-The Prophet’s father, ‘Abdullah,
passed away when his mother, Aminah, was pregnant with him. He was sent by his
father (the Prophet’s grandfather) ‘Abdul-Mutallib to al-Madeenah to import
dates into Makkah. ‘Abdullah was 23 years old.
-It was habit at that time to send
children out to the desert for custody, thus Prophet Muhammad was sent to Bani
Sa’d at the age of four years old, and was breastfed by Halimah who was the
wife of Haatirh bin Abi Uzzah from the Hawaazin tribe.
-He was later fed by Thuwaybah who
was the slave of Abu Lahab, who also fed Hmazah the uncle of the Prophet.
-Whilst staying with Bani Sa’d,
Jibreel came down and cut open the chest of the Prophet. He extracted his heart
and washed it with Zam Zam water in a gold vessel and patched up his chest
again. News got back to Bani Sa’d and asked for the Prophet to return to his
mother.
-His mother Aminah travelled to
al-Madeenah to visit her uncles who lived there and died on the way back to
Makkah at a place called Abwaa. The Prophet was six years old at the time.
-Umm Ayman took custody of the
Prophet temporarily.
-His
grandfather took custody of ‘Abdul-Muttalib and maintained him and supported
until he died and bequeathed that Abu Taalib take custody next.
Commentary
-The
Prophet was born an orphan, this is referred to in Surah al-Duha.
-The Prophet “I am the son of the
two who were slaughtered at the Ka’bah (Ismail and Abdullah)” meaning, Ibrahim
was commanded to slaughter Ismail and Abdul-Muttalib made a vow that if Allah Gave
him 10 boys consecutively, then he would slaughter one of them for his sake.
Abdul-Muttalib drew lots and it was ‘Abdullah that was supposed to be
slaughtered however ‘Abdul-Muttalib replaced slaughtering his son with one
hundred camels.
The authenticity of the above is
questionable however its become something well known between historians.
-He was breastfed by Thuwaybah and
so was his uncle – this is possible because Thuwaybah was an old woman when she
passed away and Hamzah was one of the younger uncles of the Prophet. Thus the
way the scholars reconciled is that she fed Hamzah when he was young and later
on her life, she fed the Prophet.
-Umm Ayman lived a long life and
died 50 days after the death of the Prophet, also having migrated to
al-Madeenah. She was a freed slave of the Prophet’s father, Abdullah. The
Prophet used to visit her often and likewise the Companions did also. Abu Bakr
and Umar used to visit her after the death of the Prophet.
-‘Abdul-Muttalib had great love and
respect for Muhammad and gave him special care. Abu Taalib took custody and
received a lot of success in his message and upbringing through him.
And Allah Knows best
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