Mujahid says: An old man who had experienced the Age of Ignorance narrated to us while we were at the Battle of Rudis. This old man was called Ibn ‘Abas. He said: I was driving a cow belonging to my family when I heard this voice from its belly: "O family of Dharih! This is eloquent speech; a man is proclaiming LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH." Then, when we came to Mecca, we found the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state that he had already proclaimed prophethood in Mecca.