Holy Prophet Muhammad and His Teachings — Page 3
3 which he had been so recently ushered, in short, everything connected with him brought back to the bereaved wife and the desolate father the dear memories of the young husband and son who had seven months previously left his dear ones to return to his Maker. Joy, however, predominated over sorrow, for the birth of this child was a guarantee that the name of the deceased would be rescued from oblivion. His grandfather gave to this child, who was born an orphan, the name of Muhammad, and he began to thrive under the care of his mother and of a wet-nurse employed by his uncle. . His Early Upbringing. . It was a custom with the people of Mecca to entrust the care and wet-nursing of their children to women in the country, so that they might have the benefit of the fresh air of the country, and should escape the ill effects of the confined air of the town. Women belonging to villages within 30 or 40 miles of Mecca used to come to the town from time to time and take away newly born babies for nursing, and when they brought