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can understand why. They came to
my father, Abu Bakr [r] and said,
“
Do you see what ‘A’ishah has
done? She has caused a tremen-
dous bother to the Messenger of
Allah [s] as well as all the others
with him. None of us have enough
water to have stayed here for so
long. We think that you should
speak to her, O Abu Bakr.
”
By then the Prophet [s] had given
up his search and we rested togeth-
er under the shade of our tent. My
father, Abu Bakr [r], came along and
seeing the Holy Prophet [s] sleep-
ing with his head resting on my
thigh began to whisper. “
My daugh-
ter, I am very upset with you. You
have caused the Messenger of
Allah [s] alot of trouble with this
neclace. We have had to wait all
along and neither is there any water
here. You must forget the neclace
and allow us to continue on our
