Mother’s Guardianship and Travel to Yathrib

When Ḥalīmahra brought Muḥammadsa to his mother, he was approximately four years of age. After this, the child remained in the guardianship of his dear mother. When the young Muḥammadsa reached the age of six, Āminahra travelled to Yathrib with the intent of meeting her relatives from the Banū Najjār and also took Muḥammadsa along with her. Ummi Aiman also accompanied them. It is quite possible that during this trip, Āminahra may have contemplated visiting the tomb of her deceased husband. In any case, she travelled to Yathrib and remained there for one month. The Holy Prophetsa remembered this precious time for the rest of his life. After approximately fifty years of age, when he migrated to Madīnah, he showed his companions the house in which he resided along with his mother during his stay in Madīnah. He also showed them the place where he used to play with the children of Madīnah and pointed out the pond where he learned to swim.1


1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, p. 134, Bābu Wafāti Āminata Ummi Rasūlillāhisa ma‘a Jaddihī ‘Abdil-Muṭṭalib ba‘dahā, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)

* Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Part 1, Dhikru Wafāti Āminata Ummi Rasūlillāhisa, p. 55, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)

* Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, p. 139, Bābu Dhikri Mauladi Rasūlillāhisa, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, (2002)