Leave him. This is my child, and he can remain on the platform.
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Said to his sons after young Muhammad ﷺ climbed onto his reserved platform beside the Ka'bah.
After his mother died, the Prophet ﷺ, then about six years old, was raised by his grandfather Abdul Muttalib, the chief of the Quraysh. Ibn Ishaq reports that Abdul Muttalib had a raised platform right beside the Ka'bah. In the afternoon, when the shadow of the Ka'bah covered it, he would sit there and discuss the affairs of the Quraysh. The platform was like a king's throne. No one else was allowed to sit on it, not even his sons or grandsons.
One day the young Prophet ﷺ came running and jumped up onto the platform to sit next to his grandfather. His uncles, including al-Zubayr, pulled him back down. But Abdul Muttalib stopped them. He said, "Leave him. This is my child, and he can remain on the platform." Of all his grandchildren, he was the only one Abdul Muttalib allowed to sit there.
Other events recorded around the same time. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
Leave him. This is my child, and he can remain on the platform.
Said to his sons after young Muhammad ﷺ climbed onto his reserved platform beside the Ka'bah.