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The Works of Washington Irving: Mahomet and his successors.
The Works of Washington Irving Mahomet and his successors Author:Washington Irving Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. Conduct of Mahomet after his marriage. -- Becomes anxious for religion! reform. -- His habits of solitary abstraction. -- The vision of the ca... more »ve. -- His annunciation as a prophet. The marriage with Ciulijn. h placed Mahomet among the most wealthy of his native city. His moral worth also gave him great influence in the community. Allah, says the historian Abulfeda, had endowed him with every gift necessary to accomplish and adorn an honest man; he was so pure and sincere; so free from every evil thought, that he was commonly known by the name of Al Amin, or The Faithful The great confidence reposed in his. judgment and probity, caused him to be frequently referred to as arbiter in disputes between his townsmen. An anecdote is given as illustrative of his sagacity on such occasions. The Caaba having been injured by fire, was undergoing repairs, in the course of which the sacred black stone was to be replaced. A dispute arose among the chiefs of the various tribes, as to which was entitled to perform so august an office, and they agreed to abide by the decision of the first person who should enter by the gate alCONDUCT AFTER MARRIAGE. 55 Har« less