Sahih Muslim Hadith 4622 – The Conquest Of (s & 410 – (r

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[4622] 84 – (1780) It was narrated that Abü Hurairah said: Some delegations came to Mu'âwiyah. (The sub-narrator said:) That was during Ramadân, and we used to make food for one another. Abü Hurairah was one of those who frequently invited us to his place. I said: Should I not make some food and invite them to my place? So I ordered that food be prepared, then I met Abü Hurairah in the afternoon and said: The invitation is at my place tonight. He said: Have you beaten me to it? I said: Yes, and I have invited them. AN Hurairah said: Shall I not tell you one of your AhadIth, o Ansâr? Then he mentioned the conquest of Makkah and said: The Messenger of Allah . came to Makkah, and he appointed Az-Zubair in charge of one flank of the army and Khdlid in charge of the other, and he appointed Abfl 'Ubaidah in charge of the troops that had no armour. They seized the bottom of the valley, and the Messenger of Allah was in the midst of a large troop. He looked and saw me, and he said: "0 Abfl Hurairah!" I said: Here I am, 0 Messenger of Allah. He said: "Do not let anyone come to me but the Ansâr." Someone other than Shaybân added: He () said: "Call the Ansâr to me," and they gathered around him. Quraish gathered together their followers from various tribes, and said: Let us send these people forward, and if any of them gets anything, we will be with them, but if anything happens to them, we will give what we are asked for. The Messenger of Allahii said: "Look at the followers of Quraish," then he gestured with his hands, one on top of the other. Then he said: "Until you meet me at As-Safa." So we set out, and not one of us wanted to kill a particular person but he killed him, and not one among them could offer any resistance. Abü Sufyân came and said: 0 Messenger of Allah, shedding the blood of Quraish has become permissible; there will be no more Quraish after today. Then he () said: "Whoever enters the house of Abü Sufyân will be safe." The Ansâr said to one another: The man has been overtaken by love for his city and compassion towards his kinsmen. Abü Hurairah said: The Revelation came upon him, and when the Revelation came, it was obvious to us, and no one could raise his eyes to the Messenger of Allah until the Revelation ceased. When the Revelation ceased, the Messenger of Allah said: "0 Anâr." They said: Here we are, 0 Messenger of Allah. He said: "Did you say: The man has been overtaken with love for his city?" They said: That is so. He said: "No. I am the slave of Allah and His Messenger. I emigrated for the sake of Allah and to you. I will live with you and I will die with you." They came to him weeping and said: By Allah, we only said what we said out of devotion to Allah and His Messenger . The Messenger of Allah vtf said: "Allah and His Messenger affirm your sincerity and accept your apology." Then the people went to the house of Abü Sufyân, and the people locked their doors. The Messenger of Allah jLt came to the Black Stone and touched it, then he circumambulated the House. Then he came to an idol that was beside the House, that they used to worship. The Messenger of Allah had a bow in his hand, and he took hold of the end of the bow, and when he came to the idol he poked it in the eyes and said: "Truth (i.e., Islamic Monotheism or this Qur'ân or Jihâd against polytheists) has come and Bâtil (falsehood, i.e. Satan or polytheism) has vanished" [A1-Isrâ' 17:81]. When he had completed his Tawaf he went to A- Safa and climbed up it, until he could see the House, and he raised his hands and started to praise Allah and supplicate him as He willed he should supplicate.