The Birth of The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and His Demise

26. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Nasr from Rifa‘a from Abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام who has said the following: “At a certain place around the Ka‘ba, ‘Abd al-Muttalib’s people would spread house furnishings for him only and for no one else. His sons would stand around him for protection. Once the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, then a small child who had just begun to walk came to ‘Abd al-Muttalib and sat in his lap. One of the people standing as a guard came to remove the child, but ‘Abd al-Muttalib said, ‘Leave my child alone. The angel has just come to him.’”