Sunan ad-Darimi 13

Translation

✧ A man said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “How was the beginning of your affair, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “My caretaker was from Banū Saʿd b. Bakr. I went out with a son of hers among some lambs of ours, and we did not take any provisions with us. I said, ‘O my brother, go and bring us some provisions from our mother.’ My brother went, and I stayed with the lambs. Then two white birds came, like two eagles. One of them said to the other, ‘Is it he?’ The other said, ‘Yes.’ They came hastening to me, took me, and laid me on my back. They split my belly, then took out my heart and split it. They removed from it two black clots. One of them said to the other, ‘Bring me snow water,’ and he washed my inside with it. Then he said, ‘Bring me cool water,’ and he washed my heart with it. Then he said, ‘Bring me tranquility,’ and he sprinkled it in my heart. Then one of them said to the other, ‘Sew it up,’ and he sewed it up and sealed it with the seal of prophethood. Then one of them said to the other, ‘Put him in one scale and put a thousand of his community in the other scale.’” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Then I looked at the thousand above me, fearing that some of them might fall on me. He said, ‘If his community were weighed against him, he would outweigh them.’ Then they left and left me.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I was extremely terrified. Then I went to my mother and told her what I had encountered. She feared that something had confused me, so she said, ‘I seek refuge for you in Allah.’ She saddled a camel of hers, placed me on the saddle, and rode behind me until we reached my mother. She said, ‘I have fulfilled my trust and my duty,’ and told her what I had encountered. That did not alarm her, and she said, ‘When he came out of me, I saw something—meaning a light—that illuminated the palaces of Syria.’”

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