Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39669 — Reports on the conquest of Makkah

Abdullah bin Rabah narrates: Some delegations went to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and among us was Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). This was in the days of Ramadan. Some of us would arrange a meal invitation for others. The narrator said: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah was among those who arranged invitations for us very often, and he would call us to his lodging. The narrator said: I said (to myself): "Why should I not arrange an invitation for my companions and call them to my lodging?" He said: So I ordered food, and it was prepared. In the evening I met Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and said (to him): "Tonight the invitation is from me." He said: "Have you got ahead of me (today)?" I said: "Yes!" The narrator said: So I called everyone and they came to me. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah said: "O company of the Ansar, shall I not tell you something of your own stories?" The narrator said: Then he mentioned the (event of the) conquest of Makkah. 2. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) advanced until he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) over one of the two wings, and appointed Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) over the other, and appointed Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) over the unarmoured men. Then they entered the bed of the valley. Abu Hurayrah narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a small squadron. He said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) called out to me and said: "O Abu Hurayrah!" I said: "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call the Ansar for me, and let none come to me except my Ansar." Abu Hurayrah said: So I called them. He said: They all came until they had surrounded him (peace and blessings be upon him). 3. The narrator said: Quraysh had gathered many of their followers and motley people. And Quraysh were saying: "We shall send these ahead (first). If they gain something, we shall share it with them, and if these people are killed, we shall have given what was asked of us." 4. When the Ansar had surrounded the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "What do you think of these followers of Quraysh and their motley people?" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck one of his hands on the other, gesturing, and said: "Kill them" (the narrator Sulayman also struck the edge of his right palm on his left palm) "kill them thoroughly until you meet me at al-Safa." The narrator said: Then we set off in such a state that whoever of us wished to kill any of them (the followers of Quraysh) could kill him, and none of them could do anything against us. Abu Sufyan said (to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)): "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), have the common people of Quraysh been made lawful? (Then) after today Quraysh will not (remain)." The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever locks his door will be safe, and whoever enters the house of Abu Sufyan will also be safe." The narrator said: Then the people locked their doors. 5. Abu Hurayrah said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went forward until he (peace and blessings be upon him) touched the Black Stone and circumambulated the House of Allah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to an idol placed at one side of the House of Allah, which the polytheists of Makkah used to worship. In his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand (at that time) was a bow, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was holding it by its curved end. He (peace and blessings be upon him) began striking the eye of this idol with the bow and said: "The truth has come and falsehood has vanished, and falsehood is indeed bound to vanish" [Al-Isra: 81]. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the circumambulation, he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the hill of al-Safa and ascended it to the place from which the House of Allah can be seen. He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and began praising Allah Almighty and remembering Him, and supplicating with whatever Allah willed that he should supplicate. He said: The Ansar were below him. The Ansar said to one another: "As for the man, a longing for his town and tenderness for his clan have overtaken him." Abu Hurayrah said: Then the revelation came, and whenever the revelation came it was not hidden from us; no one among the people would raise his gaze to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until it was finished. When the revelation was finished, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O company of the Ansar!" They said: "Here we are, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You said: As for the man, a longing for his town and tenderness for his clan have overtaken him." They said: "We did say that, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then what would my name be? No indeed! I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger. I emigrated to Allah and to you. My life is your life and my death is your death." He said: Then they came towards him weeping and saying: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we said what we said only out of our jealous attachment to Allah and His Messenger." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah and His Messenger accept your excuse and believe you."