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I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
Edgar Rice Burroughs— First lines, Ch. 1 : Out to Sea
A parable is a form of communication, a dialogue between a narrator and listener
— Attributed to Eta Linnemann in David B. Gowler (2000, p. 14)
When it was the day (of the battle) of Badr, prisoners of war were brought including Al-Abbas who was undressed. [ Muhammad ] looked for a shirt for him. It was found that the shirt of 'Abdullah bin Ubai would do, so the Prophet let him wear it. That was the reason why the Prophet took off and gave his own shirt to 'Abdullah. (The narrator adds, "He had done the Prophet some favor for which the Prophet liked to reward him.")
— Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah
— Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 252.
