Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 204
CHAPTER 9 Dreams, visions and prophecies of the Truthful Communicator 204 Hadrat Umme H ar a m ra binte Mil ha n relates, "The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was sleeping in our house. Suddenly he woke up and was smiling. When I enquired the cause of his smile, he said, 'some people of my Ummah were shown to me, while fighting in the way of All a h would sail on the oceans like kings sitting on the thrones'. Umme H ar a m ra says she requested the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to pray that she be included in that group. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa prayed for her wish to be fulfilled. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa dozed off again. He woke up the second time with a smile on his face. On enquiry by Umme H ar a m ra , the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, ‘I have been shown another group of my Ummah, who would sail on the oceans like kings sitting on the thrones when they would set out for Jih a d in the path of All a h’. Umme H ar a m ra again requested to be included in that group. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa replied, "You would be part of the first group of people and would not be included in the second group". Hadrat Anas ra reports that Umme H ar a m ra was among the people who sailed on the seas. She died on her return by falling from a horse. 12 This prophecy contained a reference to the naval voyage to Crete. During the Khilafat of Hadrat ‘Uthm a n ra Hadrat Mu‘ a viyah was the governor of Syria and God gave him the capability to build the first grand naval fleet for