7- وَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الدُّنْيَا مُعَمَّرٌ الْمَغْرِبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُنْتُ أَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِذِئْبٍ عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَصْنَعُ هَاهُنَا فَقَالَ لِي وَ أَنْتَ مَا تَصْنَعُ هَاهُنَا قُلْتُ أَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ قَالَ لِي مُرَّ أَوْ قَالَ ذَا الطَّرِيقِ قَالَ فَسُقْتُ الْغَنَمَ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَ الذِّئْبُ الْغَنَمَ إِذَا أَنَا بِالذِّئْبِ قَدْ شَدَّ عَلَى شَاةٍ فَقَتَلَهَا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِقَفَاهُ فَذَبَحْتُهُ وَ جَعَلْتُهُ عَلَى يَدِي وَ جَعَلْتُ أَسُوقُ الْغَنَمَ فَمَا سِرْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ إِذَا أَنَا بِثَلَاثَةِ أَمْلَاكٍ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ ع فَلَمَّا رَأَوْنِي قَالُوا هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ فَاحْتَمَلُونِي وَ أَضْجَعُونِي وَ شَقُّوا جَوْفِي بِسِكِّينٍ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ وَ أَخْرَجُوا قَلْبِي مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ وَ غَسَلُوا جَوْفِي بِمَاءٍ بَارِدٍ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ فِي قَارُورَةٍ حَتَّى نَقِيَ مِنَ الدَّمِ ثُمَّ رَدُّوا قَلْبِي إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ وَ أَمَرُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى جَوْفِي فَالْتَحَمَ الشَّقُّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَمَا أَحْسَسْتُ بِسِكِّينٍ وَ لَا وَجَعٍ قَالَ وَ خَرَجْتُ أَعْدُو إِلَى أُمِّي يَعْنِي حَلِيمَةَ دَايَةِ النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَتْ لِي أَيْنَ الْغَنَمُ فَخَبَّرْتُهَا بِالْخَبَرِ فَقَالَتْ سَوْفَ يَكُونُ لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ.
Narrated to us Abu Duniya Muammar Maghribi that Ali Ibne Abi Talib said that Holy Prophet (S) said:
“One day I had taken my goats for grazing when a wolf came in front of me. I asked it, “What are you doing here?” It said, “What are you doing here?” I said, “I am flock-keeping here.” Then it went away.” Then, he said, “One day I was making my flock of goats drink water. Suddenly, a wolf came and caught hold of a goat and tore it. I caught hold of its neck, slaughtered it and took it in my custody.
Then I took it (slaughtered goat) to market and suddenly, three angels appeared in front of me viz. Jibraeel 
, Mikaeel and the Angel of Death. When they saw me, they said, “He is Muhammad. Whom Allah has granted abundance.” They made me lie down and tore open my chest with a knife they were carrying and removed the heart from my chest, washed it with cool water they were carrying in a bowl so much that all the blood on my heart was cleansed.
Then they kept it back in my chest and moved their hand on it and my chest became normal by the order of Almighty Allah. I did not feel pain or hurt because of that knife. I came back to my foster-mother, Halima. She asked me, “Where are the animals?” When I narrated the entire incident to her, she said, “Very soon you would be given a high rank in Paradise.”
