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When <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) was about a year old, his mother, follow<strong>in</strong>g a local<br />
custom, sent him to live with a wet nurse <strong>in</strong> Badia <strong>in</strong> the outskirts of <strong>Makkah</strong>. Halima Assadia,<br />
the <strong>Prophet</strong>’s wet nurse, was asked to take care of the young child. As a little boy, strangers<br />
would come up to him and say, “this child has a great future,” and walk away. Halima was<br />
worried someth<strong>in</strong>g would happen to <strong>Muhammad</strong>, so she sent him to live with his mother when<br />
he was three years old. Not long after <strong>Muhammad</strong> returned to <strong>Makkah</strong>, his mother died and two<br />
years later, his grandfather died. The young orphan, still about seven or eight years old, was<br />
taken <strong>in</strong> by his uncle, Abu Talib. Abu Talib, who was now head of the Quraish, treated the<br />
<strong>Prophet</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) k<strong>in</strong>dly.<br />
When <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) atta<strong>in</strong>ed the age of twelve, his uncle wanted to go on<br />
a journey with some goods to trade at Bilad-Ashaam. <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) held fast to<br />
him and <strong>in</strong>sisted on accompany<strong>in</strong>g him on the journey. His uncle relented, but decided to take<br />
<strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) with him. The journey was the first journey <strong>Muhammad</strong> took to<br />
Bilad-Ashaam. When the caravan arrived, it stopped at one of the monasteries at the outskirts of<br />
Bilad-Ashaam, which was owned by a monk named Priest Bahira. When Priest Bahira first saw<br />
<strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>), he observed that <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) had all the signs of<br />
the upcom<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Prophet</strong> that he had read about <strong>in</strong> the holy books. Priest Bahira told Abu Talib to<br />
return to <strong>Makkah</strong> with the caravan and keep <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) away for his safety.<br />
Abu Talib followed this advice and took <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) back to <strong>Makkah</strong>.<br />
<strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>) cont<strong>in</strong>ued work<strong>in</strong>g as a merchant and soon made a<br />
reputation for himself. Among the wealthy of <strong>Makkah</strong> was a woman named Khadija. She was<br />
impressed by what she heard of <strong>Prophet</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> (<strong>PBUH</strong>), who was now commonly known<br />
as al-Am<strong>in</strong>, or the trustworthy. She employed him to take her merchandise to Bilad-Ashaam.
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