He (as) broke his fast on the pure heavenly gift...

He (as) broke his fast on the pure heavenly gift, which was quickly transformed into sperm because of its delicateness. The sperm was produced from eating a delicate heavenly food that differs from material nutrition. The Prophet (S) immediately proceeded to Khadija's house in order to transfer the sperm to her womb after the previously mentioned preparations.

This narration was mentioned by the following Sunni scholars with minor variations between some of their accounts of it: Khawarazmi in his book Maqtal al- Husayn p. 63, 68. Dhahabi in al-Etedal v.2, p. 26. Talkhees al-Mustadrak v. 3, p. 156. Asqalani in Lisan al-Mizan v. 4, p. 36. In addition, there are various traditions with minor verbal differences, and the same fundamental meaning that Fatima az-Zahra (sa) was created from a sperm produced from heavenly food. We…