Umm 'Alqama related that when the daughters of 'A'isha's brother
were circumcised, 'A'isha was asked, "Shall we call someone to amuse them?"
"Yes," she replied. 'Adi was sent for and he came to them. 'A'isha passed
by the room and saw him singing and shaking his head in rapture - and
he had a large head of hair. 'Uff!' she exclaimed, 'A shaytan! Get him
out! Get him out!'"
Salim said, "Ibn 'Umar, Nu'aym and I were circumcised and they
sacrificed a ram on our behalf. I think that we were more happy about it
than the other children since a ram had been sacrificed on our behalf."
Aslam, the client of 'Umar, said, "When we came to Syria with
'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the chief came to him, 'Amir al-Mu'minin, I have
prepared some food for you and I would like you to bring some nobles with
you. That will be a stronger and nobler action for me.' 'Umar said, 'We
cannot enter these churches of yours with the images which are inside them.'"
An old woman from Kufa, the grandmother of 'Ali ibn Ghurab, reported
that Umm al-Muhajir said, "I was captured with some girls from Byzantium.
'Uthman offered us Islam, but only myself and one other girl accepted Islam.
'Uthman said, 'Go and circumcise them and purify them.'"
