Sa’ib bin Yazid narrates: My maternal aunt took me to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah! My nephew is in pain. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed his hand over my head and prayed for blessing for me, and he performed ablution, and I drank the leftover water from his ablution. Then I stood behind his back, and I saw the Seal between his shoulders, which was like the egg of a partridge.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah, may Allah be pleased with him, who says: I saw the Seal between the two shoulders of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, which was in the form of a red lump, like the egg of a pigeon.

Sayyida Rumaysah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that I heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at a time when I was so close to him that if I wished, I could have kissed the Seal of Prophethood which was between his two shoulders, and the statement was this: When Sa’d bin Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, on that day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“At his death, the Throne of Allah, the Exalted, began to shake.”

Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali bin Abi Talib narrates that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to describe the attributes/appearance of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)... Then he narrated a long hadith in which he said that between the two shoulders of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was the Seal of Prophethood; he (peace and blessings be upon him) was the Seal of the Prophets.

Alba bin Ahmar Yashkari narrates that Abu Zaid Amr bin Akhtab Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) told me, he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Zaid! Come near me, and pass your hand over my back." So I passed my hand over the back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and my fingers touched the Seal of Prophethood. (Alba bin Ahmar Yashkari) says: I asked, "What was the Seal of Prophethood like?" He said: "A collection of some hairs."

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrates that I heard from my father, Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a tray on which there were some fresh dates. He placed it before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“O Salman! What is this?”He replied:“This is charity for you and your companions.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Take it away, we do not eat charity.”(The narrator says) He took the tray away. Then the next day, in the same manner, he brought a tray and placed it before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked:“Salman, what is this?”He replied:“O Messenger of Allah! This is a gift for you.”So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the companions:“Spread it out.”Then Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the seal on the blessed back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and brought faith in him. Since Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) was a slave of the Jews, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bought him for such and such dirhams, and also on the condition that Salman would plant some date palms for those Jews and work on them until they bore fruit and became edible. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) planted all the saplings with his blessed hands, except for one sapling which Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) planted. All the saplings bore fruit in the first year except for one, which did not bear fruit. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked:“What is the reason? Why did this one sapling not bear fruit?”Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied:“O Messenger of Allah! I planted this one.”So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uprooted it and replanted it, and it bore fruit in the same year.

Abu Nadrah ‘Awfi narrates that I asked Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) about the Seal of Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he replied: There was a raised piece of flesh on the blessed back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sarjis (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), walked around behind him, and he sensed my intention. So he removed the sheet from his back, and I saw the place of the Seal of Prophethood, which was like a fist, upon which were marks like moles, protruding like raised spots or the tips of nipples. (After seeing this) I returned to face the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! May Allah forgive you. So he said:“May He forgive you too.”The people said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has prayed for your forgiveness. He said: Yes! And for you as well. Then he recited this verse: «وَاسْتَغْفِرْ‌ لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ» [محمد: ١٩] “O Prophet! Seek forgiveness for yourself and for the believing men and believing women.”