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Halima should take him back with her to their desert home.
Little Muhammad loved to play with his foster brothers but also enjoyed sitting
alone by himself. Several months had passed since his return from Mecca, when
one day as his brothers were playing not far away among the sheep, and he sat
alone, two angels, having taken the appearance of men, dressed in pure white
robes came to him with a gold bowl containing snow. Muhammad was neither
afraid, nor concerned when they miraculously opened his chest, felt around his
heart, washed it, then sealed his chest once more and left.
His brothers saw the two men, and had watched in awe and as soon as they left
they ran as fast as their legs could carry them to tell their mother. Halima and her
husband rushed to Muhammad and found him standing alone. His face looked
somewhat pale and Halima held him gently in her arms then asked what had
happened. He told her about the two men and how they had opened his chest
and looked for something, but what it was they were looking for he did not know.
Halima was alarmed and looked at his chest but there were no signs of it having
been opened, nor yet were there any traces of blood. The only difference she
could find was that the small mark she had taken to be a birth mark between his
Little Muhammad loved to play with his foster brothers but also enjoyed sitting
alone by himself. Several months had passed since his return from Mecca, when
one day as his brothers were playing not far away among the sheep, and he sat
alone, two angels, having taken the appearance of men, dressed in pure white
robes came to him with a gold bowl containing snow. Muhammad was neither
afraid, nor concerned when they miraculously opened his chest, felt around his
heart, washed it, then sealed his chest once more and left.
His brothers saw the two men, and had watched in awe and as soon as they left
they ran as fast as their legs could carry them to tell their mother. Halima and her
husband rushed to Muhammad and found him standing alone. His face looked
somewhat pale and Halima held him gently in her arms then asked what had
happened. He told her about the two men and how they had opened his chest
and looked for something, but what it was they were looking for he did not know.
Halima was alarmed and looked at his chest but there were no signs of it having
been opened, nor yet were there any traces of blood. The only difference she
could find was that the small mark she had taken to be a birth mark between his