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It was the custom in those days for
the women of the city to send their
young children into the desert vil-
lages where the air was fresh and
the food healthy. And also because
amongst the village folk the Arabic
language was spoken very beauti-
fully. The children would grow
healthy and strong while they were
there.
Once every year, the desert women
used to come to Makkah and collect
the young children. But Aminah was
a poor widow. Her husband
‘Abdullah had passed away and it
seemed that no one would take her
orphan child, the beautiful baby
Muhammad. The desert women
were afraid that their would be no
one to pay them for looking after the
little child and so they all walked
away.
