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hand over his chest and as she did he smiled, then opened his eyes and from his
eyes beamed a radiant light. Gently, she kissed him between his eyes and
offered him her right breast and immediately felt a surge of milk, he accepted,
and suckled away contentedly. After a little while she offered him her left breast
but he did not want any more and left it for his foster brother.

Whilst Halima was with Lady Amina and her baby, her husband, Abi Kabshah,
went to tend his sheep and found its udder full of milk, in fact there was more
than enough milk to suffice the whole family. That night they drank their fill and
slept peacefully. When they awoke, Abi Kabshah said: "Halima, by Allah, I see
you have chosen a blessed spirit, did you notice how we spent such a blessed
night and are enjoying its benefits?"

The time soon came for the foster parents to return to the desert with their
charges, so Halima took her farewell from Lady Amina as she handed her
beloved son up to her as she sat upon her donkey.

Halima and her husband were quick to notice the multiple blessings that
constantly came their way. Their donkey had always been the slowest ride