The beloved Messenger (sa) migrated from Makkah to Madinah with Abu Bakr Siddeeq (rta). On the way, he took shelter at a disbelieving woman’s place. She was destitute and did not have even a morsel of food to offer. The Prophet (sa) spotted a feeble goat and asked the woman if he could milk it. The goat was too weak to have any milk but the woman offered it to him (sa) anyway.
Allah’s Messenger (sa) milked the goat, filling many bowls. There was so much milk that they were all able to have their fill and there was still enough left for the woman to keep for later usage.
After the Prophet (sa) departed from this woman’s house, her husband arrived and was surprised to see the milk. The woman, who was Umm Mabad (and later converted to Islam) described the kind visiting traveller (Prophet [sa]) as follows:
“I saw a man, who is distinctly handsome and of a beautiful countenance. He is well-built, neither blemished by a big belly nor disfigured by an unusually small head. The pupils of his eyes are very dark, his eyelashes are very long, and the area around the pupils is extremely white. His eyebrows are perfectly close. He has very dark hair, a rather long neck and a thick beard.
“When he remains silent, he is ever contemplative, and when he speaks, eminence and splendour exhibit in his words. His words are like sliding stringed pearls. He is a gifted orator, whose words are neither too few nor too many. He has the clearest words and the most audible voice, as he speaks. When you look at him from afar, he is the most handsome of all people, and when you move closer to him, he is the most pleasant of them.
“You will never be tired of looking at him. He is like a branch between two branches.
“He is the most handsome and most important of them. He has companions who honour him; when he speaks, they listen to his words, and when he commands, they hasten to carry out his order. They serve and gather around him. He neither frowns nor nags.” (Tabarani)
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