Sahih Muslim Hadith 403 – The Beginning Of

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[403] 252 – (160) 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated that 'Aiah, the wife of the Prophet , told him: "The first thing with which :JU U J j the Revelation began for the Li] Yâ Sin 36:38. Messenger of Allah were true dreams which he saw in his sleep; he did not see any dream but it came true like the light of dawn. Then solitude was made dear to him, and he used to withdraw to the cave of Hirâ' where he would worship Allah for a number of nights before returning to his family to collect more provisions, then he would go back to IhadIjah and take more provisions. Then the truth came to him suddenly when he was in the cave of Uirâ'. The Angel came to him and said: 'Read!' He said: 'I cannot read.' He said: 'He took hold of me and hugged and pressed me hard until I could not bear it, then he released me and said: 'Read!' I said: "I cannot read." Then he hugged and pressed me hard a second time until I could not bear it, then he released me and said: 'Read!' I said: "I cannot read.' Then he took hold of me a third time and hugged and pressed hard until I could not bear it, then he released me and said: 'Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that exists). He has created man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. Who has taught (the writing) by the pen. He has taught man that which he knew not.' 11 Then the Messenger of A1-'Alaq 96:1-5. The Book Of Faith L.Q4 l '-.it Allah went back, with his heart pounding, and entered upon JhadIjah. He said: 'Cover me, cover me!' So they covered him, until his fear subsided, then he said to JJadIjah: '0 Khadijah, what has happened to me (being unable to handle the responsibility)?' And he told her what had happened. He said: 'I fear for myself.' Khadijah said to him: 'No, be of good cheer, for by Allah! Allah will never humiliate you. By Allah! You uphold the ties of kinship, speak the truth, bear people's burdens, help the destitute, honor your guests and help people when calamity strikes.' KhadIjah took him to Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Mad bin 'Abdul-'Uzza, who was the son of IbadIjah's paternal uncle – her father's brother. He was a man who had become Christian during the Jâhiliyyah; he was a literate man and he wrote as much of the Injul in Arabic as Allah willed he should write. He was an old man who had gone blind. Khadijah said to him: '0 uncle, listen to what your brother's son has to say.' Waraqah bin Nawfal said: '0 son of my brother, what happened?' The Messenger of Allah told him what had happened, and Waraqah said to him: 'This is An-Nâmâs (angel) who was sent down to Müsâ, %9. Would that I were a young man! Would that I live until your people expel you!' The Messenger of Allah said: 'Will they really LJ expel me?' Waraqah said: 'Yes. • No man has ever brought what you have brought, except he was met with hostility. If I live to see that day, I will support you wholeheartedly."