[Footnote 69: Abulfeda, in Vit. c. lxv. lxvi. Gagnier, Vie
de Mahomet, tom. iii. p. 272 - 289. The best traditions of
the person and conversation of the prophet are derived from
Ayesha, Ali, and Abu Horaira, (Gagnier, tom. ii. p. 267.
Ockley's Hist. of the Saracens, vol. ii. p. 149,) surnamed
the Father of a Cat, who died in the year 59 of the Hegira.]