Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 108
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 108 brought to ‘Uk a z, and sold there. H ak i m bin Hiz a m, who was a chief of Makkah and a nephew of Hadrat Khad i jah ra ’, bought three or four boys. Zaid was one of them. Since he seemed more intelligent compared to the other children, the bandits received 400 dirhams in exchange for him. H ak i m bin H iz a m brought these children home with him. When Khad i jah ra visited him a few days later, he said, “Aunt! I have bought some slaves a few days earlier and want to present one to you, so please make your selection. ” Khad i jah ra chose Zaid and brought him home. The child was polite and civilized. Khad i jah ra said to her honourable husband, “He is worthy of being presented to you; kindly accept him on my behalf. ” Zaid was now the slave of Muhammad sa. After his kidnapping, Zaid’s mother and father were deeply grief stricken by his separation. They mourned his loss day and night and tears flowed from their eyes incessantly. The father loved his beloved son immensely; therefore the pain of his loss became unbearable for him. He vented his grief in verses, which said: