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As time passed, Halima thought it would be nice for Lady Amina to see her son,
so she decided to take him to see her. Lady Amina was delighted to see and hold
him again, but an epidemic had broken out in Mecca so it was agreed that
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