Also, as testified to by the monk Bahira, when the Noble Messenger (UWBP) went to Damascus at the age of twelve, he saw a cloud casting a shadow over his head, and he pointed this out.[385]

Again before his prophetic mission, one time God’s Messenger (UWBP) returned from  a trading  journey  he  made  together  with  Khadija’s  servant,  Maysara,  when Khadija saw two angels shading him like clouds. She mentioned this to her servant Maysara, and he replied: “I observed the same thing throughout our journey.”[386]

The Seventh:  It is established  in a sound  narration  that  before  his prophetic mission, God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) sat down under a tree. Although the place was dried up, it suddenly grew green. The tree’s branches inclined over his head, twisting back and shading him.[387]

The Eighth: When the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) was small, he stayed in Abu Talib’s house. Whenever he ate together with Abu Talib and his household, they would eat to repletion; whereas when he was not present, they were not satisfied.[388] This is both well-known and definite. [389]

Also, Umm Ayman, who looked after and served the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) when he was small, said: “God’s Messenger (UWBP) never complained about being hungry or thirsty, neither when small nor when he was older.”[390]

The Ninth: It is both well-known and definite that unlike other members of her tribe, his wet-nurse Halima al-Sa‘diya’s goats and possessions were very productive and abundant.[391]

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[385] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 308; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 631; Tirmidhi, Manaqib, 3 (Bab: Maja’ fi Badi’ al-Nubuwwa); al-Mubarakfuri, Tuhfat al-Ahwazi, no: 3699; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii, 615; Ibn Hisham, Sirat al-Nabi, 115.

[386] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 368; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 318; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 753; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, ii, 65.

[387] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 368; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 318; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 753.

[388] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 367; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 315; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 751; Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 166.

[389] Ibn Sa’d, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, i, 119-20; Abu Nu^aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 166; Suyuti, al- Khasa’is al-Kubra, i, 205.

[390] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 368; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 325; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 752; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, vi, 125.

[391] al-Sa’ati, al-Fath al-Rabbani, xx, 192-3; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, viii, 220-1; Abu Nu^aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 111-3; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, ii, 273; Qadi Iyad, al- Shifa’, i, 366; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 750; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 313.