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....Following
the divine program of predestination (kadir), when Hazrat Abdullah
and Hazrat Amina got married, the light on the forefront of Hazrat
Abdullah was transmitted first to Hazrat Amina and then it reached
its true owner when our Prophet Hazrat Muhammad was born.
....Hazrat Abdullah, who had entrusted
the light on his forehead to his wife Hazrat Amina, and who completed
his mission in this world, died in Medina while returning home
from Damascus, where he had gone for business. Thus our beloved
Prophet became fatherless before he was even born.
....Hazrat Muhammad, who came to
this unfaithful world as an orphan, was entrusted to a wet nurse,
Halima, of the Bani Sa'd tribe, as was customary among the people
of Mecca at that time.
....Hazrat Muhammad lived with his
wet nurse until he was four years old, and was then brought to
Mecca and handed over to his mother.
....Hazrat Muhammad lived with his
mother from then on, and enjoyed the most delightful days of childhood.
However, when he saw his peers talking to their fathers, he used
to go to a lonely corner and cry, then come home and ask his mother
"Do I not have a father?"
....When Hazrat Muhammad was six
years old, he went to Medina with his mother and their servant
Umm Ayman. They visited the tomb of Hazrat Abdullah on their way
back.
....It was very difficult for Umm
Ayman to separate the mother and son, who were so moved at the
tomb and began crying and embracing each other. Then they rode
their camels toward Mecca.
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