This Child Is the Awaited Rasul!
Besides the sad memories, Muhammad also spent good times in Yasrib. He found a friend, a girl named Unais who was his peer, with whom he played a lot. One time a bird had landed on the chimney of a chateau like building and they had tried so many tricks to make the bird fly! Another time his friends had taken him to a pond which belonged to Bani Najar and had taught him how to swim…
One day while our Master was playing with his friends, a Jew started to watch and observe him. He did for a while. The next day the same Jew came again, this time with a friend, and they observed Muhammad together.
Ummu Aiman who was watching over Muhammad from afar noticed this. When she moved closer to the Jews wanting to understand what it was that they were after, she heard them say:
“This is the child who will become the Rasul of these people… One day he will be driven out of his hometown, and he will migrate to this city… There will be war and bloodshed on these lands because of him…”
Ummu Aiman ran to Amina and told her everything she heard, and added her concern, “My lady, I am scared. I fear they might harm him…”
As a matter of fact, the Jews who had this knowledge were constantly talking about him and suspecting that Muhammad was the awaited one. But in the end, none of this talk had any adverse effects, for Muhammad was under the protection of Allah…