Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Hamdan al-Mukattab narrated to us. He said: Abu `Abdullah Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Saffar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Isa al-Damaghani. He said: Yahya b. al-Mughira narrated to us. He said: Jarir narrated to us from al-A`mash from `Atiyya from Abi Sa`id al-Khudri. He said:

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: On the night that I was taken to the heavens, Gabriel took my hand and sat me down on a carpet from the carpets of Paradise. He handed me a quince, and when I split it in half, a dark-eyed beauty appeared; the edges of her eyes were like the front feathers of an eagle. So, she said: “Peace be unto you, O Ahmad. Peace be unto you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be unto you, O Muhammad.” So, I said: “Who are you – may Allah have mercy on you?” She said: “I am the satisfied one whom Allah is satisfied with (radiyatan mardiyya). The Powerful created me from three substances: the undermost of me is from musk, the middle of me is from camphor, the uppermost of me is from ambergris, and I have been kneaded from the water of life. The Powerful said ‘be!’ and I became. He created me for your cousin, your deputy, and your vizier `Ali b. Abi Talib .”