The Makkan Period
Chapter 2 · Event 4
Nursed by Halimah
570-574 CE Banu Sa'd Desert
As was the custom, the Prophet ﷺ was sent to the desert to be nursed by Halimah as-Sa'diyah from the Banu Sa'd tribe. He stayed with her for about 4 years.
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