3-236 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bindar, the jurisprudent in Akhsikth - narrated that Abul Abbas Muhammad ibn Jumhoor al-Himady quoted Abu Ali Salih ibn Muhammad al-Baghdady in Bukhara , on the authority of Sa’id ibn Suleiman, Muhammad ibn Bikar and Isma’il ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Al-Faraj ibn Fuzalat, on the authority of Luqman ibn Amir, on the authority of Abi Imamat,

“I asked, ‘O Prophet of God! How was the beginning of your affair?’ The Prophet (MGB) replied, ‘The prayers of my (great grand)father Abraham (MGB); the glad tidings of Jesus - the son of Mary (MGB); and the dream of my mother who saw that a ray of light extending out of her body and illuminating the palaces in Syria.’”