Chief of the Prophets — Page 42
Chapter Three 42 Allah, the Exalted. He would take enough food with him to last many days to the Cave of Ḥirā, which was three miles from Makkah, for the sake of worship. There is a tradition in Bukhārī narrated by ‘Ᾱ’ishah ra that this was the time when Muḥammad sa started having abundant frequent true and blessed dreams, and this was the precursor of receiving revelation.