The Washing of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) Heart before the Mi’raj
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ As the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) was in al-Hijr, at the House, the semicircular space under the waterspout which is open on both sides on the northwest side of the Ka’bah, lying down at rest between two men; his uncle, Sayyidina Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muththalib ( r.a. ); and his cousin, Sayyidina Ja’far ibn Abu Thalib ath-Thayyar ( r.a. ); Jibril ( a.s. ) and Mika’il ( a.s. ) came to him. With them was a third angel, Israfil ( a.s. ). They carried him until they brought him to the spring of Zamzam, where they asked him to lie on his back and Jibril ( a.s. ) took him over from the other two. Another version says, “The roof of my house was opened, and Jibril descended.” He split the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) chest from his throat to the bottom of his belly. Then Jibril ( a.s. ) said to Mika’il ( a.s. ), “Bring me a tast of water from Zamzam so that I will purify his heart and expand his breast.” A “ tast ” is a vessel, usual...