۔1The blessings of that majestic hand

Sayyidatuna Umm-e-‘Aasim رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا, the wife of Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ – the Sahabi of the Prophet who conquered the city of Mosul during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ– narrates that: Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ had four wives, and each of us would compete in applying the best perfume so that we would smell more fragrant than the other. Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ would apply oil to his beard but did not make use of perfume, yet a very fragrant and exquisite perfume could always be smelt from the body of Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. When Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ would go out, the people would say that they had never smelt a fragrance finer than the perfume of Sayyiduna ‘Utbah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ.

So, one day, I asked him, ‘We try our utmost to apply the best perfume, but you are more fragrant than us. What is the reason for this?’ He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ said, ‘During the lifetime of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, some blisters appeared on my body, so I presented myself in his blessed court and complained of my ailment to him. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to me, ‘Remove your garments.’ Thus, I removed all of my clothes except from my Satr (i.e. the area that must be concealed) and I sat before him. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then blew onto his blessed palms and rubbed them over my body, thus, a fragrance has been emanating from my body since then.’ (Mu’jam-e-Sagheer, vol. 1, p. 39)

   ۔2The house would become illuminated

Sayyiduna Aseed Bin Abi Unaas رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states that, ‘The Beloved Prophet
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once passed his blessed hand over my face and chest. By the blessings of this, whenever I would enter a dark house, it would become full of light.’ (Khasaais-ul-Kubra, vol. 2, p. 142 – Tareekh-e-Dimashq, vol. 20, p. 21)