Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39314 — Reports on the sending of the Prophet

Abu Maysarah reports that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to an open place, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would hear a caller calling him: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)!" When he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard this voice, he would begin to run away. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), mentioned this to her and said: "O Khadijah! I fear that something has become mixed into my mind. When I go out to an open place, I hear a caller but see nothing, so I come running away. Suddenly that caller is right with me, and he is calling me." Sayyidah Khadijah said: "Allah Almighty will not do this to you. As far as I know you, you speak the truth, you fulfill trusts and you maintain the ties of kinship. So Allah Almighty will not do this to you." Sayyidah Khadijah told this in confidence to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr was his (peace and blessings be upon him) friend in the time of Ignorance. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr took his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand and led him (peace and blessings be upon him) toward Waraqah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is the matter?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr related the whole matter that Sayyidah Khadijah had told him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Waraqah and mentioned this incident. Waraqah asked: "Have you seen anything?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! But when I go out, I hear a voice, and I see nothing, so I go running away; and suddenly that caller is right with me." Waraqah said: "Do not do (that). When you hear the voice, stay where you are until you have heard what he says to you." Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to an open place, he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the voice: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Here I am!" The caller said: "Say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger." Then the caller said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "All praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment," and had him recite to the end of Surah al-Fatihah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Waraqah and mentioned this to him, and Waraqah said: "Glad tidings to you, then glad tidings to you, then glad tidings to you! I bear witness that you are the very Messenger of whom Isa (peace be upon him) gave glad tidings. (He said): 'A Messenger who will come after me, whose name will be Ahmad.' So I bear witness that you are Ahmad, and I bear witness that you are Muhammad, and I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah. It is near that you will be commanded to fight (jihad), and if you are commanded to fight while I am alive, I will most certainly fight alongside you (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then (after this) Waraqah died. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw this Christian scholar in Paradise in green garments."