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The Grandfather’s Joy and His Search for a Nursing Woman
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Local English translation from the Arabic text; not an official published English edition. The Arabic source includes critical and lexical notes; only the relevant narrative is translated here.
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Read the corresponding Arabic sectionAfter Aminah told Abd al-Muttalib that a boy had been born to him, he came and saw the child. It is related that he took him into the Ka‘bah, prayed there and thanked Allah for what He had granted him, then returned him to his mother. He then sought nursing women for the Messenger of Allah. Ibn Hisham comments on the wording used in the report for seeking infants to be nursed.