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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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Muhammad, the Messenger.

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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

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The incident of the opening of his noble chest, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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While the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was playing with the boys in the desert of Banu Sa'd,

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Jibril, peace be upon him, came to him accompanied by another angel.

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He opened his noble chest.

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Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad,

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and al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, with a chain of narration supported by corroborating evidence,

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from 'Utbah Ibn 'Abd al-Sulami, who said:

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A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him:

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"How did your affair first begin, O Messenger of Allah?"

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, replied:

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"My foster mother was from the tribe of Banu Sa'd Ibn Bakr.

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I went out with a son of hers to tend to our livestock,

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and we did not take any provisions with us.

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I said to my brother,

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'Go and bring us some provisions from our mother.'

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My brother left,

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and I remained with the livestock.

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Then two white birds appeared, looking like eagles.

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One said to the other,

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'Is it him?'

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He replied, 'Yes.'

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They rushed toward me,

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seized me, and laid me flat on my back.

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They opened my abdomen,

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then extracted my heart and split it open.

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They removed two black clots from it.

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One said to the other,

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'Wash it.'

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Meaning, clean it.

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So he washed it and sealed it with the seal of prophethood.

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Then they left and departed, leaving me behind.

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I was struck with intense fear.

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I then went to my mother,

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and told her what I had encountered.

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She feared that I might have been afflicted by something.

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She said,

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'I seek refuge in Allah for you.'

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She prepared a camel for me,

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placed me upon the saddle,

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and rode behind me

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until we reached my mother [Aminah].

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She said,

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'I have fulfilled my trust and my responsibility.'

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I told her what I had encountered,

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but it did not alarm her.

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She said,

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'I saw a light emerge from me,

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which illuminated the palaces of al-Sham.'

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Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih,

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from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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was visited by Jibril, peace be upon him,

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while he was playing with the boys.

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He took him and laid him down,

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then opened his chest to reach his heart.

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He extracted the heart,

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and removed a clot from it.

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He said,

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'This was the portion of Shaytan in you.'

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Then he washed it in a golden basin with Zamzam water,

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then restored it and returned it to its place.

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The boys came running to his mother,

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meaning his foster mother,

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and said,

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'Muhammad has been killed!'

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They went to meet him, and he was pale.

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Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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'I used to see the mark of that stitching on his chest.'

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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

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Authored by Sheikh Musa Ibn Rashid al-'Azimi,

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and presented by the Mawaddah Association,

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in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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May his reach be encompassed.

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May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,

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and as long as the rest remains,

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healing.