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III. First tradition of Ibn Sa'd the Secretary of Waqidy (I usually 

 call him for the sake of brevity Waqidy) : 



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" I have been informed by Khalid b. Khodash on the authority of 

 Mo'tamir b. Solayman, who said that he heard his father relating from 

 Ami Moljaz that 'abd al-Mo^alib or Abu Talib [Khalid doubts which 

 of the two] was kind to Mohammad after the death of 'abd Allah 

 (his father), and, he continues, he did not go on a journey but he took 

 him with him, one day he went to Syria, and he encamped in a place, 

 and there came a Rahib (hermit or monk) to him and said ; " there is a 

 godly man among you." The Arab answered, "there are men among us 

 who are hospitable, and release prisoners and do what is right," or some 

 thing to this effect. He repeated "There is a godly man among 

 you," and continued " where is the father of this boy?" The Arab 

 answered, " I am his guardian" or it was said, "This is his guardian." 

 The Rahib said, " Take care of this boy, do not take him to Syria, 

 the Jews are jealous of him, and I am afraid of them for him." The 

 Arab answered, " It is not you who says this, but it is God" and he 

 caused him to return to Makkah. The hermit said, " O God, I com- 

 mend to you Mohammad" and died. 



