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My Faith 3 - Free Islamic Studies Textbooks

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At last a poor woman named<br />

Halimah agreed to take the child.<br />

She was a kind, generous women,<br />

and seeing that no one else wished<br />

to care for the little baby she decided<br />

to take him. She already had a<br />

child of her own, a son, about the<br />

same age as Muhammad. “They<br />

can grow up together, as friends, “<br />

she thought, “And play and go on<br />

desert adventures”.<br />

As she travelled home, she wondered<br />

how she would feed the children,<br />

for back at home her sheep<br />

and goats were thin and the crops<br />

had dried. But she hoped that Allah<br />

would bless her because she had<br />

kindly taken the orphan child<br />

Her prayers were answered. When<br />

she returned to her desert village,<br />

and to her little house, a wonderful<br />

sight met her eyes. The sheep and<br />

camels were fat and strong, and<br />

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