Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 472-2b

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"'Ufayf al-Kindi said: I came in the Jahiliyyah wishing to buy for my family some of its clothes and perfume. I came to al-'Abbas, who was a merchant, and while I was sitting with him looking at the Ka'bah, the sun had risen high in the sky. I went away, when a young man came, looked at the sky, then stood facing the Ka'bah. Not long after, a boy came and stood on his right. Then a woman came and stood behind them. The young man bowed, and the boy and the woman bowed; the young man raised his head, and the boy and the woman raised theirs; the young man prostrated, and the boy and the woman prostrated. I said, 'O 'Abbas, a great matter!' He said, 'A great matter! Do you know who the young man is? This is Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah, my brother's son. Do you know who this boy is? This is 'Ali, my brother's son. Do you know who this woman is? This is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, his wife. My nephew told me that his Lord, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, commanded him with this religion. By Allah, there is no one on the face of the earth upon this religion except these three.'"

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