Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 66
Murder in the Name of Allah. The Prophets, on hearing of his departure, observed: 'Medina is like a furnace which separates the dross from what is pure. ' '13. Ibn Ishaq reports that the Prophetsa had instructed his commanders when they entered Mecca to fight only those who resisted them. . The only exceptions were the following criminals who were to be killed even if they were found wrapped within the curtains of the. Kabah. 14 1. Abdullah b. Sad b. Abi Sarah. 2,3,4. Abdullah b. Khatal of B. Tayam b. Ghalib and his two dancing girls, who used to sing satirical songs about Islam. One of them was. Fartana, the name of the other is not given by Ibn Ishaq. 5. Al-Huwayrith b. Nuqaydh b. Wahb b. Abd b. Qusayy. 6. Maqees b. Subabah. 7. Sarah, freed slave of one of the B. Abdul Muttalib. 8. Ikrama b. Abu Jahl. ". Abdullah b. Sad was one of the Prophet'ssa scribes in Medina. He recanted and defected to the Meccan unbelievers. Since he wrote down the revelation, dictated by the Prophets, and enjoyed a position of trust, his defection was bound to create confusion among the Quraish of Mecca about the authenticity of the revelation itself. After peace returned to. Mecca, his foster brother, Uthman b. Affan, interceded with the Prophet on his behalf and he was pardoned. 16 Had there been a Quranic penalty for recantation, the Prophets could not have done so. The Prophet's sa policy on intercession in respect of hadd punishment is well illustrated by the incident of the Makhzumi woman who was found guilty of theft. . When Usamah b. Zayd pleaded for her, the Prophetsa rebuked him and said: ‘Do you intercede in respect of a punishment prescribed by Allah?. Witness this: that if Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, were ever guilty of theft, I would certainly cut off her hand. '. Abdullah b. Khatal was sent by the Prophets to collect zakat, accomapnaied by an Ansar who served him. When they stopped, he ordered his companion to kill a goat for him and prepare some food before going to sleep. When he awoke the man had done nothing, so he killed him in anger and then recanted and defected to the Meccan. Quraish. 17 He was executed for the murder of an Ansari Muslim by Said b. Hurayth al-Makhzumi and Abu Barzh al-Aslami. 18. One of Ibn Khatal's two singing girls was killed for creating unrest by singing satirical songs; the other was pardoned. 19. Al-Huwayrith b. Nuqaydh was in the party of Habbar b. al-Aswad b. al-Muttalib b. Asad who overtook the Prophet'ssa daughter, Zaynab, 66