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The Life of Muhammad
everyone to turn in what they had taken I came and threw it into the heap
of spoils. Now the apostle never held hack anything he was asked for and
al-Arqam b. Abu'l-Arqam knew this and asked him for it and the apostle
gave it him.'
Then the apostle sent 'Abdullah b. Rawa~a with the good news of the
victory to the people of Upper Medina, and Zayd b. J:Iaritha to the people
of Lower Medina. Usama b. Zayd said: 'The news came to us as we had
heaped earth on Ruqayya the apostle's daughter who was married to
'Uthman b. 'Alfan, (the apostle having left me behind with 'Uthman to
look after her), that Zayd b. J:Iaritha had come. So I went to him as he
was standing in the place of prayer surrounded by the people, and he was
saying: "'Utba and Shayba and Abu Jahl and Zama'a and Abii'l-Bakhtari
and Umayya and Nubayh and Munabbih have been slain." I said, "Is
this true, my father?" and he said, "Yes, by God it is, my son.'"
Then the apostle began his return journey to Medina with the unbelieving
prisoners, among whom were 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ay! and al-Naqr
b. al-J:Iarith. The apostle carried with him the booty that had been taken
from the polytheists and put 'Abdullah b. Kab in charge of it. A rajaz
poet of the Muslims (379) said:
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