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.(375) This is both well-known and definite.

Also, Umm Ayman, who looked after and served the Prophet when he was small, said: “God’s Messenger never complained about being hungry or thirsty, neither when small nor when he was older.”(376)

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.(377)

Also, flies did not bother him; they never alighted on his clothes or blessed body(378)just as one of his progeny, Sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir Gilani, received this legacy from his forefather, for flies never alighted on him either.

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(375) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 367; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 315; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 751; Abu Na^im, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa i, 166.
(376) 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.
(377) See, page 210, fn. 239.
(378) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 368; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 319; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 753; Sha’rani, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra i, 109.