ؟ قَالَ: ذَكْرتُ دَعْوَةَ وَالِدتِي حَتَّى أَنْظُر فِي أَعْيُنِ الْمُومِسِاتِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ دَعْوتُ اللهَ أَنْ يُخْزِيهُ لأَخْزَاهُ، وَلكِنَّها دَعَتْ أَن يَنْظُر فَنَظَر".