Umm Ma’bad Gives Best Description Ever of Rasūlullāh
Rasūlullāh ﷺ and Abū Bakr visited a tent. In front of this tent was an old woman, her name was Umm Ma’bad.
She was a very generous woman; anybody who would pass by she would feed them. When Rasūlullāh ﷺ and Abū Bakr got there, she did not provide them with anything, so Rasūlullāh ﷺ asked her if she had anything to spare. she said, “If I had anything, you would not have to ask.”
So Rasūlullāh ﷺ saw in the corner of her tent a very weak goat and he asked her, “What is the problem with that goat?”. She said, “That goat is too weak to go out with the rest of the flock to feed.”
So Rasūlullāh ﷺ asked, “Is there any milk in her?” She said, “She is weaker than that!” Rasūlullāh ﷺ asked, “Will you allow me to milk her?” She said, “Go ahead.” So Rasūlullāh ﷺ goes to milk that goat and he asks for a big container; not a cup [but] a big container.
And then he touches the goat and he starts milking it, and milk is flowing out until it fills the container and all of this foam [is] on top of the milk.
And then he touches the goat and he starts milking it, and milk is flowing out until it fills the container and all of this foam [is] on top of the milk.
And then he gives it to Umm Ma’bad first, so she drinks, and then he gives it to Abū Bakr and ‘Āmir and ‘Abdulah Bin ‘Uraiqat, and they all drink and he is the last to drink and he said, “The servant of the people is the last to drink,” so he was the last to drink.
And then he left and there was still a lot of milk in that container. So the husband of Umm Ma’bad comes back with his flock of sheep and he sees this milk and he says, “Umm Ma’bad, where did this milk come from?!” She said, “A blessed man visited us and he was the one who milked the she-goat.”
He asked her to describe this man to her.
(Umm Ma’bad gave a description of Rasūlullāh ﷺ that remains until this day as one of the best descriptions ever given about Rasūlullāh ﷺ even though she only met him once, and I will read to you her description of Rasūlullāh ﷺ.)
she said:
*“I saw him to be a man of evident splendour; fine in figure, his face handsome. Slim in form. His head not too small. Elegant and goodlooking. His eyes large and black. His eyelids long. His voice deep. Very intelligent. His brows high and arched. His hair in plaits. His neck long and his beard thick. He gave an impression of dignity when silent, and of high intelligence when he talked. His words were impressive, and he was decisive; not trivial, not trite. His ideas like pearls moving on their string. He seemed the most splendid and fine-looking man from a distance, and the very best of all from close by. Medium in height, the eye not finding him too tall nor too short. A tree branch as it were between two others, but he was the finest looking of the three, the best proportioned. He was the centre of his Companions’ attention; when he spoke, they listened well, and if he ordered, they hurried to obey. A man well-helped, wellserved, never sullen, never refuted.”*
*“I saw him to be a man of evident splendour; fine in figure, his face handsome. Slim in form. His head not too small. Elegant and goodlooking. His eyes large and black. His eyelids long. His voice deep. Very intelligent. His brows high and arched. His hair in plaits. His neck long and his beard thick. He gave an impression of dignity when silent, and of high intelligence when he talked. His words were impressive, and he was decisive; not trivial, not trite. His ideas like pearls moving on their string. He seemed the most splendid and fine-looking man from a distance, and the very best of all from close by. Medium in height, the eye not finding him too tall nor too short. A tree branch as it were between two others, but he was the finest looking of the three, the best proportioned. He was the centre of his Companions’ attention; when he spoke, they listened well, and if he ordered, they hurried to obey. A man well-helped, wellserved, never sullen, never refuted.”*
Her husband said,
“This man must be Muhammad, the one whom Quraish are pursuing. If I meet him, I will pledge allegiance to him and become Muslim.”
“This man must be Muhammad, the one whom Quraish are pursuing. If I meet him, I will pledge allegiance to him and become Muslim.”
Now, by the way, Umm Ma’bad did pledge allegiance to Rasūlullāh ﷺ and she became Muslim.
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