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The Delegation of Tujib 
Among the delegations that came was one from Tujib, a 
branch of the Kinda tribe. They were Muslims, and brought with 
them money left over from paying Zakaah so that it could be 
distributed to other needy Muslims. The Prophet expressed 
happiness at seeing them and held them in high esteem. 
Abu Bakr looked at the delegation admiringly and said, 
“No such Arab delegation has ever come to us.” 
The Prophet remarked: “Guidance lies in Allah’s hands. 
When He ordains good for someone, He simply opens that 
person’s heart and fills it with faith.” 
The people from Tujib showed great eagerness to learn more 
about Islam. They applied themselves to memorising the Qur’an 
and the Sunnah (the Prophet’s teachings, sayings and practices). 
Eventually, the time of their departure approached, and the 
Prophet gave them many farewell gifts. Then he asked if 
anyone among them had been overlooked. They replied that they 
had left a boy in the camp, and he was the youngest among them. 
“So send him too, the Prophet said. 
When the boy came to the Prophet , he said: “O Prophet, I 
belong to the same tribe which visited you a short while ago, and 

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you gave them all they needed. Now I ask you give me what I 
need.” 
“What is it that you need?” the Prophet asked. 
“Pray that Allah forgives me, shows me mercy, and puts 
richness in my heart.” The Prophet prayed to Allah for the 
young boy, who thus left Madinah more contented than all his 
tribesmen. Later, during the period of apostacy when many 
Muslims reverted to paganism, the boy not only remained firm in 
his faith, but exhorted his people to remain good Muslims. 
The delegation of Banu Fazara 
A delegation of more than twenty people from Banu Fazara 
visited the Prophet after his return from Tabuk. They were 
Muslims, desperate for the Prophet’s help against the terrible 
drought that was afflicting their region.
“Pray to Allah to send rain to our villages,” they said to the 
Prophet . “You intercede with your Lord for us, and may your 
Lord intercede with you for us.” 
“Praise be to Allah!” the Prophet said. “Woe to you! What 
are you saying? Yes, I shall intercede with Allah, but who is there 
with whom our Lord should intercede? There is no god other 
than Allah: He is Great and Exalted. His footstool encompasses 
the heavens and the earth, and they squeak under His Glory and 
Grandeur just as new saddles do.” 
Having delivered this admonition, the Prophet ascended 
the pulpit and prayed to his Lord to end the suffering of the Banu 
Fazara, and Allah answered the Prophet’s prayer by sending heavy 
rains to their land.