The Fourth: A child who was not young but was mute came to the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace). He asked the child: “Who am I?” The child, who had been mute from birth, replied: “You are the Messenger of God,” and started to speak.(201)

The Fifth: Jalal al-Din Suyuti, who was honoured with conversing with God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) on many occasions while awake and was the leading scholar of his age, explaining and authenticating a narration, reports: Soon after being born, a famous person called Mubarak al-Yamama was taken to the Prophet. On his turning to the baby, it started to speak, saying: “I testify that you are the Messenger of God.” The Prophet exclaimed: “May God bless you!” The child never spoke again in his infancy, and later became famous as Mubarak al-Yamama (the blessed one, Yamama), since he had been the object of this miracle of the Prophet and his prayer.(202)

The Sixth: One time, an ill-mannered youth interrupted the prayer of the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace), by passing in front of him while he was performing it. God’s Messenger said: “O God, cut short his paces!” After this the child was unable

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(201) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 319; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 105; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya iv, 158-9.
(202) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 319; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 105; Suyuti, Kanz al-‘Ummal iv, 379; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya iv, 159.