The Arabia Prophet from Chinese Sources - Isaac Mason

ABU JAHL SLAIN 153pointed to their breasts in token of their belief, andthis was understood by the more intelligent among theMoslems.On the fourth day the Koreish again came to theattack, and the Prophet sent forth his men, saying that thechief object now was to secure Abu Jahl; the men thereforeran to the camp seeking for Jahl, but he was not there; oneof the [Moslems who went more leisurely saw two youthsholding a man whom they put upon the ground andattacked with a sword savagely, and on going to see hefound it was two brothers, Miehodz and Aofu, who hadpinned Abu Jahl to the ground and were hacking at him andhad broken his leg; the new arrival, Tbuni, took his swordand cut off Jahl's head, and leading the two youths, theywent and presented the head to the Prophet who rejoicedon seeing it, saying, " This was the enemy of God " ; hethen ordered that the head and the body should be hung upon a pole. The remaining Koreish then surrendered,except a few who escaped. On mustering the Moslems, itwas found that the Helper Obeide and the Refugee Omailihad been slain on the field; theProphet wept for them andhad their bodies found and interred.The next day the captives were brought forth and weregiven the option of submitting to the Faith, or of beingkilled, or of being prisoners of war, or slaves; it was alsopromised that redemption would be allowed. Threehundred submitted, seventy were killed, seventy remainedprisoners of war, and the rest became slaves. The price ofredemption was not the same in all cases, but ranged fromone thousand to four thousand pieces of silver, accordingto the wealth and position of each captive. Some writersand scholars who had followed but had taken no part inthe