Khabbab · a Light

A blacksmith asked when the help was coming

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt made swords in Makkah and was among the first to accept Islam. He was enslaved, and his owner is reported to have pressed him down onto heated stones. He came to the Prophet ﷺ, who was resting in the shade of the Ka'ba with his cloak folded under his head, and asked him to seek help for them and to pray for them. The answer was not comfort. He described believers before them combed with iron combs and sawn in half who did not leave their religion, then said that Allah would complete this matter until a rider could travel from Sana to Hadramawt fearing nobody but Allah, but that you are being hasty.

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt · Makkah

Source · Bukhari 3612