The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures — Page 131
sa ± _________________________________________________________________ you think will be done with you?' He replied, 'I have a positive expectation. If you have me killed, you will be killing a murderer. If you show me goodwill, you will be, favouring a person who values kindness. If you want property you may have as much as you like. ' His people could give property for him. The next day, the Holy Prophet again came by and asked sa Thumamah what did he wish? He replied that he had already − said the previous day that if a favour was bestowed on him it would be a favour on a person who valued kindness. The Holy Prophet left him there. On the third day he returned and sa inquired, 'O Thumamah, What are your intentions?' He said that − he had already said what he had to say. The Holy Prophet sa ordered that Thumamah be freed. Thumamah went to a nearby − − date orchard and bathed there, he re-entered the mosque and recited the and said, 'O Muhammad by God I disliked Shahadah sa − ± your face the most in the world, but now it is so that your face is the most beloved to me. By God, I disliked your faith the most, but now it is so that my most beloved faith is the one you have brought. By God, I disliked your town the most, but now this is my most beloved town. Your horse-riders held me although I wanted to perform. What do you say about this?' The Umrah Holy Prophet gave him the glad-tiding, congratulated him for sa accepting Islam and ordered him to perform , saying that Umrah Allah would accept it. When he reached Mecca someone asked him if he had become a Sabian. He replied, 'No, I have believed in Muhammad , Prophet of God and by God, now not even a sa ± grain of wheat shall come your way from Yamamah. − (Sah h Bukhar , Kitabul-Maghaz , Babu Wafdi Ban Han fah wa ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ± ± ¿ ± − ¿ − − ¿ − ¿ ± ¿ Had thu Thumamah bin Athal) ™ ± ¿ − − Another tradition relates that he was either beaten up or an 131