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“In the Days of Ignorance, Abu Najih Amr's opinion was that the
people were lost. They were idol worshipers and there was no truth
in what they followed. One day, he heard there was a man in Mecca
saying something different, so he mounted his camel and set off to
see him. He learned that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, lived in seclusion and was persecuted by his people.

Eventually, after making several inquiries he met him. He asked who
he was and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied: „I
am a Prophet.' So Abu Najih asked him the meaning of a prophet,
the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied: „Allah has sent
me as His Messenger.‟ He asked why Allah had sent him. The
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, informed him that: „He has
sent me to strengthen the ties of kinship, destroy the idols, proclaim
that God is One and that nothing is to be associated with Him.‟

Abu Najih then asked who his followers were. The Prophet, praise
and peace be upon him, replied: „A freeman and a slave.‟ (At that
time only Abu Bakr and Bilal were with him). Abu Najih told him that