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worshipped Allah a lot. In fact, she was so well mannered and pious that when it
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was time for her mother to take her to the Temple to fulfill her promise to Allah,
the High Priests could not believe their eyes and each became very anxious to
take charge of her!
Zachariah, who was a Prophet and one of the High Priests of the Temple, told
the other priests that he had more right to be Mary's guardian because his wife
was Mary's aunt therefore he was related to her. The other High Priests
protested, so it was agreed that they would go down to the river Jordan and cast
straws into it, and whosoever’s straw floated upright would be Mary's guardian.
Upon reaching the river Jordan each cast their straw into the water and much to
Prophet Zachariah's great happiness his was the only one to float upright.
The matter was decided, Mary's new guardian was her uncle, Prophet Zachariah
who hastily built a special room upstairs in the Temple for her. No one was
10
was time for her mother to take her to the Temple to fulfill her promise to Allah,
the High Priests could not believe their eyes and each became very anxious to
take charge of her!
Zachariah, who was a Prophet and one of the High Priests of the Temple, told
the other priests that he had more right to be Mary's guardian because his wife
was Mary's aunt therefore he was related to her. The other High Priests
protested, so it was agreed that they would go down to the river Jordan and cast
straws into it, and whosoever’s straw floated upright would be Mary's guardian.
Upon reaching the river Jordan each cast their straw into the water and much to
Prophet Zachariah's great happiness his was the only one to float upright.
The matter was decided, Mary's new guardian was her uncle, Prophet Zachariah
who hastily built a special room upstairs in the Temple for her. No one was