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Lady Aminah was overjoyed that
her baby had found a loving family
to care for him. But how she would
miss him. And so the little
Muhammad began the first years of
his life with a woman named
Halimah and her family of the Banu
Sa’d tribe.
Little Muhammad proved to be a
blessed child. No sooner had
Halimah taken him, but she found
that her health and strength
returned and she had more than
enough milk for both her own little
baby and for Muhammad. Her sick
donkey became well and strong
and trotted along faster than all the
others. And her she camel became
fat and began giving plenty of milk,
too.
Halimah worried that she would not
be able to care properly for baby
Muhammad. They were very poor,
and because of the previous years
