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318 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD "The Messenger of God (SAAS) smiled at this and said, 'Hey, cousin, those were the al-mala', chiefs!"' Ibn Hisha observed, "He was referring to the nobles and the leaders." THE DEATHS OF AL-NADR B. AL-HXRITH AND 'UQBA B. ABU MUCAW, GOD DAMN THEM! Ibn Ishaq stated, "While the Messenger of God (SAAS) was at al-Safra', al-Nadr b. d-Harith was killed by 'Ali h. Abii Tzlib, or so I was told by a scholar from Mecca. After they had moved on to 'Irq al-Zabiyya, Wqba b. Abii Mu'ay! was executed. "When the Messenger of God (SAAS) ordered his death, Wqba asked him, 'Who will look after my children, Muhammad?' 'The fire!' he responded. The man who killed him was ' Asi b. Thxbit b. Abii d-Aqlah, a brother of the Banii 'Amr b. 'Awf, as I was told by Abii Wbayda b. Muhammad b. 'Ammar b. Yasir." Mtisa b. 'Uqba also stated this in his work on the military expeditions. He claimed that the Messenger of God (SAAS) killed no other person taken captive. He stated, "And when '.&vim b. Thabit came up (to kill him) Wqha asked, '0 tribe 6f Quraysh, why am I to be killed out of all those here?' "He replied, 'For your enmity towards God and His Messenger.' "Hammad b. Salama stated, from 'A(% b. d-Sa'ib, from al-Sha'bi, who said, 'When the Prophet (SAAS) ordered the execution of Wqha, he asked, "Will you kill only me from among Quraysh?" "'The Messenger of God (SAAS) replied, "Yes. Do you know how this man treated me? He came up while I was prostrate in prayer behind the maqcim,69 placed his foot on my neck and pressed down on it. I thought my eyes were going to come out, before he lifted up his foot. On another occasion he brought a sheep's entrails which he threw over my head while I was prostrate in prayer. Fxtima came and washed it off my head.""' Ibn Hisha stated, "It is also said that it was 'Ali b. Abii Tzlib who killed Wqha, according to al-Zuhri and other scholars." I would comment that these two men were among the most evil of God's servants, the most stubborn, wicked, envious and disbelieving of men and they had been very active in satirizing Islam and its supporters. God damn them! And He did, indeed! Ihn Hish- stated, "Qutayla, daughter of d-HZrith, sister of al-Nadr h. al-Hzrith, spoke the following verses about the death of her brother, ^ '0 nder, al-Athil is a landmark since the morning of the fifth n~ght, and you are fortunate. Inform there a dead man of a greeting that the finest of all are still waving, From me to you, and of tears that are shed in 69 The "shrme of Abraham", near the kn'ba
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA?L IBN KATH~R profusion, flooding out, while others are repressed. Will al-Nadr hear if I call to him; or can a dead man hear who cannot speak? Muhammad, you, the finest son of a woman noble among her people, and her husband a fine stallion, It would not have harmed you to forgive him, for a valorous man often forgives, despite his anger or rage. Or you could have accepted ransom, and the largest sum ever paid would have been provided, And al-Nadr was the closest in ties to you of all your captives, and the worthiest, if any were to be freed. The swords of his father's sons would then have charged for God, with wombs being split asunder on His behalf, Stoically he was led to death, worn out and hound, hut servile."' Ibn Hish- stated, "And it is said, though God alone knows best, that the Messenger of God (SAAS) said, when those verses were recited to him, 'If only this had reached me before his death, I would have spared him!"' Ibn Ishaq stated, "At that place the Messenger of God (SAAS) was met by Aba Hind, the freed-man of Farwa b. 'Amr al-Bayadi, his cupper. He had with him a wine-skin filled with hays, that being dates in a butter sauce, a gift for the Messenger of God (SAAS). He accepted it and recommended Abn Hind to the Helpers. "The Messenger of God (SAAS) then went on into Medina, arriving there one day before the prisoners." Ibn Ishaq stated, "Nabih b. Wahb, brother of the Banii 'Abd al-Dar, related to me that the Messenger of God (SAAS) divided up the prisoners among his Companions following their arrival and said, 'Behave well towards them.' "Abii 'Aziz b. Wmayr b. H%hii, a brother of Mu~%b. Wmayr by the same father and mother, was among the captives. Aba 'Aziz stated, 'My brother Mu$%h b. Wmayr passed me by while one of the Helpers was tying me up. Mus%b said, "Bind his bands fast. His mother is wealthy, and she'll ransom him from you."' "Abii 'Aziz went on, 'I was with a group of Helpers bringing me from Badr. When they had their midday and evening meals, they gave me the bread and ate the dates themselves, in accordance with the instruction given them by the Messenger of God (SAAS) regarding us. Every piece of bread that came into their hands they passed on to me. I was embarrassed and would return the bread, but they would pass it back untouched."' Ibn Hisham stated, "This Abii 'Aziz was the standard-bearer of the polytheists at Badr, following al-Nadr b. H ~th. "And after his brother had made his comment to Abn al-Yusr, the man who had me captive, Abn 'Aziz commented, 'Brother, is this how you treat them?' Mus'ab replied, 'He's more my brother than you are!'
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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