The Desert Chief: Story of Thumama Ibn Uthal
Author: Khurram Murad
ISBN: 0-86037-136-0
Publisher: The Islamic Foundation, UK
Pages: 24
Illustrated in colour.
THE DESERT CHIEF: Story of Thumama Ibn uthal, powerful tribal chief in Arabia to whom the Blessed Prophet had sent a letter inviting him to Islam. This so enraged Thumama that he set out to kill the Blessed Prophet. However the Muslims captured Thumama on one of their nightly patrols and the story, meant for 11-14 year olds, tells how through the humane and dignified treatment accorded to Thumama by the Blessed Prophet and his Companions, this powerful and proud chieftain became a Muslim.
Khurram Murad author of the best selling Way to the Qur'an and Who is Muhammad was a visionary scholar who contributed immensely in contemporary times towards the renaissance of Islamic learning and thought, he was involved in Islamic da'wah and inter-faith dialogue in the West for many years. In this connection, he addressed dozens of conferences and seminars. His contributions in initiating and promoting strategic thinking on da'wah issues in Muslim countries as well as in countries where Muslims are in a minority have been immense.
As a leader of the Islamic Movement of Pakistan, which struggled for the rights of the people, he was detained in prison without trial in 1964 in Dhaka for three months and was also a Prisoner of War for almost three years in India after the fall of Dhaka in December 1971.His death came in December 1996 ( Sha'ban 1417 AH) in Leicester UK.
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