WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.520 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:08.830 Treasures of the Seerah. 00:00:08.830 --> 00:00:10.949 The Entry into Makkah. 00:00:10.949 --> 00:00:16.339 On the morning of the seventeenth of Ramadan, 00:00:16.339 --> 00:00:20.620 the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set out toward Makkah. 00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.260 He commanded al-'Abbas to detain Abu Sufyan at the narrow pass of the valley, 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:27.940 so that he could watch the army as it marched by. 00:00:27.940 --> 00:00:29.339 So he did so, 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:31.339 and the tribes began to pass by, 00:00:31.579 --> 00:00:35.100 each tribe carrying its banner. 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:37.619 Every time a tribe passed by him, 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:40.859 Abu Sufyan would ask, "O 'Abbas, who are these?" 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:42.780 He would answer, "Sulaym." 00:00:42.780 --> 00:00:44.859 Abu Sufyan would say, 00:00:44.859 --> 00:00:47.100 "What do I have to do with Sulaym?" 00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:49.340 Then another tribe would pass by him, 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:52.820 and he would ask, "O 'Abbas, who are these?" 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:54.820 He would reply, "Muzaynah." 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:58.380 He would say, "What do I have to do with Muzaynah?" 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:01.020 This continued until all the tribes had passed. 00:01:01.060 --> 00:01:05.700 Not a single tribe passed by without him asking al-'Abbas about them, 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:08.060 and whenever al-'Abbas informed him, he would say, 00:01:08.060 --> 00:01:10.459 "What do I have to do with the tribe of so-and-so? 00:01:10.459 --> 00:01:14.340 We have no power to fight all these people." 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:19.939 This went on until the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed by him in his green squadron, 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:22.700 comprising the Emigrants and the Ansar, 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:26.459 with nothing visible of them except their eyes behind their iron armor. 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:27.340 Abu Sufyan said, 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:29.780 "Glory be to Allah, O 'Abbas! 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:31.540 Who are these?" 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:32.620 He replied, 00:01:32.620 --> 00:01:36.260 "This is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:39.180 along with the Emigrants and the Ansar." 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:41.019 Abu Sufyan said, 00:01:41.019 --> 00:01:45.219 "No one has the power or capacity to withstand these people." 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:46.739 Then he said, 00:01:46.739 --> 00:01:48.900 "By Allah, O Abu al-Fadl, 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:52.859 the kingdom of your nephew has become grand today!" 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:54.379 Al-'Abbas said, 00:01:54.379 --> 00:01:56.180 "O Abu Sufyan! 00:01:56.180 --> 00:01:58.299 Indeed, it is prophethood." 00:01:58.299 --> 00:01:59.420 He replied, 00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:01.019 "Then yes, indeed, 00:02:01.019 --> 00:02:03.260 it is prophethood." 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:08.259 The banner of the Ansar was with Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him). 00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:12.060 As Sa'd passed by Abu Sufyan, he said to him, 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:14.419 "Today is the day of fierce battle! 00:02:14.419 --> 00:02:17.139 Today the sacred sanctuary is made permissible! 00:02:17.139 --> 00:02:20.659 Today Allah has humiliated Quraysh!" 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:25.819 So when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came parallel to Abu Sufyan, 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:29.419 Abu Sufyan said to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:02:29.419 --> 00:02:31.060 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:33.620 did you not hear what Sa'd said?" 00:02:33.620 --> 00:02:34.500 He asked, 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:36.020 "And what did he say?" 00:02:36.020 --> 00:02:37.099 He replied, 00:02:37.099 --> 00:02:39.300 "He said such and such." 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:42.539 Whereupon 'Uthman and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf said, 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:44.219 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:44.219 --> 00:02:48.180 we do not feel safe from him launching an assault against Quraysh." 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:51.939 But the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, 00:02:51.939 --> 00:02:55.539 "No, rather today is a day in which the Ka'bah will be venerated. 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:59.539 Today is a day in which Allah has honored Quraysh." 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:01.580 Then he sent word to Sa'd, 00:03:01.580 --> 00:03:03.460 took the standard away from him, 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:06.139 and handed it to his son, Qays. 00:03:06.139 --> 00:03:07.379 It was also said 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:10.460 that the standard was not taken away from Sa'd's house; 00:03:10.460 --> 00:03:11.620 and it was said 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:13.300 that it was handed to al-Zubayr. 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:15.419 And Allah knows best. 00:03:15.419 --> 00:03:17.219 Then Abu Sufyan entered Makkah 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:19.180 and called out to Quraysh, 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:22.500 "A force has come upon you against which you have no power! 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:26.379 So whoever enters the house of Abu Sufyan shall be safe!" 00:03:26.379 --> 00:03:27.379 They said, 00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:28.900 "May Allah ruin you! 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:31.539 What good is your house to us?" 00:03:31.539 --> 00:03:32.620 He said, 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:36.180 "And whoever locks his door behind him shall be safe, 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:39.599 and whoever enters the Sacred Mosque shall be safe." 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.599 So the people dispersed into their homes and into the Sacred Mosque, 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:45.439 and the Mother of the Cities (Makkah) lay awake, 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.520 its movements paralyzed by terror. 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:52.080 Men hid behind locked doors, 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.759 anxiously awaiting their fate in silent dread. 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.439 Yet all honor belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. 00:04:01.469 --> 00:04:06.340 Treasures of the Seerah. 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:10.979 The Day of al-Khandamah. 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:14.099 A group of men marched out intending to fight in defense, 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:16.500 among them 'Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl, 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:18.339 Safwan ibn Umayyah, 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:19.980 Suhayl ibn 'Amr, 00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:21.699 and Himas ibn Qays, 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:23.660 along with others who accompanied them. 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:27.629 They gathered at a place called al-Khandamah. 00:04:27.629 --> 00:04:31.670 Himas ibn Qays had been preparing a weapon of his, 00:04:31.670 --> 00:04:33.709 so his wife asked him, 00:04:33.709 --> 00:04:36.230 "Why are you preparing this weapon?" 00:04:36.230 --> 00:04:37.149 He said, 00:04:37.149 --> 00:04:39.470 "For Muhammad and his companions." 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:40.550 She said, 00:04:40.550 --> 00:04:44.629 "By Allah, nothing can stand against Muhammad and his companions." 00:04:44.629 --> 00:04:45.709 He replied, 00:04:45.709 --> 00:04:49.750 "By Allah, I hope to capture some of them to serve you." 00:04:49.750 --> 00:04:51.310 Then he recited: 00:04:51.310 --> 00:04:54.310 "If they advance today, I have no excuse; 00:04:54.310 --> 00:04:57.550 here is complete armor and a long spear, 00:04:57.550 --> 00:05:01.029 and a sharp double-edged sword quick to unsheathe!" 00:05:01.029 --> 00:05:04.470 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) entered Makkah, 00:05:04.470 --> 00:05:08.949 having placed Khalid ibn al-Walid in command of the right flank, 00:05:08.949 --> 00:05:11.269 joined by Aslam, Sulaym, 00:05:11.269 --> 00:05:14.189 Ghifar, Muzaynah, Juhaynah, 00:05:14.189 --> 00:05:17.069 and various other Arab tribes. 00:05:17.069 --> 00:05:20.589 He commanded him to enter Makkah from its lower elevated side, 00:05:20.589 --> 00:05:21.829 saying, 00:05:21.829 --> 00:05:24.550 "If anyone from Quraysh confronts you, 00:05:24.550 --> 00:05:26.589 mow them down completely, 00:05:26.589 --> 00:05:29.860 until you meet me at al-Safa." 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:33.019 Al-Zubayr was in command of the left flank, 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:38.060 carrying the banner of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:41.259 The battle cry of the Muslims was divided into three: 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:42.980 As for the Emigrants, 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:44.660 their battle cry was: 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:47.060 "O Banu 'Abd al-Rahman!" 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:48.579 As for the Aws, 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:50.300 their battle cry was: 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:52.660 "O Banu 'Ubayd Allah!" 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:54.220 And as for the Khazraj, 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:56.019 their battle cry was: 00:05:56.019 --> 00:05:58.620 "O Banu 'Abd Allah!" 00:05:58.620 --> 00:06:00.019 The army entered, 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:04.300 encountering no resistance whatsoever as they entered Makkah. 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:06.459 As for Khalid and his companions, 00:06:06.459 --> 00:06:10.699 no polytheist met them except that they struck him down. 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:12.939 Among those killed alongside Khalid's force were 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:14.339 Kurz ibn Jabir 00:06:14.339 --> 00:06:16.259 and Khunays ibn Khalid, 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:18.779 who had strayed from the main army. 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:21.579 Khalid then encountered the men of al-Khandamah: 00:06:21.579 --> 00:06:23.420 'Ikrimah, Safwan, 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:26.379 Suhayl, Himas, and others. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:29.300 They engaged them in a brief skirmish, 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:32.860 killing twelve men from among the polytheists, 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:34.779 while the rest fled in defeat. 00:06:34.779 --> 00:06:37.779 Himas ibn Qays also fled in defeat, 00:06:37.779 --> 00:06:40.180 rushed into his house, and said to his wife, 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:42.019 "Lock the door!" 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:43.220 She mockingly said, 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:45.300 "Where is what you used to say: 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:48.220 'If they advance today, I have no excuse; 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:51.259 here is complete armor and a long spear, 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:54.500 and a sharp double-edged sword quick to unsheathe'?" 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:55.819 He replied in verse: 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:58.939 "Had you witnessed the Day of al-Khandamah, 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:02.259 when Safwan fled and 'Ikrimah fled, 00:07:02.259 --> 00:07:05.620 and the Muslim swords confronted us, 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:08.899 severing every forearm and skull, 00:07:08.899 --> 00:07:12.139 striking down so that nothing was heard but muffled groans, 00:07:12.139 --> 00:07:15.420 while behind us was their snorting and roaring— 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:19.079 you would not have uttered a single word of blame!" 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:20.759 Khalid then advanced 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:26.040 until he reached al-Safa and met the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:27.600 As for al-Zubayr, 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:34.160 he pressed forward until he planted the banner of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) near the Sacred Mosque. 00:07:35.069 --> 00:07:40.089 Treasures of the Seerah. 00:07:40.089 --> 00:07:48.500 His Entry (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) into the Sacred Mosque. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:52.259 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stood up, 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:57.019 with the Emigrants and the Ansar before him, behind him, and all around him, 00:07:57.019 --> 00:07:59.620 and entered the Sacred Mosque. 00:07:59.620 --> 00:08:02.899 He approached the Black Stone and touched it, 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:06.180 then performed Tawaf around the House while holding a bow in his hand. 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:10.860 Around the House were three hundred and sixty idols, 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:14.139 so he began poking them with his bow while reciting: 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:17.019 “And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.” (17:81) 00:08:17.019 --> 00:08:20.220 “And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.” (17:81) 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:25.519 “Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.” (34:49) 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.759 These had been, just a short while ago, sacred deities— 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.879 worshipped, invoked, and sought for rescue— 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:36.320 but now they were mere plaster and dust, 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:41.639 just as the Prophet of Allah, Abraham (peace be upon him), had said to his people. 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:44.720 “He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?” (26:72) 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.190 “Or do they benefit or harm you?” (26:73) 00:08:48.190 --> 00:08:53.190 Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered the Sacred House of Allah; 00:08:53.190 --> 00:08:55.190 he stepped inside the Ka'bah, 00:08:55.190 --> 00:08:58.710 prayed there, declared Allah's greatness throughout its corners, 00:08:58.710 --> 00:09:01.950 and affirmed the absolute oneness of Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. 00:09:01.950 --> 00:09:08.230 Inside the Ka'bah, he saw depictions of Abraham and Ishmael casting arrows for divination, 00:09:08.230 --> 00:09:10.669 just as the people of the Pre-Islamic Era of Ignorance used to do. 00:09:10.669 --> 00:09:13.710 He said, "May Allah ruin them! 00:09:13.750 --> 00:09:17.029 By Allah, they never practiced divination with arrows at all!" 00:09:17.029 --> 00:09:19.509 He then ordered that the images be erased. 00:09:19.509 --> 00:09:22.909 He did not pray inside the House until they were completely erased; 00:09:22.909 --> 00:09:24.429 once they were erased, 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:27.509 he prayed two rak'ahs inside the House. 00:09:27.509 --> 00:09:33.340 In this lies proof for the disliking of performing prayer in a place containing images. 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:37.179 Then he (peace be upon him) sat down in the mosque, 00:09:37.179 --> 00:09:42.379 whereupon 'Ali ibn Abi Talib came to him holding the key to the Ka'bah. 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:45.460 He said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:50.259 grant us the custodianship of the Ka'bah along with the provision of water to pilgrims, may Allah's blessings be upon you!" 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:56.429 The keys had previously been kept by 'Uthman ibn Talhah, from Banu Shaybah. 00:09:56.429 --> 00:10:00.269 So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked, 00:10:00.269 --> 00:10:02.590 "Where is 'Uthman ibn Talhah?" 00:10:02.590 --> 00:10:03.990 So he was summoned to him, 00:10:03.990 --> 00:10:05.429 and he said to him, 00:10:05.429 --> 00:10:08.110 "Here is your key, O Uthman! 00:10:08.110 --> 00:10:11.179 Today is a day of righteousness and loyalty." 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:13.299 Then he gave him the key 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:14.899 and said to him, 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:17.620 "Take it as an everlasting, inherited custody; 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:21.259 none shall strip it from you save a transgressor." 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:25.460 Thus, the keys to the Ka'bah remained with Banu Shaybah. 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:28.059 Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) stated 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:30.259 that it remains today in his lineage; 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:31.940 and the statement of Ibn Hazm 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:36.340 was in the year 456 AH, 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:38.539 while today, in our time, 00:10:38.580 --> 00:10:42.740 the year 1426 AH, 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:46.100 the key still remains with Banu Shaybah. 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:47.860 It is noted in the footnote 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:53.580 that today we are in the year 1437 AH. 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:54.860 And it was said 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:59.779 that the people of Makkah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:01.259 and he said to them, 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.220 "O tribe of Quraysh, 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:06.179 what do you think I am going to do with you?" 00:11:06.179 --> 00:11:07.940 They replied, "Goodness! 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:11.100 A noble brother and the son of a noble brother." 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.220 He said, 00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:16.460 "Then I say to you as Joseph said to his brothers: 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:19.259 “He said: Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.” (12:92) 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:22.299 'Go, for you are the free ones.'" 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:25.779 However, this narration is weak; its chain of transmission is not authentic. 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:30.919 Nevertheless, it is established that he pardoned them (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.759 Then, when the time for prayer arrived, 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.399 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:40.240 and instructed Bilal to ascend and call the adhan atop the Ka'bah. 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:42.320 Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.279 'Attab ibn Asid, 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:48.799 and Al-Harith ibn Hisham were sitting in the courtyard of the Ka'bah. 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:50.639 'Attab said, 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:55.399 "Allah honored Asid by not letting him live to hear this," 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:58.919 meaning: my father died without hearing the adhan, 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.519 so he was spared from hearing that which would enrage him. 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.240 Al-Harith said, 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.159 "If I knew it were the truth, I would have followed him." 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.279 Abu Sufyan said, 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:12.360 "As for me, by Allah, I shall say nothing! 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.879 For if I spoke, 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:17.149 these pebbles would inform upon me." 00:12:17.149 --> 00:12:21.549 Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came out to them and said, 00:12:21.549 --> 00:12:23.950 "I have come to know what you said," 00:12:23.950 --> 00:12:26.470 and he repeated it back to them. 00:12:26.470 --> 00:12:30.509 Now, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not know the unseen, 00:12:30.629 --> 00:12:34.590 but rather it was divine revelation from Allah, Blessed and Exalted. 00:12:34.590 --> 00:12:36.990 Al-Harith and 'Attab said, 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:39.710 “When the hypocrites come unto thee (O Muhammad), they say: We bear witness that thou art indeed Allah's messenger. And Allah knoweth that thou art indeed His messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the hypocrites indeed are speaking falsely.” (63:1) 00:12:39.710 --> 00:12:43.389 "By Allah, no one was with us who could have disclosed this, 00:12:43.389 --> 00:12:45.740 such that we might say they informed you!" 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:48.860 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:50.539 the home of Umm Hani, 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:53.019 the sister of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:57.179 where he performed ghusl and prayed eight rak'ahs in her house. 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:58.779 Some scholars said: 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:00.820 This is the Sunnah of Conquest, 00:13:00.820 --> 00:13:05.580 which certain commanders adopted as a Sunnah whenever they conquered a land; 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:07.179 while others said: 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:09.460 It was the Duha (forenoon) prayer. 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:12.379 Umm Hani said to the Messenger of Allah, 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:14.220 "The son of my mother, 'Ali, claims 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:17.179 that he will kill a man to whom I have granted protection— 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:19.179 so-and-so, the son of Hubayrah." 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:21.100 The Messenger of Allah replied, 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:24.580 "We give protection to whomever you protect, O Umm Hani." 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:26.139 In another narration, 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.340 she said, 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:30.500 "I had granted protection to two of my in-laws, 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:33.470 but 'Ali intended to kill them." 00:13:33.470 --> 00:13:37.789 When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered the Mosque, 00:13:37.789 --> 00:13:40.990 Abu Bakr came leading his father, 00:13:40.990 --> 00:13:42.789 who was blind. 00:13:42.789 --> 00:13:47.110 When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw him, he said, 00:13:47.110 --> 00:13:49.669 "Why did you not leave the old man in his house, 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:52.389 so that I could go to him myself?" 00:13:52.389 --> 00:13:53.590 Abu Bakr replied, 00:13:53.590 --> 00:13:55.950 "He is more deserving of walking to you 00:13:55.990 --> 00:13:58.590 than you walking to him." 00:13:58.590 --> 00:14:04.029 So he seated him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) wiped over his chest 00:14:04.029 --> 00:14:05.309 and said, 00:14:05.309 --> 00:14:07.230 "Embrace Islam, and you will be safe." 00:14:07.230 --> 00:14:08.549 So he embraced Islam. 00:14:08.549 --> 00:14:12.269 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 00:14:12.269 --> 00:14:13.710 "Change this grey hair, 00:14:13.710 --> 00:14:16.350 but avoid black." 00:14:16.350 --> 00:14:17.990 And this family— 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:19.990 the family of Abu Bakr— 00:14:19.990 --> 00:14:21.429 the grandfather embraced Islam, 00:14:21.429 --> 00:14:23.230 namely Abu Quhafah, 00:14:23.230 --> 00:14:24.950 the father of Abu Bakr, 00:14:24.990 --> 00:14:27.029 making him a Companion; 00:14:27.029 --> 00:14:29.309 Abu Bakr was a Companion; 00:14:29.309 --> 00:14:32.669 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr was a Companion; 00:14:32.669 --> 00:14:35.549 and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr 00:14:35.549 --> 00:14:37.389 was also a Companion. 00:14:37.389 --> 00:14:43.789 This is the only family containing four consecutive generations who were all Companions. 00:14:43.789 --> 00:14:47.190 A similar distinction applies to four others, 00:14:47.190 --> 00:14:49.509 namely 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, 00:14:49.509 --> 00:14:50.950 who was a Companion; 00:14:50.950 --> 00:14:52.389 his mother Asma', 00:14:52.389 --> 00:14:53.909 a female Companion; 00:14:53.950 --> 00:14:56.870 his grandfather Abu Bakr, a Companion; 00:14:56.870 --> 00:15:00.870 and his mother's grandfather—who is the father of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq— 00:15:00.870 --> 00:15:02.870 likewise a Companion. 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:18.539 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered Makkah 00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:20.860 and declared nine individuals outlawed, 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:24.299 as they were among the most egregious criminals, 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:25.860 ordering their execution 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:28.940 even if they were found clinging to the drapes of the Ka'bah. 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:31.899 They were: 'Abd al-'Uzza ibn Khatal, 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:34.139 'Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh, 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.379 'Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl, 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:39.100 Al-Harith ibn Nufayl ibn Wahb, 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:41.259 Miqyas ibn Subabah, 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:43.460 Habbar ibn al-Aswad, 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:49.740 two singing slave-girls who used to sing lampoons satirizing the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.899 and Sarah, 00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:54.059 a freedwoman belonging to some of Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib, 00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:59.740 with whom the letter sent by Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah was intercepted. 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.820 As for Ibn Abi Sarh, 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:05.139 he came to 'Uthman seeking his protection, 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:10.700 so 'Uthman brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and interceded for him, 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:14.860 and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) accepted his intercession. 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:17.460 As for 'Abd al-'Uzza ibn Khatal, 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:20.659 he was found clinging to the drapes of the Ka'bah, 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:24.659 so he was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:26.539 who ordered his execution. 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:28.899 As for Miqyas ibn Subabah, 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:30.899 he was likewise executed; 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:33.860 Numaylah ibn 'Abdullah killed him. 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:36.179 Miqyas had previously accepted Islam, 00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:38.379 but later apostatized, 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:40.700 murdered a man from the Ansar, 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:43.340 and fled to join the polytheists. 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:46.340 As for Al-Harith ibn Nufayl ibn Wahb, 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:51.860 he was severe in harming the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Makkah, 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:54.820 so 'Ali ibn Abi Talib executed him. 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:57.220 As for Habbar ibn al-Aswad, 00:16:57.220 --> 00:17:03.299 who had harmed Zaynab, the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:05.059 he fled along with 'Ikrimah, 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.819 but later embraced Islam. 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:08.619 As for the two singing slave-girls, 00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:10.700 one of them was executed, 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:13.900 while the other sought quarter and subsequently embraced Islam. 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:15.420 As for Sarah, 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:18.059 it was said that she embraced Islam, and it was also said that she was executed.