He continued to follow till he reached the woman who was bathing.

He continued to follow till he reached the woman who was bathing. He became attracted and was fascinated by her beauty. When the woman saw the shadow of Hazrat Dawood (A) she tried to hide herself with her hair. This action of hers fascinated Hazrat Dawood (A) more. He sent her husband on the war front and sent a written order to employ him at particularly dangerous places from where it would be impossible to return. Finally the man was killed on the battlefield.

Hazrat Dawood (A) proposed to his widow and married her in the due course.[^2] (c) Tradition of Anas bin Malik as reported by Yazid-Ar Raqqashi: Tabari and Suyuti have related this tradition through two chains of narrators leading to Yazid…