In the days of Jahiliyyah, I knew that idol worship was wrong, and I knew my nation was upon misguidance, so I didn't join them. News came to me that somebody in Makkah was preaching something like I was saying. So I traveled all the way from Yemen to Makkah, and I found him hiding. I was gentle and nice to him, and kept on talking to him, and then asked him, "What are you?"
I am a prophet.
What is a prophet?
A prophet is someone whom Allah has sent.
With what? What has He sent you with?
To fulfill the tie of kinship, to break all idols, and that only Allah be worshiped.
Who has followed you?
One free man, and one slave.
I want to be your follower.
You cannot do this now. Don't you see my situation, that I have to hide from my own people? Go back to your people, and when you hear that I have been victorious over my people, come back to me.