Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

230 The LIfe of Muhammad
are dear to me as my parents, and I am distressed that I should be above
and yoa below me. So leave your present quarters and exchange places
with us." He replied: "0 Abu Ayyub, it is more convenient for me and
my guests that we should be on the ground floor of the house." So we
remained as we were. Once we broke a jar of water and Umm Ayyub and
I took one of our garments to mop up the water in fear that it would drop
on the apostle and cause him annoyance. We had no cloth which we could
lise.
'We used to prepare his evening meal and send it to him. \Vhen he
returned what was left, Umm Ayyub and I used to touch the spot where
his hand had rested and eat from that in the hope of gaining a blessing.
One night we prepared for him onions or garlic and the apostle returned it
and I saw no mark of his hand in it. I went to him in some anxiety to tell
him of our practice and that this time there was no mark of his hand, and
he replied that he had perceived the smell of the vegetables and he was a
man who had to speak confidentially to people but that we should eat them.
So we ate the dish and never sent him onions again.'
339 The emigrants followed one another to join the apc."tle, and none was
left in Mecca but those who had apostatized or been detained. v\;'hole
families with their property did not come together except the B. Ma~