Muhammad.com collection in 109 languages

  • Mawlid-Nabi-English, page : 15

family into which marriage

to its siblings is not permitted.

And so it was that Halima's fost

r child

would refer to her in later years as his “mother” and to her children as his “brothers and sisters”.

Right from the very beginning, the bonding between Halima and her foster child proved to be a very
great blessing, for not only her family but the entire tribe. And it was because of this very close
relationship that her people were, in the years that followed, protected and led to Paradise.

Life in the Desert

The time soon came for the foster parents to set off for their desert home with their charges, so Halima made her farewells to Lady Aminah who handed her beloved son up to her as she sat upon her donkey.
Halima and her husband were quick to notice the multiple blessings that constantly came their way. Their donkey had always been the slowest ride because it was frail, and more recently showed signs