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etray the abject characters of their utterers. The hadîth-i-sherîf,
“Îmân cleans, extirpates (one’s) past sins,” is an unshakable
evidence proving the fact that hadrat Mu’âwiya and his blessed
father Abû Sufyân ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhumâ’, and the blessed
woman Hind ‘radiy-Allâhu anhâ’, who proved her chastity and
nobility in the presence of the Messenger of Allah on the day when
Mekka was conquered, are extremely pure people.
There are innumerable books writing about the greatnesses
and superior virtues of these three Sahâbîs. At this point we shall
quote a few lines from Qisâs-i-Enbiyâ (A History of Prophets),
since it is a book available for anybody:
“Among the Arabs, family life was very important and spirit of
kinship was very strong. Every Arab would demonstrate
wonderful zeal in guarding the honour of his tribe and relatives.”
“The Arabs would recite poems and preach sermons at market
places and meetings.” “Fakhr-i-’âlam ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa
sallam’ climbed mount Safâ and sat there. Hadrat ’Umar-ul-Fârûq
sat beside and below him. First men and then women came and
became Muslims one by one. Hadrat ’Alî’s sister Umm-i-Hânî
and hadrat Mu’âwiya’s mother Hind was among the women.
When Rasûl-i-ekrem ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ said to the
women to ‘Promise not to steal,’ Hind came forward and said, ‘If
I were the person to steal, I would have stolen a lot from Abû
Sufyân’s property.’ Upon this, Fakhr-i-’âlam ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa
sallam’ recognized Hind and said, ‘Are you Hind?’ 'I am Hind.
Forgive (for) the past (offences) so that Allah will forgive you,’
she said. When Rasûl-i-ekrem ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ said
the injunction of not committing fornication, Hind said, ‘Does a
free woman commit fornication?’ And when the Messenger said
that another injunction is not to kill one’s children, Hind said,
‘They were small and we raised them. They were grown up and
you killed them at Bedr. It is between you and them now.’ Hadrat
’Umar was a stern and serious person. Yet he could not help
laughing at these words of Hind’s. When the Messenger enjoined
not to slander, Hind said, ‘Wallahi, slandering is a wicked deed.
You enjoin beautiful morality on us.’ And finally, when he
enjoined not to revolt, Hind promised, ‘We have not entered this
exalted presence with the intention of revolting’ Thus Hind, who
was to be killed according to an earlier directive, attained
forgiveness and became a true Believer. Presently, she went home
and broke to pieces all the idols and icons, saying, ‘We have been
idiotically believing you for such a long time.’ Rasûl-i-ekrem ‘sall-
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