Traditional date, disputed
Raised in the desert by his nurse Halimah, the young boy is visited by Jibril, who opens his chest and washes his heart.
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Quran 94:1
Source: Seerah, Muslim ·
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