Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 113
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 113 Thinking this and getting disappointed, Ha rith said, “What reconciliation and through what means? We cannot think of anything. Tell us yourself how this can be achieved. ” The Holy Prophet sa replied, “I have thought of a way provided you are agreeable to it. That is to ask Zaid himself concerning this. If he wants to go with you, he surely can. I will absolutely not take any money from you in exchange for him; you may happily take your child back. But if instead of accompanying you, he prefers to stay with me, then I would request you to leave him here if you so will. And rest assured that as long as I am alive, your boy shall not have any kind of discomfort here. But if you do not agree to this, then I do not want to force you; you can take your child with you with pleasure. ” Would there be a slave anywhere who would not want to be set free? And would there be a son on this earth who would prefer to live with a stranger rather than his own parents? It is quite obvious that the comfort and luxury a child gets from his parents can never be obtained elsewhere and the degree with which parents can love their son can never be given by anyone else. Considering this, both the father and the uncle readily