Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

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The LiP of Muhammad
I put some rocks at the entrance as a screen and told my companion to
keep quiet until the pursuit should die down, for they would search for us
that night and the following day until the evening. While we were in the
cave up came 'Uthman b. Malik b. 'Ubaydullah al-Taymi cutting grass
for a horse of his. He kept coming nearer until he was at the very entrance
of the cave. I told my friend who he was and that he would give us away
to the Meccans, and I wcnt out and stabbed him under the breast with the
dagger. He shrieked so loud that the Mecc~ns heard him and came towards
him. I went back to the cave and told'my friend to stay where he was.
The Meccans hastened in the direction of the sound and found him at the
last gasp. They asked him who had stabbed him and he told them that
it was I, and died. They did not get to know where we were and said,
'By God, we knew