Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 134
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 134 someone else’s field. At that time, by chance, a lady was looking after the fields. She hit the camel and chased it out of the field. The owner of the camel was furious and he began beating the lady causing her to be severely injured. The lady called for her people, while the owner of the camel called for his people. Both sides pulled out their swords and began fighting. Slowly, it escalated with some people joining one side and some joining the other. This progressed into a war! The fight began between two families, but over time, many other Arab families became involved in the war. This war dragged on for forty years and ultimately claimed the lives of seventy thousand people. Only after countless years of death and bloodshed was the anger in the hearts of these people finally quenched and the war came to an end. A famous poet of India, Maul a n a Ha l i , says about this war: The fight of the tribes of Bakr and Taghlab that annihilated tribes upon tribes Half a century was wasted and due to this a war spread across Arabia. The fight was not over money, nor the nation, but only due to being uneducated.