Then he left and went to the mosque and called out at the top of his voice. He proceeded
to say: “I bear witness that there is no deity but God, and that Muhammed is His Prophet
(r).” Thereupon, the people of Makkah broke upon him, beat him and then threw him into
the ground. At such juncture, Al-‘Abbas came, knelt down to see him and said to the people:
“Woe unto you, know ye not that he belongeth to the tribe of Ghifar and that your mer-
chants’ road to Syria passeth through their country?” Thus, Al-‘Abbas rescued him from
them.
That incident did not stop Abu Dharr from doing the same thing again, prompting the
people (of Makkah) to impose themselves over him anew, whereupon Al-Abbas came once
more to his redemption.” (Al-Bukhaari, Section: Abu Dharr’s conversion to Islam).