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Muhammad could stay with them a
little longer. Aminah had missed her
baby and wanted to keep him, but
she thought it would be better.for
Muhammad to live in the village for
a few more years. So little
Muhammad went back to the desert
village with Halimah.
Halimah’s husband was a shep-
herd. When Muhammad was a few
years old, he too helped look after
the sheep with Halimah’s children.
He would act as if he were a little
shepherd. The children loved to
play with him.
One day, when Muhammad was in
the fields, two angels came to him.
They opened Muhammad’s heart,
washed it, and filled it with the
Nur
(light) of Allah. Then they disap-
peared. All the children who saw
this were terrified. They ran home
screaming, “
Muhammad has been
killed
.”
