Every six months Haleemah would take Muhammad back to Makkah to be with his mother and other family members. She would then return with him to Dayar Banu Sa’d. After Muhammad was weaned, it was time for him to go back to his family for good. When Haleemah took him back to his mother, she begged Amina to let her keep the boy longer because he had brought her good fortune. She pleaded he would grow stronger and healthier in the desert, far away from the frequent epidemics that raged in Makkah. Amina consented, and Haleemah returned home with Muhammad , happy at her extended good fortune. Two years later, however, a strange event occurred that frightened Haleemah and her husband, prompting them to return Muhammad to his family in Makkah.

Muhammad’s chest is opened

Anas bin Malik (RA) relates that one day as Muhammad was playing with some children near Haleemah’s house; Jibreel (the angel Gabriel) appeared and made Muhammad lie down. He then opened up the boys chest, took out his heart, and extracted a lump of flesh from it, saying: “This is the portion of Satan in you.” Then he put Muhammad’s heart in a golden tray filled with Zamzam water, washed it and replaced it in his chest. The other children ran to Haleemah in terror crying that Muhammad had been killed. When they reached Muhammad they found him alive, his face pale from shock. Anas later said that he saw the scar on the Prophet’s chest where it had been sewn back together.