Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 104
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 104 mediate, but none of the tribes were ready to give up their right. Their swords were ready to come out of their sheaths and the arrows in their quivers were prepared to rip through bosoms! This quarrel lasted four days but no decision could be reached. On the fourth day, after careful consideration, one chief named Ab u Umayyah bin Mugh i rah came up with a proposition. He suggested that the first person to enter the Ka‘bah early next morning would make the decision to end the quarrel and everyone should accept that without any objection. “We accept”, “We accept”, everyone shouted and all began counting the moments to the next morning with great eagerness. By Allah’s design, the first person to enter the Ka‘bah the next morning was none other than the grandson of the Chief of Quraish, A minah’s precious gem, ‘Abdull a h’s darling child, and the husband of Hadrat Khad i jah ra. Faces lit up with profound happiness upon seeing Muhammad sa. They shouted with joy, “He is Sa diq , he is Am i n. We accept his decision. ” The house of H a shim was happy beyond measure that one of them had earned the honour. The pride of Ban u H a shim, Muhammad sa , stepped forward, took off his cloak (in those times, it was a straight