Halima al-Sa'diyya: Difference between revisions

Banu Sa'd suffered from a severe famine, so Halima and nine other women of the tribe headed to [[Mecca]] to make a living by wet-nursing children of wealthy tribes of Mecca. Due to poverty and famine her camel was very weak and skinny so she was left behind and consequently arrived late to Mecca. When she arrived, the grandson of [['Abd al-Muttalib]] was the only child left, because he was an orphan and they were afraid not to receive an appropriate fee. Halima wet-nursed Muhammad (s).  

Immediately after she accepted wet-nursing of [[Muhammad (s)]], blessings showed up in her life. Her milk that was barely enough for her own child, due to poverty, now was easily fed the Prophet (s) and his son. Even her emaciated camel overflowed with milk and got so strong that she overtook other women on the way back to Mecca. While other wet-nurses were wondering about the reason of these sudden changes in her life, Halima believed that they were because of the child of [[Banu Hashim]], and she repeated that several times.