To what extent is the story true about the scent of Pharaoh’s daughter's hairdresser, which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, smelled during the Mi'raj? Did her infant speak to her? And is this story taken from Christian or Jewish sources?

The story describes the journey of Al-Isra’ wal-Mi'raj, during which the Prophet, peace be upon him, smelled a pleasant fragrance. Gabriel informed him that it was the scent of the hairdresser of Pharaoh's daughter and her children. Then Gabriel narrated her story: While she was combing Pharaoh's daughter's hair, the comb fell from her hand, and she said, "In the name of Allah." Pharaoh's daughter asked her, "My father?" She replied, "No, rather my Lord and your father's Lord is Allah." When Pharaoh's daughter informed her father, Pharaoh summoned her and asked, "Do you have a lord other than me?" She replied, "Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allah." Pharaoh then commanded that a copper cow be brought and heated, and then he ordered her and her children to be thrown into it. The hairdresser requested that he gather her bones and her children's bones in one cloth and bury them. As her children began to be thrown in, she hesitated at her suckling infant, whereupon the infant spoke, saying, "O mother, plunge in, for the torment of this world is lighter than the torment of the Hereafter." So, she plunged in.

It is mentioned that four infants spoke: Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary), the companion of Juraij, the witness of Yusuf (Joseph), and the son of Pharaoh's daughter's hairdresser.

Hadith scholars have authenticated the chain of transmission of this story, which confirms its authenticity.