Bayhaqi 18279 — The conquest of Makkah, may Allah the Exalted protect

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that in the year of the Conquest (of Makkah), when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out (towards Makkah), news (of it) reached Quraysh. Abu Sufyan bin Harb, Hakim bin Hizam and Budayl bin Warqa' (may Allah be pleased with them) went out seeking news about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They travelled on until they reached the place called Marr al-Zahran, and suddenly they saw (the army's) fires there, as though they were the fires of Arafah. Abu Sufyan said: "What is this? It is as though these are the fires of (Arafah)." Budayl said: "These are the fires of Banu Amr." Abu Sufyan said: "Banu Amr are far fewer than that." Meanwhile, some of the guards of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw them, seized them and brought them to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) moved on, he said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "Detain Abu Sufyan at the narrow pass where the horses crowd together, so that he may see the Muslims (and their army)." So Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) detained Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him), and the various tribes began to pass by with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They passed by Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) battalion by battalion, and he would ask: "Who are these?" Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: "This is the tribe of Ghifar." Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: "What have I to do with Ghifar?" Then the people of Juhaynah passed and he said the same, then Banu Sa'd bin Hudhaym passed and he said the same, then Banu Sulaym passed and he said the same. Then a very large army came, and Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Who are these people?" Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "These are the Ansar, whose banner is in the hand of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him)." Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said (on seeing Abu Sufyan): "O Abu Sufyan! Today is the day of slaughter; today (fighting) in the Sanctuary will be made lawful." Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) said (to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)): "O Abbas! What a day for defending one's honour!" Then a small battalion came, in which were the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and the banner of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Abu Sufyan, Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do you know what Sa'd bin Ubadah has said?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did he say?" He said: "Such and such." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sa'd has spoken wrongly; rather, today is the day in which Allah Almighty will magnify the Ka'bah, and today the Ka'bah will be clothed with its covering." The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his banner be planted at (the place called) al-Hajun.
(b) Nafi' bin Jubayr bin Mut'im says: I heard Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) saying to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Abu Abdullah! It is here that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered you to plant the banner."
The narrator said: On that day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) to enter Makkah from the side of 'Kuda', and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself entered from the side of 'Kada''. Two men from the cavalry of Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him), Hubaysh bin al-Ash'ar and Kurz bin Jabir al-Fihri (may Allah be pleased with them), were martyred.