Conversion of al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi

Al-Tufayl ibn Amr, a prominent poet and chief of the Daws tribe of southern Arabia, came to Mecca. The Quraysh warned him against listening to Muhammad, and he stuffed cotton in his ears. Despite this, he heard the Prophet reciting Quran near the Ka'bah and was deeply moved. He accepted Islam and returned to his tribe. When they initially rejected his preaching, he asked the Prophet to curse them, but the Prophet instead prayed: 'O Allah, guide Daws.' Eventually the entire tribe accepted Islam.