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had. I wondered if it meant I should divorce my wife, so I asked the
messenger if that was what it meant, but he told me it did not. So, I
returned to my wife and told her to go and stay with her parents.
In the meantime, the wife of Hilal had gone to the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, to intercede for her husband. She told him that
the only reason she had come was because Hilal was old and
incapable of taking care of himself, so the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, in his mercy, permitted her to stay and look after him.
Nine more days of isolation and heaviness of heart passed, the like of
which I did not know could exist. It was as if the whole world had
closed in on me and become narrow.
On the morning of the 50th day, I was sitting alone when I heard a
shout ring out from the top of Mount Salalah. I listened hard and a
voice cried out: "Ka'b, the son of Malik -- GOOD NEWS!" I fell
prostrate in gratitude -- I knew that relief had come at last.
messenger if that was what it meant, but he told me it did not. So, I
returned to my wife and told her to go and stay with her parents.
In the meantime, the wife of Hilal had gone to the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, to intercede for her husband. She told him that
the only reason she had come was because Hilal was old and
incapable of taking care of himself, so the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, in his mercy, permitted her to stay and look after him.
Nine more days of isolation and heaviness of heart passed, the like of
which I did not know could exist. It was as if the whole world had
closed in on me and become narrow.
On the morning of the 50th day, I was sitting alone when I heard a
shout ring out from the top of Mount Salalah. I listened hard and a
voice cried out: "Ka'b, the son of Malik -- GOOD NEWS!" I fell
prostrate in gratitude -- I knew that relief had come at last.