Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 63
19 AN INNoCENT CHILD’s RESolVE A young child, hardly nine or ten years of age, grazed goats with another boy in the mountainous fields outside of Makkah. It was the custom of the city that various households held gatherings for story telling and poetry recitals. In these gatherings, stories about the bravery and heroism of their ancestors were narrated using ornate words and poetry. People participated in such events with great enthusiasm. They would spend the entire evening indulging in drinking, revelry and commotion. The young child was aware of all this but had not yet participated in any such events. Yet he was just a child and had the same feelings as all children do. The people of that