Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

There is no averting predestination and what Alldh has decreed.
He who has been written down as a disbeliever on the Preserved
Tablet (in Heaven) will not get Faith. In this light Jabalah bin
al-Ayham al-Ghassdni came to us with his cousins and chiefs of
his people. We extended our hospitality to them and were good
to them. They embraced Isldm at my hands and I was pleased
that Allah would strengthen Isldm and the Muslims with them,
but I did not have knowledge of the future. We went to Makkah
- may Allah Most High protect her and preserve her greatness
- to perform the Hajj. Jabalah was circling the Ka 'bah when
a man of Fazdrah tramped on his cloth which fell off him. He
turned to theFazdri and said, "Be destroyed! You have exposed
me in Alldh s Sacred Masjid." The Fazdri said, "By Allah! It
was not deliberate. " Jabalah bin al-Ayham struck him so hard
that his nose and all four incisors broke.
The Fazdri came to me for assistance against Jabalah, so I
summoned him and said to him, "What made you strike your
Muslim brother, breaking his nose and four incisors?" Jabalah
said, "He tramped on my cloth which became loose. By Alldh!
Were it not for the sacredness of the Ka 'bah I would have killed
him. " I said, "You have confessed against yourself So either he
forgives you or retaliates against you. " Jabalah retorted, "He
will take retaliation from me when I am a king and he is a
worthless commoner?" I replied, "You are both equal in Isldm.
You have no superiority over him except if you are more pious. "
Jabalah requested to be given a chance until the next day, so I
asked the Fazdri, "Will you leave him until tomorrow?"
He agreed, but during the night Jabalah and his cousins
mounted their horses and fled to the dog of the sinners in Syria
(Heraclius). I hope that Alldh will bring him into your hands.
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