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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.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was gladdened and
commented, "From the town of the righteous man Jonah, the son of
Mattal." Addas was even more surprised and asked the Prophet how he
knew about Jonah and so he told him, "Jonah is my brother, he was a
Prophet and I am a Prophet." Addas' heart rejoiced and he bent down and
kissed his head, then his feet.
Meanwhile, Utba and Shayba had been observing the Prophet from a
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.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was gladdened and
commented, "From the town of the righteous man Jonah, the son of
Mattal." Addas was even more surprised and asked the Prophet how he
knew about Jonah and so he told him, "Jonah is my brother, he was a
Prophet and I am a Prophet." Addas' heart rejoiced and he bent down and
kissed his head, then his feet.
Meanwhile, Utba and Shayba had been observing the Prophet from a