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who joined them and so the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
sought peace and quite in an orchard belonging to Utba and Shayba.
After a while the crowd dispersed and the Prophet tied his camel to a palm
tree and sat down under its shade and reproached himself as he
supplicated to Allah.
Now Utba and Shayba had seen what had happened and their hearts
softened a little toward him so they sent a young Christian slave by the
name of Addas with a dish of grapes to him.
Addas gave him the dish and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
gratefully accepted and said, "Bismillah" as he started to eat. The slave
was very surprised to hear him say this and exclaimed, "By Allah, this is not
the way the people of this country speak!" The Prophet looked up at him
and asked, "Which country do you come from, and what is your religion?"
Whereupon Addas told him that he was a Christian from far away Ninevah.
who joined them and so the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
sought peace and quite in an orchard belonging to Utba and Shayba.
After a while the crowd dispersed and the Prophet tied his camel to a palm
tree and sat down under its shade and reproached himself as he
supplicated to Allah.
Now Utba and Shayba had seen what had happened and their hearts
softened a little toward him so they sent a young Christian slave by the
name of Addas with a dish of grapes to him.
Addas gave him the dish and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
gratefully accepted and said, "Bismillah" as he started to eat. The slave
was very surprised to hear him say this and exclaimed, "By Allah, this is not
the way the people of this country speak!" The Prophet looked up at him
and asked, "Which country do you come from, and what is your religion?"
Whereupon Addas told him that he was a Christian from far away Ninevah.