The Desert Chief: Story of Thumama ibn Uthal, a 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 tells how through the humane and dignified treatment accorded to Thumama by the Blessed Prophet and proud chieftain became a Muslim.