The Changing Fortune of Hazrat Halimah Sa’diyyah (Radhiyallahu Anha)
Halimah (Radhiyallahu anha) herself narrates: “When we came to Makkah, there was a famine in the land. There was no grass in the fields and no milk in the udders of the animals. Riding animals could barely move. With us was our child, our she-camel and a riding donkey for which there was no food even. I did not have enough milk and so the child was hungry. In this condition, there was no peace during the day nor rest at night.
As soon as we had taken Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), our condition changed. My empty breasts filled with so much milk that both Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and my baby drank to their fill.
The camel that couldn’t give even a drop of milk, its udders were now filled with milk. My husband milked it and we both drank to our fill. We could now sleep well at night without the pangs of hunger. My husband said: ‘Halimah! It seems that this is a very blessed and fortunate baby that we have taken. All these blessings are due to him.’
We stayed comfortably in Makkah for a few days. When all the women took leave from the parents of the children, I also took leave from the mother of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and set off to return home. I mounted the donkey and placed Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) on my lap. This donkey, that had been walking with difficulty behind the entire caravan on the journey to Makkah, became fast and trotting on it went ahead of the caravan. On seeing this, the women who were with me said: ‘Halimah is very fortunate. She has found such a blessed child due to whom all her troubles have gone away.’
On reaching our home, even more blessings became apparent. Our goats, that had hardly found any food for months and who gave maybe just a few drops of milk, returned from the fields filled with milk. My goats would return every day like this while the animals of the other villagers did not have any milk. Now all the women were jealous of me and were regretful of being deprived of not having such a blessed child.
The villagers then started sending their animals to graze with my animals and through the Power of Allah, their animals also started to give milk.”
(Nêk Beebiya)