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OurBelovedProphetChildhood, page : 18
As they sat down to eat Buhairah looked at each one in turn, then asked if there
was anyone missing from the party. They informed him that there was another, a
boy, whom they had asked to tend the camels. Buhairah insisted that the boy
should join them, and the caravaners felt embarrassed at their unintentional
forgetfulness, and so Muhammad joined them.
When Muhammad arrived, Buhairah observed his appearance and manners
closely. After a while he questioned him and then asked him to swear by the idols
of Mecca -- which was common practice amongst the Arabs. Muhammad refused
saying: "There is nothing more hateful to me than to do that."
The answers Muhammad gave Buhairah convinced him ninety-nine percent that
the young boy, in whose company he was, was none other than the one
prophesied in the scriptures to be the last Prophet of Allah. However, one thing
bothered him, Abu Talib had referred to Muhammad as being his son, and the
scriptures stated quite clearly that the last prophet would be an orphan, so he
was anyone missing from the party. They informed him that there was another, a
boy, whom they had asked to tend the camels. Buhairah insisted that the boy
should join them, and the caravaners felt embarrassed at their unintentional
forgetfulness, and so Muhammad joined them.
When Muhammad arrived, Buhairah observed his appearance and manners
closely. After a while he questioned him and then asked him to swear by the idols
of Mecca -- which was common practice amongst the Arabs. Muhammad refused
saying: "There is nothing more hateful to me than to do that."
The answers Muhammad gave Buhairah convinced him ninety-nine percent that
the young boy, in whose company he was, was none other than the one
prophesied in the scriptures to be the last Prophet of Allah. However, one thing
bothered him, Abu Talib had referred to Muhammad as being his son, and the
scriptures stated quite clearly that the last prophet would be an orphan, so he