Those Who Spoke in the Cradle

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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ عِيسَى

No one spoke in the cradle except three, Jesus,

وَكَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُرَيْجٌ

And there was a man among the Children of Israel named Jurayj.

كَانَ يُصَلِّي فَجَاءَتْهُ أُمُّهُ فَدَعَتْهُ

He was praying, then his mother came to him and called him.

فَقَالَ أُجِيبُهَا أَوْ أُصَلِّي

So he said, "Shall I answer her or shall I pray?"

فَقَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى تُرِيهُ وُجُوهَ الْمُوْمِسَاتِ

She said, "O Allah, do not let him die until You show him the faces of the prostitutes."

وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ

And Jurayj was in his cell.

فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَكََلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى

Then a woman approached him and spoke to him, then he refused.

فَأَتَتْ رَاعِيًا

So she came as a shepherd.

فَأَمْكَنَتْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا

She allowed him access to her and gave birth to a boy.

فَقَالَتْ مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ فَأَتَوْهُ فَكَسَرُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ

She said, "From Jurayj." So they came to him and broke his hermitage.

وَأَنْزَلُوهُ وَسَبُّوهُ

and they brought him down and insulted him.

فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَتَى الْغُلَامَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلَامُ

He performed ablution and prayed, then he went to the boy and said, "Who is your father, O boy?"

قَالَ الرَّاعِيُ

The shepherd said.

قَالُوا نَبْنِي صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ

They said, "Let us build your minaret of gold."

قَالَ لَا إِلَّا مِنْ طِيْنٍ

He said, "Only from clay."

وَكَانَتْ إِمْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ إِبْنًا لَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

And there was a woman nursing a son of hers from among the Children of Israel,

فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ ذُو شَارَةٍ

Then a mounted man with a mark passed by her.

فَقَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ إِجْعَلْ إِبْنَيَّ مِثْلَهُ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا

She said, "O Allah, make my son like him." Then he left her breast,

وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّاكِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ

And he turned toward the rider and said, "O Allah, do not make me like him."

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى ثَدْيِهَا يَمَصُّهُ

Then he leaned toward her breast and sucked it.

قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمَصُّ إِصْبَعَهُ

Abu Hurayrah said: I seem to see the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sucking his finger.

ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِأَمَةٍ فَقَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ إِبْنِي مِثْلَ هَذِهِ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا

Then he passed by a slave-girl, and she said, "O God, do not make my son like this." Then he left her breast.

فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا

Then he said, "O Allah, make me like her."

فَقَالَتْ لِمَ ذَاكَ

So she said, "Why is that?"

فَقَالَ الرَّاكِبُ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ

So the rider said, "A tyrant from among the tyrants."

وَهَذِهِ الْأَمَةُ يَقُولُونَ سَرَقْتِ زَنَيْتِ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلْ

And this female slave, they say, "You stole, you committed adultery," and you did not do it.