accepted the match; others say that it was Aminah's uncle, Wuhaib, who was serving as her guardian. The two were married soon after. Abdullah spent much of Aminah's pregnancy away from home as part of a merchant caravan and died of disease before the birth of his son in Medina.

Birth of Muhammad and later years

Three months after Abdullah's death, in 570-571 CE, Muhammad was born. As was tradition among all the great families at the time, Aminah sent Muhammad to live with a milk mother in the

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