He narrated to them that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "How did your story begin, Messenger of Allah?"He said, "My wet-nurse was from Banu Saad bin Bakr. I went out with a son of hers among some lambs of ours, and we did not take any provisions with us. I said, 'Brother, go and bring us some food from our mother.' My brother went off and I stayed with the lambs. Then two white birds came, as though they were vultures. One of them said to the other, 'Is this him?' He said, 'Yes.' They came rushing toward me, took hold of me, laid me on my back, split open my belly, then took out my heart and split it open. They removed from it two black clots. One of them said to the other," Yazid said in his version, "'Bring me snow water,' and they washed my insides with it. Then he said, 'Bring me cold water,' and they washed my heart with it. Then he said, 'Bring me tranquility,' and he sprinkled it into my heart. Then one of them said to the other, 'Stitch him up,' so he stitched him up and sealed it with the seal of prophethood." Haywa said in his version, "'Stitch him up,' so he stitched him up and sealed it with the seal of prophethood.""Then one of them said to the other, 'Place him on one scale and place a thousand of his community on the other scale.' I was looking at the thousand above me, fearing that some of them might fall on me. He said, 'Even if his entire community were weighed against him, he would still outweigh them.' Then they departed and left me, and I was struck with intense fear. Then I went to my mother and told her what had happened to me, and she became worried that I might have been possessed. She said, 'I seek refuge for you with Allah.' Then she saddled a camel of hers and placed me on it," Yazid said, "she carried me on the saddle and rode behind me until we reached my mother. She said, 'Have you fulfilled my trust and my pledge?' I told her what had happened to me, but it did not alarm her. She said, 'I saw a light come out of me by which the palaces of Sham were illuminated.'"
حدثنا حيوة ويزيد بن عبد ربه قالا حدثنا بقية حدثني بحير بن سعد عن خالد بن معدان عن ابن عمرو السلمي
أنه حدثهم أن رجلا سأل رسول الله ﷺ فقال كيف كان أول شأنك يا رسول الله قال كانت حاضنتي من بني سعد بن بكر فانطلقت أنا وابن لها في بهم لنا ولم نأخذ معنا زادا فقلت يا أخي اذهب فأتنا بزاد من عند أمنا فانطلق أخي ومكثت عند البهم فأقبل طيران أبيضان كأنهما نسران فقال أحدهما لصاحبه أهو هو قال نعم فأقبلا يبتدراني فأخذاني فبطحاني إلى القفا فشقا بطني ثم استخرجا قلبي فشقاه فأخرجا منه علقتين سوداوين فقال أحدهما لصاحبه قال يزيد في حديثه ائتني بماء ثلج فغسلا به جوفي ثم قال ائتني بماء برد فغسلا به قلبي ثم قال ائتني بالسكينة فذارها في قلبي ثم قال أحدهما لصاحبه حصه فحاصه وختم عليه بخاتم النبوة وقال حيوة في حديثه حصه فحاصه واختم عليه بخاتم النبوة فقال أحدهما لصاحبه اجعله في كفة واجعل ألفا من أمته في كفة فإذا أنا أنظر إلى الألف فوقي أشفق أن يخر علي بعضهم فقال لو أن أمته وزنت به لمال بهم ثم انطلقا وتركاني وفرقت فرقا شديدا ثم انطلقت إلى أمي فأخبرتها بالذي لقيته فأشفقت علي أن يكون ألبس بي قالت أعيذك بالله فرحلت بعيرا لها فجعلتني وقال يزيد فحملتني على الرحل وركبت خلفي حتى بلغنا إلى أمي فقالت أوأديت أمانتي وذمتي وحدثتها بالذي لقيت فلم يرعها ذلك فقالت إني رأيت خرج مني نورا أضاءت منه قصور الشام