Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 31
31 Soon after he returned to Makkah, Abul‘Aas sent his wife Zainab ra to Madinah, along with his brother Kinaanah. She was pregnant at that time. When the Quraish came to know about her departure from Makkah, they sent some people in pursuit, determined to stop her going to her father. One of them was called Habbaar bin Aswad. Habbaar saw her mounted on a camel. He stepped forward and struck the camel with a spear. The camel went out of control. Zainab ra fell down. She was frightened. The shock was so great that she had a miscarriage. Kinaanah managed to make the camel sit down. He took his bow and arrows and was ready to shoot the attackers when Abu Sufyaan appeared on the scene. He said to Kinaanah, ‘Don’t start shooting. Listen! We have suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Muhammad saw at Badr recently. If Zainab goes to her father now, it would be regarded as weakness of the people of Makkah. She should return to Makkah now. Let the dust settle. Then she could go secretly to her father in Madinah. ’ Kinaanah agreed to this. Accordingly Zainab ra went back to Makkah and after a few days she managed to get out of Makkah secretly and Kinaanah handed her over to Zaid ra , whom the Holy Prophet saw had sent to bring her. They reached Madinah safely. Three or four years later Abul‘Aas was made prisoner again, and brought to Madinah. He was returning with a Makkan car- avan from Syria. The people of Makkah were hostile to Muslims. Even their caravans used to incite the people to attack Muslims. When the caravan reached at a place called Ees, a small party of the Muslims, patrolling the area, overpowered it and took the