Dear Islamic brothers! All those fortunate ladies who breastfed the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم were blessed with the wealth of faith.

Apart from the blessing of Iman, other favours and bounties were also bestowed upon Sayyidah Halimah Sa’diyah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا. Let’s listen to some parables about the blessed childhood of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

Shaykh-ul-Hadees ‘Allamah ‘Abdul Mustafa A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated in his book ‘Seerat-e-Mustafa’: The respected Arabs used to send their children for suckling to the villages in the outskirts where children would grow healthy in clean and healthy environment and would also learn original and excellent Arabic language. The language of cities at that time had mingled with foreigners and was no longer original and excellent.

Sayyidah Halimah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا was privileged to breast-feed the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. She said: “Along with the women of the tribe “Bani Sa’d”, I went to Makkah hoping to find any child for suckling him. Arabia was affected by severe drought that year. I had a baby but I did not have enough milk to suckle him due to destitution and starvation. The baby would continue to cry the whole night with hunger and we would spend the whole night sitting and comforting him. We also had a she-camel but it did not also have milk. While travelling to Makkah, I was riding a mule that was too weak to keep pace with the caravan. My travelling companions had been sick of it. At last, we finished the journey having faced a lot of hardships. (The women of the tribe Bani Sa’d went to different houses in search of children to suckle them. All of them found children but Sayyidatuna Halimah could not find any child for suckling. After a long struggle, fortune smiled on Sayyidatuna Halimah who was privileged to take with her the Greatest of all humans صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.)

Incredible elegance and beauty of childhood

Sayyidah Halimah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا said: When I entered the house of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, I saw that he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was wrapped up in woollen piece of cloth which was whiter than milk and there was a green silky piece of cloth under him. The fragrance of musk and ambergris was coming and he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was sleeping on his blessed back. Sayyida Halimah   رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا said: I wanted to awake him, but I was lost in his beauty. I then