It is narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that they said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell us about yourself. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and the glad tidings of Isa (peace be upon him), and my mother saw, while she was pregnant with me, that a light came out of her by which Busra was illuminated." And Busra is in the land of Syria. Imam al-Hakim says that Khalid bin Ma'dan is among the senior Tabi'in; he kept the company of Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) and the Companions after him. So when he narrates a hadith with a chain from the Companions, it has an authentic chain, even though the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Irbad bin Sariyah al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I was, with Allah, in the Mother of the Book (the Preserved Tablet), the Seal of the Prophets even when Adam (peace be upon him) was still lying kneaded in his clay. And I will tell you its explanation: I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the glad tidings Isa (peace be upon him) gave to his people, and the dream of my mother, who saw that a light came out of her by which the palaces of Syria were illuminated." This hadith has an authentic chain and is a supporting witness for the first hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from his father that Abd al-Muttalib related: We went to Yemen on the winter journey, and I stayed with a scholar of the Jews. There a man from the people of the Zabur said to me: O Abd al-Muttalib! Will you permit me to look at those parts of your body that are not 'awrah? He said: Then he opened one of my nostrils and looked, then looked at the other, and said: I bear witness that in one of your hands there is kingship and in the other prophethood, and I see this prophethood in the Banu Zuhrah; how can that be? I said: I do not know. He asked: Do you have a "sha'ah", meaning a wife? I said: Not today. He said: When you return, marry one of these women. So Abd al-Muttalib returned to Makkah and married Halah bint Wahb bin Abd Manaf, from whom Hamzah and Safiyyah were born, and Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib married Aminah bint Wahb, from whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born. When Abdullah married Aminah, Quraysh said: Abdullah has "falaja", meaning prevailed, over his father.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that there was a Jew living in Makkah who traded there. When the night came in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born, he said in a gathering of Quraysh: O people of Quraysh! Has a child been born among you tonight? The people said: By Allah! We do not know. He said: Allahu Akbar! If this news has escaped you, there is no harm, but look into what I am telling you and remember it: tonight the prophet of this last nation has been born. Between his two shoulders there is a mark with continuous hairs on it, like the hairs of a horse's mane. He will not suckle for two nights, because an 'ifrit of the jinn has put his fingers into his mouth and prevented him from suckling. So the people dispersed from the gathering, wondering at his talk. When they reached their homes, each of them told his family, and the families told them that a boy had been born to Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib whom they had named Muhammad. Then those people met and said: Did you hear what that Jew said, and has the news of this child's birth reached you? Then they set off and came to that Jew and told him the news. He said: Come with me so that I may see him. So they went out and took him to Sayyidah Aminah. He said: Show us your son. She brought him (peace and blessings be upon him) out, and the people uncovered his back, and he saw that seal of prophethood. On seeing it, that Jew fell down unconscious. When he regained consciousness, the people said: Woe to you, what happened to you? He said: By Allah! Prophethood has departed from the Children of Israel. O people of Quraysh! You are rejoicing over him; by Allah! He will seize you with a grip the news of which will reach the east and the west. Among those people to whom the Jew said this were Hisham, al-Walid bin al-Mughirah, Musafir bin Abi Amr, Ubaydah bin al-Harith bin Abd al-Muttalib, and Utbah bin Rabi'ah, who was a young man at that time, while others of the Banu Manaf and the rest of Quraysh were also present. This hadith has an authentic chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. And the reports are established by tawatur (mass transmission) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born circumcised and with his navel cord cut. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in the house in Makkah which is located in the lane known as Zuqaq al-Mudakkak, and I have prayed in it. This is the same house that, after the emigration of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), remained in the possession of Aqil bin Abi Talib and then, after him, with his children.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Will you stay in your house in Makkah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Has Aqil left us any house or dwelling?" Aqil had become the heir of Abu Talib, while Ali and Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not become his heirs, because both of them had become Muslims. The two Shaykhs have used this hadith as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about fasting on Monday, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the day on which I was born and on which (the revelation) began to be sent down to me." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it with these words. Imam Muslim narrated, in the hadith of Shu'bah from Qatadah with this same chain, these words: "Fasting on the day of Arafah expiates the sins of this year and of the year before it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in the "Year of the Elephant". This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born on the "Day of the Elephant". Humayd bin al-Rabi' is alone in mentioning the words "Day of the Elephant" in this hadith, and no other narrator has corroborated (supported) him in it.

It is narrated from Imam Muhammad bin Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) that the blessed birth of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took place when twelve nights of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal had passed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Qays bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and I were both born in the "Year of the Elephant"; we were of the same age. Ibn Ishaq says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was twenty years old at the time of (the war of) Ukaz. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.