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were hidden in the valley of Atik. Harith and his sons were completely overcome,
for no one except the three knew what they had done let alone where they had
hidden the camels. Harith and his sons exclaimed: "I bear witness that there is no
god except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!" The two camels
were fetched and given to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and
Jurairah was returned to her father, and like her father, she too embraced Islam.

Tribal ties had been strengthened enormously through the bonds of the Prophet's
marriages and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, offered to marry
Jurairah. Jurairah accepted and an apartment was added to those of her co-
wives.

When the Ansars and Muhajirs learned that the Prophet was going to take Lady
Jurairah to be his wife they released all their captives, and Lady Ayesha was
heard to say: "I know of no woman, who was a greater blessing to her tribe than
her."

One morning Lady Jurairah did not accompany her co-wives to the mosque to
offer her Fajr prayer, she stayed in her apartment and prayed alone. After she