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me, and has wept continuously.‟
Some of my people suggested to me that I should also seek the
permission of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so that
my wife might also look after me as the wife of Hilal, the son of
Umayyah had done, but I did not ask the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, for this because I did not know what he might say, and
besides, I was young.
Ten more days and nights passed like this. On the fifty-first morning,
after the dawn prayer, I was sitting at home feeling melancholy and
although the world is wide, as Allah, the Exalted had described, it
seemed to have become narrow and small for me. Suddenly, I
heard someone shout at the top of his voice from the top of Mount
Sala'ah, „O Ka'ab son of Malik good news!‟ Immediately I fell down
prostrate and realized that relief had come.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had informed the
Companions at the time of the Dawn prayer, that Allah, the Exalted
Some of my people suggested to me that I should also seek the
permission of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so that
my wife might also look after me as the wife of Hilal, the son of
Umayyah had done, but I did not ask the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, for this because I did not know what he might say, and
besides, I was young.
Ten more days and nights passed like this. On the fifty-first morning,
after the dawn prayer, I was sitting at home feeling melancholy and
although the world is wide, as Allah, the Exalted had described, it
seemed to have become narrow and small for me. Suddenly, I
heard someone shout at the top of his voice from the top of Mount
Sala'ah, „O Ka'ab son of Malik good news!‟ Immediately I fell down
prostrate and realized that relief had come.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had informed the
Companions at the time of the Dawn prayer, that Allah, the Exalted