Muhammad with a Foster Family
The Arab who lived in town had a tradition of sending their children to grow up with the Bedouins (the nomad Arabs). They believed that children who grew up in the dessert would be smarter and stronger and they would have better knowledge of Arabic language.
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It was that time of the year when women from the dessert came to Mecca to take children from the town with them. Each woman was looking for a child from a rich family. Among the women was Halimah Al Sa'dyiah.
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Halimah was a poor woman with many children. They did not have enough food at her house to feed her children. When Muhammad was brought for the women, none of the women accepted him because he was an orphan. Halimah arrived a little late. The children of the rich people of Mecca were all snapped up. She wanted to go back empty handed but then Muhammad was brought to her. She felt some sort of connection to him. She loved him and she accepted to take him with her.
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