Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 142
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 142 picked up his sword and chopped off the head of the Jew! Yaz i d heard about what happened to his friend and he came after Hat ib in order to exact revenge for the Jew. He attacked Hat ib with his sword, but Hat ib managed to escape. However, in Ha tib’s tent there was a person from another tribe Ban u Mu‘ a wiyah. When Yaz i d was looking for Hat ib and went into his tent, he saw that person and said to him, “If Hat ib runs away it does not matter, because I can take my revenge on you instead. Indeed, it looks as though you are sitting in his place!” Although this person from the tribe of Ban u Mu‘ a wiyah didn’t even know what had happened, Yaz i d attacked him without mercy. Soon, the innocent man was lying dead on the floor. As a result of this, such a savage war began between the two tribes that one can only beg of God’s forgiveness! During the war some people tried to make peace be tween the tribes and they even said that from both sides whatever damage has been caused they would take care of the repairs. But the cruel and unjust leaders of Aus, ‘Amr bin Nu‘m a n, and Khazraj, H a di r bin Sam a k, didn’t accept this. It was only when thousands of men from both tribes had been killed, many women widowed, hundreds upon hundreds of children