The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 3 of 4

400 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
The hdfiz b. 'Asair stated in his biography of Ya'qiib b. Ishaq b. Dina that it
was related to him by 'Ahd Allah b. al-Sirri al-An@ki, quoting 'Abd d-Wman
h. Abii al-Zi~d and that it was also related to hi by Miisa b. Wqba, from Abii
al-Zubayr, from Jabir h. 'Ahd Allah, who said, "On the day of the conquest of
Mecca, the Messenger of God (SAAS) gave the banner to Sa'd b. Wbada who
began waving it and saying, 'Today the sanctuary will lose its sanctity!' This
angered Quraysh and they greatly resented it. The wife of the Messenger of God
(SAAS) then stood in his way and recited,
'0 Prophet of the right guidance, the mbe of Quraysh
took refuge in you and it was too late.
When all the space of earth was too narrow for them
when the God of heaven became hostile towards them
The two ends of the strap met together and we were
brought to the famous disaster.
Sa'd wants to deliver a mortal blow to the people of
al-Hajtin and &Bath%'
A Khazraji, he he would in his rage set vultures and
dogs upon us!
Stop him, for he is the black lion, and a lion
thirsts for blood.
If he were to involve the banner and were to call out,
"0 defenders of the flag! People of the flag!"
Then Quraysh will be there in the valley bottom in the
hands of the female slaves.
He is living in the past, wanting (for Mecca) a
decision to strike it out, like a deaf serpent.'"
He went on, "When the Messenger of God (SAAS) heard this poem feelings of
mercy and compassion for them entered him and he asked for the banner, taking
it from Sa'd b. Whnda. It was then given to his son, Qays.
"It is related that the Prophet (SAAS) wished not to disappoint her in
something in which she requested his help. Yet he did not want to anger Sacd,
and so he took the banner from him and gave it to his son."
Ibn Ishaq stated that Ibn Aba Najih recounted to him that the Messenger of God
(SAAS) ordered Khzlid h. al-Walid to enter with some men from al-Lafl, in the
lower part of Mecca. Khalid was in command of the right wing, which consisted
of Aslam, Sulaym, Ghifa, Muzayna, Juhayna and other Arab tribes. Ahii Wbayda
b. d-Jarrah charged in with a column of Muslims upon the people of Mecca,
straight ahead of the Messenger of God (SAAS), who himself entered from
Adhakhir and halted at the upper part of the city where his tent was pitched.
Al-Bukhari narrated, from a hadith of al-Zuhri, from 'Ali h. al-Husayn, from
'Amr b. 'Uthmzn, from Uszma b. Zayd who said that at the time of the conquest
he had asked, "Messenger of God, where will you make camp tomorrow?" He