His Qualities.—According to the current opinion he was not yet of age when he was honoured by becoming a prophet. His speech was eloquent and pleasing; he never wore shoes, and always walked about barefoot. It is said that during his whole life he never sought shelter under the roof of a house. Many of the sermons he preached have been preserved, and most of them are contained in the ‘Noâdir - ullâkhbâr,’ the author whereof is A’bd-ulhâkum Jauhari. His law was more or less similar to that of Nûh, u. w. b., etc.

His occupation was commerce, and after he had terminated divine service he engaged therein. The duration of his life was, according to some opinions, two hundred and fifty-eight, but, according to the most correct tradition of chroniclers, it was two hundred and eighty years; accord­ing to another opinion it was eighty, according to another eighty-five, and, lastly, according to yet another it was two hundred years. But He [i.e. Allah] knows the true state of the case. His august tomb was situated in the noble city of Mekkah, near the sanctuary in the house of assembly.