Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 92
92 chewed it up. Even on the day that Mecca opened its gates to the Muslims, she was so outraged when her husband conveyed to her news of the surrender that she took hold of his beard and gave him a violent shaking, calling upon the Meccans to come and kill him for his treachery in having agreed to the surrender instead of taking up arms against the Muslims. However, when she realized that the situation was hopeless, she joined a group of women who went to the Prophet to make their submission. During their talk with the Prophet, Hindah, veiled, intervened several times with pert remarks. The Prophet, thinking the voice was familiar, inquired: “Is that Hindah?” Hindah replied: “Yes, but Messenger of Allah, you cannot proceed against me now for I am a professing Muslim. ” The Prophet smiled and said: “Of course, you are free. ” Another Meccan of the same type was Habbar, who had cut the girth of the camel which carried the Prophet’s daughter Zainab as she was about to proceed to Medina during the Emigration. Habbar’s action caused Zainab to fall from the camel. She suffered a miscarriage, which later resulted in her death. Habbar also appeared before the Prophet, and professing sorrow for his misconduct begged forgiveness, intimating that he had accepted Islam. In his case also the Prophet said: “You may go free. I can take no action against you now. ”