Life-of-Muhammad

Life of Muhammad sa 77knee. The child's mother saw this and became terrified.Her mind was full of guilty feelings, and here was a manwhom they were going to murder in a few days holding arazor so dangerously near their child. She wasconvinced that Khubaib ra was going to murder the child.Khubaib ra saw the consternation on the face of thewoman and said, "Do you imagine I am going to murderyour child. Do not think so for a moment. I cannot dosuch a foul thing. Muslims do not play false."The woman was impressed by the honest andstraightforward bearing and behaviour of Khubaib ra . Sheremembered this ever afterwards and used to say shehad never seen a prisoner like Khubaib ra . At last theMeccans led Khubaib ra to an open field to celebrate hismurder in public. When the appointed moment came,Khubaib ra asked for leave to say two rak‘ats of prayer.The Quraish agreed and Khubaib ra addressed in publicview his last prayers to God in this world. When he hadfinished praying, he said he wanted to continue, but didnot do so lest they should think he was afraid of dying.Then he quietly submitted his neck to the executioner.As he did so, he hummed the verses:While I die a Muslim, I care not whether my headless bodydrops to the right or to the left. And why should I? Mydeath is in the way of God; if He wills, He can bless everypart of my dismembered body (Bukhari).Khubaib ra had hardly finished murmuring theseverses when the executioner's sword fell on his neck andhis head fell to one side. Those who had assembled tocelebrate this public murder included one Sa‘id bin‘Amir ra who later became a Muslim. It is said thatwhenever the murder of Khubaib ra was related inSa‘id's ra presence, he would go into a fit (Hisham). Thesecond prisoner, Zaid ra , was also taken out to bemurdered. Among the spectators was Abu Sufyan ra ,chief of Mecca. Abu Sufyan ra turned to Zaid ra and asked,"Would you not rather have Muhammad sa in your place?