The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 217
VI - All Races Invited to Islām 217 discussed this issue and proven that both were different individuals. 1 It is also worthy of mention that when the Holy Prophet sa sent a letter to the Negus inviting him to Islām and he accepted, the Holy Prophet sa sent him another letter of a personal nature at that time as well, in which he stated two matters. Firstly, the Holy Prophet sa asked the Negus to announce the marriage of Ummi Ḥabībah, daughter of Abū Sufyān, with the Holy Prophet sa. Secondly, he asked the Negus if arrangements could be made for Ḥaḍrat Ja‘far bin Abī Ṭālib ra and his Companions, who had been in Abyssinia for quite some time now, to be sent back to Arabia. This was around the same era when the Holy Prophet sa was returning from the victory of Khaibar. It is related that the Holy Prophet sa was so happy to see Ḥaḍrat Ja‘far that he said, “I cannot say whether I am more pleased by the victory of Khaibar, or more jubilant upon the arrival of Ja‘far and his Companions. It is unfortunate, however, that the life of Ḥaḍrat Ja‘far did not remain for very long, and he was martyred shortly thereafter in the Battle of Mautah. 2 Ummi Ḥabībah, who married the Holy Prophet sa on this occasion, was the daughter of Abū Sufyān bin Ḥarb, the Head-Chieftain of Makkah, and the sister of Amīr Mu‘āwiyyah. She was from among the early Muslims and her husband ‘Ubaidullāh bin Jahash, was the paternal-cousin of the Holy Prophet sa , who passed away in Abyssinia. After his demise, the Holy Prophet sa considered it appropriate to take Ummi Ḥabībah in to a bond of matrimony 1 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, p. 26, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, p. 64, Rusuluhū sa , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 2, pp. 30- 31, Kitābun-Najāshiyyi Ilan-Nabiyyi, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 2 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwati Mu’tata Min Ardish-Sha’mi, Ḥadīth No. 4261 * Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 1, pp. 391-392, Ja‘far-abnu Abī Ṭālibin, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 162, Dhikru Mā Fil-Khabari ‘Anil-Kā’ini Kāna Minal-Aḥdāthil-Madhkūrati Fī Sanati Thamānim-Min Sinil-Hijrati/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An Ghazwati Mu’tah, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 299, Ghazwatu Khaibar, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 350, Bābu Ghazwati Mu’tah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)