The two boys ran off tohis mother, that is his wet-nurse and said: "Muhammad has beenkilled." They came back andfound him alive and infused with color. He bandaged him up and was returned tohis place. Gabriel said: "This is yourportion of Satan." ThenGabriel washed it in a basin made of gold with water from the well of Zamzam. Then he opened his heart and removed a blemish from it. The angel took him, liftedhim up, opened his chest, and removed his heart. Malik: Gabriel came to the Prophet Muhammad while he was playing with twoboys. He then said: 'Leave him be, for, byGod, if you were to weigh him against his whole community, he would outweighthem.'"Īnasb. Then he said: 'Weigh himagain a hundred of his own community.' So he weighed me with a hundred of them, and I outweighed them. One of them said to theother: 'Weigh him against ten of his own community.' So he weighed me with ten of them, and I outweighedthem. Then they washed my heart and torso in the snow until it wasclean. They opened my heart andremoved from it a black blemish which they discarded. They took me, opened my torso, and removedmy heart. When I was with a brother of mine,behind our houses, shepherding a flock of ours, two men in white clothes cameupon me with a basin made out of gold, filled with snow. When mymother was pregnant with me, she saw that a light came out of her whichilluminated for her the castles of Syria. I am that for which Abraham prayed, andthe good news of Jesus. IbnIshaq: A group of the Prophet Muhammad's companions said to the Prophet Muhammad:"Prophet of God, will you tell us about yourself?" He said: "Yes. Gabriel turned mearound just as he turned around the basin and made a seal on my back because Ihad the touch of the seal in my heart. He washed it in a basin with water from the well of Zamzam, and thenreturned it to its place. He removedfrom it that which God wanted removed. Then Gabriel took me, opened my chestand took out my heart. Gabriel leftand Michael remained between the heavens and the earth. He moved slowlyand I wanted to return home when suddenly I was with him and Michael on theedge of the horizon. Then he made me a promiseand I came to him. I was afraid of him, soI went away quickly but he was already between me and the door. So I left another time andsuddenly I was with Gabriel on the sun with a wing in the East and a wing inthe West. Khadijah said: 'What isthe matter?' I explained to herwhat had happened and she said to be glad for the greeting was a goodsign. He leftthat same night and heard: "Peace be upon you." He said: "I thought that it wasthe sudden appearance of a Jinn, so I went away quickly until I foundKhadijah.
He and Khadijah his wife agreed that itbe the month of Ramadan.
Q94:1 Did we not open your chest? 2 and remove your burden from you 3 which injured your back?Īishah:The Prophet Muhammad vowed that he would make a retreat for a month.