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The background of her being around the Messenger of Allah (~) necessitates that we make backtrack a little bit into the annals of history in order to understand the foundations upon which one of the greatest early households of Islam in Makkah was built. Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl, Sa'eed's father was the root from which this towering, luxuriant, blooming and fruitful branch originated from. During pre-Islamic era, he was not upon the way of Quraysh, for he drew for himself a straight path that kept him away from all Quraysh's reprehensible beliefs and conducts. Asma' bint Abu Bakr said that she saw Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nawfal reclining on with his back on the Ka'bah saying, "0' Quraysh, by Him Who holds my soul in His Hand! None from among you is upon the religion of Ibraheem except me. ,,65 Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and al-Baghawi also reported that Zayd used to save the new-born baby girls from being buried alive and he would tell whoever wanted to kill his daughter, "Do not kill her, I would pay the expenses of raising her." Ibn Is1}.aq added: And he would say, "0' Allah, if! had known the dearest face to You, I would have worshipped You through it. But I do not know. He would then prostrate upon his palm." Moosa ibn 'Uqbah said in al-Maghazi: "I heard one of those I am pleased with saying that Zayd ibn 'Anir used to reproach the Quraysh for slaughtering animals for others beside Allah." Bukhari reported on the authority of Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Vmar who narrated from his father that he said: "Zayd ibn 'Amr went to Syria asking about the (true) religion. The Jewish and Reported by Ibn Is1;taq on the authority of Hishiim ibn'Urwah from his father from Asma'.
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