THALHAH binti Agil bin Ahmad bin Abubakar as-Sakran was heavily pregnant. She felt signs that she would be giving birth soon. She would have twins.

It is said that she faintly heard an argument from inside her belly. “Come out,” said one fetus. “You come out first,” said the other.

Both wanted the other to be born first, as the one born first would be the older sibling. This debate worried their mother. Like most mothers