Islamic Stories: For Muslims and non-Muslims.

Before And After His (SAW) birth.

What happened before the birth of Rasulullah (SAW) Part I

Some men of the city of Makkah went on a trip to Syria.

On the way they met a monk. Four of these Makkis decided to stop for a while to talk with the monk.

In those days monks lived in places where there were very few people so that they could have quite to worship Allah. They also were people who read books and knew many stories. Only a few Makkis knew about reading. All they knew about was trade and enjoying themselves. They knew they would hear interesting and entertaining stories from the monk.

After talking for a while the monk asked the men, " where are you from ?"
They answered, " we are from Makkah.",
The monk then told them, " Allah will send a prophet to Makkah soon."

The four men continued on their journey thinking about the things the monk had said. Each of them wished that the new prophet would be his own son.

Abdulmuttalib was asleep in Kaaba. He had a strange dream. He saw a tree growing until it reached the sky. The tree had branches that spread to the East and the West. It appeared that a very bright light was shining on the tree.

Abdulmutalib saw the Arabs and the non-Arabs bow to the tree. The tree continued growing larger, higher, and brighter. Then he saw some people from Quraysh holding to the branches of the tree, while other Qurayshis tried to chop down the tree. A very handsome youth stopped them from chopping down the tree.

Abdulmuttalib saw himself put his hand out to grab the tree, but he could not reach it. He woke up from his sleep frightened.

Abdulmuttalib sat thinking of the dream and what it meant, but he could not find an explanation for it. The next morning he went to the priestess of the Quraysh to ask her to explain the dream.

The Arabs always asked the priest or priestess for the explanation of dreams.

When the priestess saw Abdulmuttalib, she saw sign of worry on his face, so she asked, "why do you look so worried:"
Abdulmuttalib answered, " I had a dream that frightened me." Then he told her all about the dream.
When he finished, she said, "if your dream ever comes true, then one of your sons will control the East and the West. All the people will follow him."

Abdulmuttalib was pleased with what the priestess had told him. Later when he met his son Abu Talib he told him about the dream and what priestess had said. Then he said to his son, Abu Talib, " I hope you are the one the priestess meant in her explanation."
But the intended one was not Abu Talib. The one the priestess mean was the yet unborn grandson of Abdulmuttalib.