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house, saying "O the Prophet of God, please stay at our place."
....Our beloved Prophet, who did
not want to hurt anybody's feelings, said to them "I will stay
where my camel rests."
....The camel of the Prophet, which
walked through the streets of Medina looking to the right and
the left, as if it were greeting people, first stopped at the
edge of an empty plot. Then it got up and walked a bit, and then
rested again in front of the door of the house of Abû Ayyûb Khâlid
b. Zayd al-Ansârî (Eyup Sultan). Eyup Sultan is buried in the
Eyup district in Istanbul, and through him channels the blessing
and pride to Turkey. Then the camel let its head rest on the ground,
groaning slightly. It was saying that this was the end of the
journey.
....While our beloved Prophet was
preparing to get off his camel, saying that Allah has willed this
to be the place, Eyup Sultan, who saw that the camel had rested
in front of his door, and who saw that Hazrat Muhammad was preparing
to get off his camel, could not believe his eyes for the greatness
of the divine blessing and grace that had been granted him. He
ran crying and invited our beloved Prophet in, saying "O the Prophet
of God, please come in."
....At a moment, the house of Eyup
Sultan became the most sacred house on Earth and the headquarters
of Islam.
....Hazrat Gabriel and other angels
came down to visit Hazrat Muhammad and to welcome to Medina.
....The people of Medina came to
visit him in groups, listened to his talks and expressed their
pleasure in seeing him in their area.
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