Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

Meanwhile, Zayd’s head had blood all over. During a very hot
hour, they sat by the roadside, exhausted. The owners of a
vineyard that happened to be there, two rich brothers named
Utba and Shayba, who were sons of Rabî’a sent their servant
Addâs with a bunch of grapes for each.
Before eating the grapes Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ said the Basmala. Addâs, a Christian, was surprised to
hear this. “I have been here for many years. I have never heard
anybody say such a word. What kind of a word is that?” he said.
Rasûlullah asked, “Where are you from?”
Addâs: “I am from Ninawa.”
Rasûlullah: “I see you are from the same place as Hadrat
Yûnus ‘’alaihissalâm’.”
Addâs: “How do you know Yûnus? No one hereabouts knows
him.”
Rasûlullah: “He is my brother. He was a Prophet like me.”
Addâs: “The owner of this beautiful face and these sweet
words cannot be a liar. I now believe that you are Allah’s
Messenger.” So he became a Muslim and added, “Yâ Rasûlallah
(O, you, Messenger of Allah). I have been serving these cruel
people for many years. They have been depriving people of their
rights. They have been cheating others. They have no goodness.
They will commit any baseness to get what is worldly and to fulfill
their sensuous desires. I hate them. I want to go with you, get
honoured with your service, to be the target of the irreverence
which the ignorant and the idiots will commit against you and to
sacrifice myself to protect your blessed body.”
Rasûlullah smiled: “Stay with your masters for the time being!
After a short while, you will hear of my name far and near. Come
to me then,” he stated. Resting for a while, they wiped off the
remaining blood that was still on them and walked towards
Mekka. It was already dark when they arrived in the city. The few
months he spent in Mekka were troublesome. The enemy was
everywhere. There was not a place to go. At last he went to the
district of Abû Tâlib, where the house of Umm-i Hânî, his uncle’s
daughter, was. Umm-i Hânî had not become a Muslim yet. “Who
is there?” she said.
Rasûlullah said: “It is me, Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’, your uncle’s son. I have come here as a guest, if you will
accept me.”
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