Hazrat Zainab — Page 22
HADRAT ZAINAB 22 Mad i nah. Hadrat Abul-‘ As ra instructed his younger brother to accompany Hadrat Zainab ra on her journey from Makkah. When preparations for the journey were complete, Hadrat Zainab ra mounted her camel and departed for Mad i nah. Her brother-in-law Kin a nah bin Rab i ‘ accompanied her. As it was expected that the disbelievers of Makkah would cause trouble, her brother-in-law was armed with arrows and a bow. When the disbelievers learned that Hadrat Zainab ra had left Makkah, they became extremely angry. The people of Makkah chased after them and surrounded them at a place called Dh i T uw a outside of Makkah. A person named Habb a r bin Aswad and another man from this group attacked Hadrat Zainab ra with a spear. Hadrat Zainab ra fell from the camel to the ground. As a result of this attack she suffered a terrible wound deep inside of her stomach. She lost a great deal of blood from this injury. Her brother-in-law took an arrow out of his quiver and warned the disbelievers that if anyone came near them he would shoot them with his arrow. At this threat the disbelievers quickly dispersed. Ab u Sufy a n, the leader