BUHEIRA
When the caravan started, accompanied by his uncle, the beautiful
child rode a camel, his long curly hair falling on his shoulders.
All the way long a little cloud hung over his head, casting its shadow
upon him and protecting him from the burning sun of the desert.
When the caravan reached Basra, they met a Christian dervish. His
name was Buheira.He looked deep into the child’s face and said:
“This is the one who was awaited.” From the top of his
house he had seen the caravan approaching and a solitary cloud moving
along with it.
The priest asked the Arabs to dine with him. After the dinner was
over he turned to Muhammad {pbuh}’s uncle and said “This
child is the last Messenger from God .Take him away lest the Jews
of this country should slay him.
He also asked Abu Talib, “What is this child to you?”
“He is my Son” said the uncle.
The priest shook his head and said: “his father could not have
been alive,”
Thereupon Abu Talib told him that his father had died even before
he was born and that he was his uncle.
At night when the people around were all asleep, the Christian priest
came to Muhammad (pbuh) and talked to him. He asked him if he had
any dreams. The little boy told him all the strange dreams that he
had seen. The priest then saw on the child’s back the seal of
the prophet hood and said “surely thou art.”
When Abu Talib learnt all this he wondered, for he did not know what
the prophets were. He asked Buheria who explained every thing to him.
While they were talking there came galloping on horses few soldiers
from the Roman Emperor. They said: “some body has told the Emperor
that the prophet who will conquer his Empire one day is here, and
we want to arrest him.”
“You search in vain,” replied the wise Christian, “for
if he is a prophet you shall not be able to arrest him.”
After that Abu Talib hurried through his business and returned to
Mecca.
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