The great Muslim hero, Amīr ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-Dīn al-Jazāʾirī رحمه الله, who passed away in the year 1300 AH/1883 CE, writes in his book:
"When I reached the blessed city of Madīnah, I stood facing the direction of the noble countenance of the Prophet ﷺ (in his resting place). After offering my greetings to him and to his two companions (Abū Bakr and ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما) whom Allāh had honored with his companionship in life and in the Barzakh, I said, ‘Yā Rasūlullāh (ﷺ), 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫; Yā Rasūlullāh (ﷺ), 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝; Yā Rasūlullāh (ﷺ), 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞; Yā Rasūlullāh (ﷺ), 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞.’ I then heard him ﷺ say to me, ‘𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞.’
In that blessed moment, I couldn’t tell whether he meant a literal lineage or a spiritual kinship of the heart! I then sat near the noble feet of the Prophet ﷺ, leaning against the eastern wall of the Masjid, remembering Allāh. Suddenly, I lost awareness of the world, of the loud recitations, Dhikr, and supplications in the Masjid, and even of myself, until I heard a voice say, ‘This is our master, al-Tihāmī.’ 𝐈 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 while still in this state of spiritual absence 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 ﷺ 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞, emerging from the metal screen at the noble feet. He ﷺ approached the next screen and passed through it, coming toward me.
I saw the Prophet ﷺ, dignified and majestic, with a solid and noble form. His ﷺ blessed hair had more gray, and the redness of his ﷺ honorable face was more intense than what the honorable companions had mentioned. When he ﷺ came close to me, I regained my senses and praised Allāh.”
[Spiritual Stations and Divine Effusions by Amīr ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-Dīn al-Jazāʾirī, Mawqif Raqam 82-83, Volume 1, pp. 144-145]
