When I sensed that he was unable to answer, I myself said to him, “Brother. What proof do you have that you are ꜤAbdullah’s son other than your mother informing you that you are? There is neither another witness to you being his son apart from your mother nor any other evidence. However, purely on your mother’s saying you have such certainty about ꜤAbdullāh being your father that you will say with the Quran placed on your head, inside the Kabah that, ‘I am ꜤAbdullāh’s son.’

My dear brother, you have accepted on the saying of one lady and have certainty that ꜤAbdullāh is your father. From hundreds of years ago until today, hundreds and thousands of Muslims have been saying this is a blessed hair of the beloved Prophet   صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم . If we have certainty in that, what scope is there for objecting to it?”

Listening to this impassioned discourse from me, he was so impressed that he began to cry, and placing his head on my knees, he spoke tearfully, “I repent. I will never disrespect these sacred strands of hair again, and I am certain that the agreement of hundreds of thousands of Muslims cannot be wrong.”

After this, he said, “I have another doubt in my heart that perturbs me. Please cast light on it. Over 1,350 years have passed since the passing of the beloved Prophet  صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  and after such a long time, let alone hair, bones would not remain in their original form. Can a strand of hair remain the same for 1,350 years without any change?”

I replied, “Son! You are right about our hair. It would not remain unchanged for two years, let alone 1,350 years. However, the beloved Prophet  صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  has said, اِنَّ اللہَ حَرَّمَ عَلَی الْاَرْضِ اَنْ تَاْکُلَ اَجْسَادَ