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OurBelovedProphetChildhood, page : 6
his back wrapped in a white woolen shawl under which a green piece of silk had
been placed. Immediately, Allah filled her heart with love for the babe whereupon
she was overcome by his beauty, and as she bent down to pick him up she smelt
the delicate fragrance of musk. Fearing she might disturb him, she placed her
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
been placed. Immediately, Allah filled her heart with love for the babe whereupon
she was overcome by his beauty, and as she bent down to pick him up she smelt
the delicate fragrance of musk. Fearing she might disturb him, she placed her
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