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miracles which he intended to work on him. But he followed never- 

 theless the religion of his countrymen. But he became under the 

 protection of God, distinguished among them for his humanity, 

 morality of conduct, generosity in his intercourse with others, peace- 

 fulness with his neighbours, mildness of temper and good faith and 

 truth, and no man was more remote from licentiousness or obscene 

 actions than he, he was never seen disputing or quarreling with any 

 one. Owing to these good qualities with which God had adorned him, 

 he was called al-Amyn (the Trust-worthy) and he generally went in 

 Makkah by this name. Ami Talib guarded him, and took care of 

 him, and supported him, and assisted him, and until he (Ami Talib) 

 died." 



No author I know of, except Ibn I/ajr, even alludes to these two 

 traditions of Ibn Sa'd because the statement that MoAammad was an 

 idolater, was a scandal in the eyes of the true believers. They do not 

 follow the traditions of Waqidy because they are too true, and they 

 distrust the version of Ibn Is^aq because the falsehood is too glaring 

 and it is perfectly unsupported by authority. 



V. In the Mawahib alladonayyah the commencement of another 

 original record is mentioned which it would appear has been preserved 

 by Ibn Aby Shaybah it runs : 



(• l«Ji ^Jl j-JUs ^ji &*e **> ^jA &«• ZjiLc ifti U^> j &xU &XU ^1^ £b ijj 



i£Ui.J i®l*U Uj &) JU&3 ^x+RA! <X*.a»; 4jJ| JxUxj !<>£> ^JU)\ &x~» !<kd> %*xs 

 Vj |*^U^k ?|^s:^ $j js£ Jaj p) &.ft*J| ^k *j ^£5^1 ^x^ ^j| Jlftj 

 JIaxj &S&$ ijjj^h itfO <JiL»! ^3 jjjjjjl pilst &9J>\ ^\j ^x'xj J(| as^ 

 * ^«^l <^*> *±k \Sja. X&jj c)l V"^-k ty J ^**3 ^i*f t5* ft*?* ^1 J &*>{&xJ\ 



* *&-» L5^ o-' % ^>;!^ 



This tradition has been copied with a few variants by Nawawy 

 Biogr. Diet. edit. Wiistenf, p. 32, but the authority is not stated 

 there, and we find an addition which is to our purpose, viz, zzy " and 

 consequently Abu 7alib did send him back." If Xdj's is to be translated 

 " and consequently he took him back to Makkah," it implies that 

 he had intended to leave him in Syria. This version is partly support- 



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