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people from his Ummah.” They weighed me against them, but I outweighed them.<br />
Then he said: “Weigh him against a hundred people from his Ummah.” They weighed<br />
me against them, but I outweighed them also. Then he said: “Weigh him against a<br />
thousand people from his Ummah.” They weighed me against them, but I<br />
outweighed them also. Then one of them said: “Leave him alone, for if we were to<br />
weigh him against his (entire) Ummah, he will outweigh them all.”❞<br />
(Ibn Katheer said): The chain of this narration is “Jayyid Qawiy” (extremely strong). 23<br />
Imaam Aḥmad reported (in his Musnad) and Abu Nu`aim in “al-Dalaa’il”, on the<br />
authority of `Utbah Ibn `Abd that a person asked the Prophet ,ﷺ saying: Tell us<br />
about your early life, O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah! He ﷺ said: I was breastfed in the tribe<br />
of Banee Sa`d Ibn Bakr. I and a son of hers went out with the sheep and goats and we<br />
did not take any provision with us. So I said to him: O my brother! Go to our mother<br />
and bring back some provision for us. So my (foster) brother went away while I<br />
stayed with the sheep. Then two white birds came as if they were like eagles (or<br />
vultures). One of them said to the other: “Is he the one?” The other said: “Yes!” Then<br />
they approached me hurriedly and took hold of me and made me lie down on my<br />
back and cut open (my chest up to) my abdomen. Then they took out my heart and<br />
cut it open and took out from it two black blood-clots. Then one of them said to his<br />
companion: “Bring me the water and ice”; and they washed my chest with it. Then<br />
one of them said: “Bring me the water with hailstones”; and they washed my heart<br />
with it. Then one of them said: “Bring me al-Sakeenah (tranquility).” Then he poured<br />
it in my heart. Then one of them said to his companion: “Stitch it”, so he stitched my<br />
heart and placed on my heart the seal of Prophethood. Then one of them said to the<br />
other: “But him on one side of the scale and put a thousand people from his Ummah<br />
on the (other-side) of the scale. And I watched (the scale with) the thousand people<br />
going up and I feared that some of them may tumble over me. Then one of them said:<br />
“Even if his whole Ummah were to be weighed against him, he would (still) outweigh<br />
them. Then they departed and they left me. So I got scared and dispersed quickly and<br />
went to my (foster) mother (Ḥaleemah) and informed her about the incident and<br />
what had happened. She feared that some evil had touched to me and said: “I seek<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah’s refuge for you.” So she called for her camel and made me sit on it while she<br />
sat behind me and we rode till we reached my mother (Aaminah). She said: “I have<br />
fulfilled my trust and my responsibility”. She then informed her about the incident<br />
23 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: It is like he said, and the first part of the Ḥadeeth is reported by al-Ḥaakim with a “Ṣaḥeeḥ”<br />
chain. [See footnote no. 15]<br />
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