The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 162
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 162 you agree, return these items to Zainab ra. ” The Companions merely needed an indication and instantly, the items were sent back to Zainab ra. In lieu of a monetary ransom, the Holy Prophet sa set the condition with Abul-‘Āṣ that when he returned to Makkah, he would send Zainab ra to Madīnah. In this manner, a believing soul was delivered from a house of disbelief. After some time, Abul-‘Āṣ also became a Muslim and migrated to Madīnah and in this manner, husband and wife were once again reunited. With regards to the migration of Ḥaḍrat Zainab ra , it is narrated that when she set out from Makkah to come to Madīnah, a few people from the Quraish of Makkah attempted to take her back by force. When she refused, a wretched man named Habbār bin Aswad very barbarically attacked her with a spear. The trauma and shock of the attack resulted in a miscarriage. 1 As a matter of fact, on this occasion, she received such a deep shock that afterwards she was never able to fully recover. Ultimately, it was in this state of weakness and illness that she suffered an untimely demise. 2 Among the prisoners, such people who were destitute and could not afford to pay the ransom were released by the Holy Prophet sa as an act of benevolence. 3 As for those who were literate, the Holy Prophet sa granted them release on the condition that they would teach ten children how to read and write. As such, Zaid bin Thābit ra , who subsequently served among the eminent scribes of the Holy Prophet sa , also learned how to read and write by this means. 4 Among the prisoners, was Suhail bin ‘Amr, who was from among the chieftains of the Quraish. He was an immensely eloquent and persuasive orator, and would generally speak against the Holy Prophet sa. When he was captured at Badr, Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra submitted to the Holy Prophet sa , “O Messenger 1 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By ‘Allāmah Shihābuddīn Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, pp. 318-319, Fī Dhikri Aulādihil-Kirām, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 * Sunan Abī Dāwūd * Fatḥul-Bārī Sharḥu Ṣaḥīḥil-Bukhārī, By Al-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 7, pp 174- 175, Kitābul-Jihādi Was-Siyar, Bābu Lā Yu‘adhibu Bi-‘Adhābillah, Ḥadīth No. 3017, Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Ārām Bāgh, Karachi [Publishers] 3 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 448, Islāmu Abil-‘Āṣ bin Ar-Rabī‘ / Alladhīna Uṭliqū Min Ghairi Fidā’, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 4 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By ‘Allāmah Shihābuddīn Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 324, Bābu Ghazwati Badril-Kubrā, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)