A Day in The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by Abd a-Wahhab b. Nasir al-Turayri

Back in the Mosque
A pleasant joke might be said at such times. The fact that the
Prophet was serious and that people held him in awe did not stop
hi s companions from spontaneous behavi our or comments. One
day the Prophet was talking to hi s companions and a Bedouin was
present. The Prophet said: "A man in heaven sought God's
permission to plant. God asked him: 'Are you not given all that you
wi sh for?' The man said: 'Yes, my Lord, but I li ke farming.' He
planted hi s seeds and within the blink of an eye hi s plants grew fully
and were ready to harvest. 11 The plants were huge like mountains.
God said: 'Here is what you, son of Adam, wanted. Nothing
sati sfies you."' When the Prophet completed his narrative, the
Bedouin said: "Messenger of God, By God this man must have
been from the Quraysh or the Ansar. They are the one who like
farming. As for us, Bedouins, we have nothing to do wi th it."
Everyone laughed as di d the Prophet.
It appears that this session was the one when the Prophet
received vi si ti ng delegations. Travellers normally stayed the night
outside Madinah and entered the city in the morning when he was
having hi s morni ng session with hi s companions. One such
delegation was the one who came from Mudar. They were brought
to the Prophet near mi dday and he immediately saw that they were
in desperate poverty. His face looked gloomy as he saw their
conditions. After he offered the midday prayer, i.e. Zuhr, with the
congregation, he spoke to the people and urged them to give
charitable donations. Soon he had two heaps of clothes and food to
give away. Another delegati on was that of the tribe of 'Abd al-Qays
who came from Alhasa in eastern Arabia. The Prophet welcomed
them, saying: "Welcome to the people of thi s delegation: you shall
be neither humiliated nor in regret."
Most probably it was in such a session that the angel Gabriel
came to the Prophet in the form of 'a man whose clothes were
exceedingly white and whose hair was exceedingly black. No sign of
travelling was to be seen on him and none of those present knew
11 The Prophet is speaking here about an event in heaven. That process of farming is
completed in the blink of an eye presents no difficulty to God Almighty.
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