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prayer, not even from the sitting position. He told his wives to ask Abu Bakr
to lead the prayer. However, his daughter, Lady Ayesha, feared her father
would be greatly distressed if he was asked to lead the prayer on behalf of
the Prophet, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a very tender-
hearted man, his voice is not strong and is given to weeping when he
recites the Koran". Then she suggested that perhaps Omar should lead the
prayer. However, the Prophet, praise and veneration be upon him, insisted
upon Abu Bakr. Lady Ayesha glanced at Lady Hafsa to try to enlist her
help, but the Prophet would not hear of it, so Abu Bakr led the prayers.
His visitors:
Lady Ayesha and her co-wives comforted and tended to the Prophet's
needs as best they could and when visitors entered they would often find
him with his head cradled upon Lady Ayesha's lap or propped up so that he
rested against her. When Lady Fatima, the Prophet's daughter came to
visit him they withdrew so that they might share some precious time alone
to lead the prayer. However, his daughter, Lady Ayesha, feared her father
would be greatly distressed if he was asked to lead the prayer on behalf of
the Prophet, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a very tender-
hearted man, his voice is not strong and is given to weeping when he
recites the Koran". Then she suggested that perhaps Omar should lead the
prayer. However, the Prophet, praise and veneration be upon him, insisted
upon Abu Bakr. Lady Ayesha glanced at Lady Hafsa to try to enlist her
help, but the Prophet would not hear of it, so Abu Bakr led the prayers.
His visitors:
Lady Ayesha and her co-wives comforted and tended to the Prophet's
needs as best they could and when visitors entered they would often find
him with his head cradled upon Lady Ayesha's lap or propped up so that he
rested against her. When Lady Fatima, the Prophet's daughter came to
visit him they withdrew so that they might share some precious time alone