Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 271
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 271 belong, and to Him shall we return’; to which he added, ‘All this has come about in consequence of the suggestion of Abu Braa which had not appealed to me as I was mistrustful of the people of Nejd. ’ For a whole month, however, every morning during the daw n Prayer he supplicated in great agony for God’s mercy, and that He might restrain the Banu Ra’l, Banu Zakwan, Banu ‘Asabiyah and Banu Lihyan from continuing to shed the blood of innocent Muslims mercilessly and cruelly. While Amr bin Umayya Dhamri was returning to Medina, he encountered two men of Banu Aamir who were returning from Medina after having made a pledge with the Holy Prophet. As Amr was not aware of this, he killed both of them in revenge for the tragedy of Be ’r Ma’oona for which, in his view, Aamir bin Tufail, chief of Banu Aamir, had been responsible, though in fact, Banu Aamir had not participated in the tragedy. When Amr bin Umayya arrived in Medina, he narrated all the details of the tragedy of Be’r Ma’oon a to the Holy Prophet and also mentioned the execution by him of the two men of Banu Aamir. The Holy Prophet rebuked him severely over what he had done and immediately arranged to send the blood money for them to their heirs. As Banu Aamir were confederate s of Banu Nadhir, and the latter were confederates of the Muslims, they were responsible for a proportionate share of the blood money that had been paid by the Holy Prophet. Accordingly, the Holy Prophet went with some Companions to the settlement of Banu Nadhir and, putting the whole matter before them, demanded from them their share of the blood money. The Banu Nadhir welcomed the Holy Prophet and requested him to wait so that they might collect the