The Holy Prophet’s (sas) Childhood Visit to Madinah

When the Holy Prophet (sas) was six years old, his mother Hazrat Amina, travelled from Makkah to Madinah accompanied by her maid Umme Aiman. She stayed in Madinah for about a month. Unfortunately, during her journey back home she passed away at a place called Abwa and the Holy Prophet (sas) had to travel to Makkah with Umme Aiman alone. The Holy Prophet (sas) had very fond memories of his stay in Madinah with his mother. Once he pointed at a house passing through the Najjaar family neighborhood and said that it was the house he stayed at with his mother all those years ago. Then he pointed at a nearby pond and playground and told that it was where he first learnt swimming and where he used to play with a girl, respectively.1