Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 40
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 40 the rich but no one paid attention to A minah’s beloved due to his being an orphan. Orphans were generally considered bad luck in Arabia. Also, the poor mother did not have much to offer the nurse. So why would any woman offer her services to her? Upon coming to know that some womenfolk from rural areas had come seeking infants, A minah thought that had her child’s father been alive or had she possessed much wealth, some woman would have sought her child as well. But, alas, both the factors were missing in her case, which deeply grieved the helpless widow. Among these womenfolk was a wet nurse named H al i mah. The lady was both poor and weak. Despite her best efforts, she could not procure a child for herself. She could only look at those women who had children of the rich and the wealthy with them. H al i mah was much saddened at this situation but her destiny was smiling at her and the angels were looking at her from the heavens and saying, “ H al i mah! You are about to get the Chief of mankind, the King of the Spiritual Empire. Just have a little patience!” When, despite her intense efforts, she couldn’t get a child, she was much disappointed and asked her husband: “If you are so willing, I can go and get A minah’s child.