The second incident of Muhammad’s chest being split open and his heart being cleansed happened when our Master was ten years old. In his own words: 

“Two people came and made me lie down on my back. They split open my chest. They had a basin made of pure gold. One poured water, the other washed it. Then they split my heart open and took some things out. One of them extracted a blood clot and threw it out.”

When Muhammad was 13, he went on a trip to Damascus. This trip was truly significant. To improve his financial situation, Abu Talib had started dealing with business and decided to join a business caravan to Damascus that year. Finally, the preparations were completed and it was time to leave. Abu Talib didn’t want to take Muhammad both due to the long and tiring travel involved and to protect him from any possible danger they may face, like bandits in the desert… When the caravan was ready to leave everybody including Muhammad had come to bid farewell. Abu Talib mounted his camel and was almost ready to take off. 

At this point, Muhammad held on to the halter of the camel and with tears in his eyes cried out, “O uncle! How can you leave without me? I have no father and no mother! Are you abandoning me too?”

This pierced right through Abu Talib’s heart… His eyes welled up and with a sudden swift, he jumped off his camel and embraced our Master…

“No O Muhammed! By Allah, I will neither leave you nor make you leave my side for even a single moment… You are the light of my eyes and the joy of my heart!”

And so, with this change of heart, Muhammad joined his uncle on the trip to Damascus…