Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma 1, record 80 of the digital edition

Translation

Narrated to us my father (ra) that: Narrated to us Ali bin Ibrahim from his father from ibn Abi Umair from Aban bin Uthman in a rafa’u tradition that he said: <br> “When the Messenger of Allah (sw) reached maturity and Abu Talib decided to undertake a journey to Damascus, the Holy Prophet (sw) caught hold of the reins of his camel and asked: On whom are you leaving me, O Uncle? I have neither a father nor a mother. It was at the time when his mother had also passed away. Abu Talib began to weep at this and took him along himself. On the way when it became hot, a piece of cloud appeared over the Prophet to shade him from the sun. This continued till we reached a monastery that belonged to a monk named Bahira. He saw the cloud moving with us. He emerged from his cell and sent some servants for us and invited us for dinner. <br> All of us reached the monastery to attend the dinner leaving behind the Prophet with our goods. When Bahira saw that the cloud stopped at the place of our halt, he asked if someone from the caravan has not come. People said that all have come except for a lad whom we left behind with our luggage. Bahira said: It is not suitable that someone should miss my dinner. Call that boy also. <br> The Prophet was summoned and when he set out from there the cloud also accompanied him. When Bahira saw this he asked: “Whose son is he?” They said: “His”, pointing to Abu Talib. Bahira asked if it was his son. Abu Talib said: “He is my brother’ son.” “Where is your brother?” Bahira asked. “He died before this boy was born.” Bahira said: “Take him back to your native place, because if the Jews recognize him like I have done, they would surely kill him. You should know that he is having a very exalted status. He is the prophet of this Ummah and he shall arise with the sword and Jihad.”

Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.