Tarikh (al-Tabari) 655
The Birth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and His Suckling
[ رُجُوعُ حَلِيمَةَ بِهِ ﷺ إلَى أُمِّهِ ] قَالَتْ: وَقَالَ لِي أَبُوهُ يَا حَلِيمَةُ، لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ قَدْ أُصِيبَ فَأَلْحِقِيهِ بِأَهْلِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ ذَلِكَ بِهِ، قَالَتْ: فَاحْتَمَلْنَاهُ، فَقَدِمْنَا بِهِ عَلَى أُمِّهِ، فَفَالَتْ: مَا أَقْدَمَكَ بِهِ يَا ظِئْرُ وَقَدْ كُنْتِ حَرِيصَةً عَلَيْهِ، وَعَلَى مُكْثِهِ عِنْدَكَ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ بَلَغَ اللَّهُ بِابْنِي وَقَضَيْتُ الَّذِي عَلَيَّ، وَتَخَوَّفْتُ الْأَحْدَاثَ، عَلَيْهِ، فَأَدَّيْتُهُ إلَيْكَ كَمَا تُحِبِّينَ، قَالَتْ: مَا هَذَا شَأْنُكَ، فَاصْدُقِينِي خَبَرَكَ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمْ تَدَعْنِي حَتَّى أَخْبَرْتُهَا. قَالَتْ: أَفَتَخَوَّفَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ ؟ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ نَعَمْ، قَالَتْ: كَلَّا، وَاَللَّهِ مَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ، وَإِنَّ لِبُنَيَّ لَشَأْنًا، أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُكِ خَبَرَهُ، قَالَتْ: ( قُلْتُ ) بَلَى، قَالَتْ: رَأَيْتُ حِينَ حَمَلْتُ بِهِ، أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مِنِّي نُورٌ أَضَاءَ لِي قُصُورَ بُصْرَى مِنْ أَرْضِ الشَّامِ، ثُمَّ حَمَلْتُ بِهِ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حَمْلٍ قَطُّ كَانَ أَخَفَّ ( عَلَيَّ ) وَلَا أَيْسَرَ مِنْهُ، وَوَقَعَ حِينَ وَلَدْتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَوَاضِعٌ يَدَيْهِ بِالْأَرْضِ، رَافِعٌ رَأَسَهُ إلَى السَّمَاءِ، دَعِيهِ عَنْكَ وَانْطَلِقِي رَاشِدَةً.
Translation
✧ [Ḥalīmah's return of him ﷺ to his mother] She said: His father said to me, "O Ḥalīmah, I fear that this boy may have been afflicted, so take him back to his family before that becomes apparent in him." She said: So we carried him and brought him to his mother. She said, "What has brought you back with him, O wet-nurse, when you were so keen on him and on his staying with you?" She said: I said, "Allah has brought my son to maturity, and I have fulfilled what was upon me. I feared misfortunes for him, so I have delivered him to you as you would wish." She said, "This is not your way; tell me your story truthfully." She said: She did not leave me until I told her. She said, "Did you fear Satan for him?" She said: I said, "Yes." She said, "No, by Allah, Satan has no way over him. My son has a great affair. Shall I not tell you about him?" She said: I said, "Yes." She said, "When I became pregnant with him, I saw a light come out of me that illuminated for me the palaces of Buṣrā in the land of Syria. Then I carried him, and by Allah, I never saw any pregnancy that was lighter or easier than his. When I gave birth to him, he fell with his hands placed on the ground and his head raised toward the sky. Leave him and go in peace."
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