It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr that when the people set out for Hajj in the year 9 AH, Urwah bin Mas'ud al-Thaqafi, the paternal uncle of Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a Muslim. He asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission to return to his people. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear that they will kill you." He said: If they found me asleep, they would not wake me (that is, they honour me so much). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission. He reached his people as a Muslim. At the time of Isha the people of Thaqif came to him, and he invited them to Islam. The people accused him, disobeyed him and made him hear things he had not expected. Then those people left him, until, when the time of suhur came and dawn broke, Urwah stood up in his house, called the adhan for the prayer and proclaimed the two testimonies of faith. Then a man of Thaqif shot him with an arrow and martyred him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of Urwah is like that of the man of Ya-Sin; he called his people to Allah Almighty, and they killed him."