Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 174
CHAPTER 8 The secrets of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Acceptance of Prayers 174 and on waking up described another vision. On this Umme H ar a m requested the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to pray that she may be included in that group. H u du r sa replied that you have already been included in the first group (about which the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had prayed a few moments earlier). This prayer was fulfilled in an extraordinary and amazing manner. God granted Umme H ar a m a long life and she stayed alive till the time of Hadrat Mu‘ a viyah ra 's sea voyage, when an army was sent to Cyprus. Umme H ar a m accompanied her husband ‘Ub a dah bin Sa mit ra on this mission. On her return she died on the seashore in Syria. 67 One such incident of advance tidings of acceptance of prayers after receiving information from God, relates to Hadrat Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqqa s ra. He was one of the early Muslim converts and had migrated from Makkah. On the occasion of the last pilgrimage, he fell ill. It was feared that if he died in Makkah he might lose the blessing of migration. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa went to find out how he was and Hadrat Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqqa s ra expressed his apprehension before the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and requested special prayers so that he should not meet his death in Makkah, a place from where he had migrated. His condition was so critical that he had even made his last will regarding the