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55 2 The <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> I Especially inherited authority. 2 i.e. manslaughter. J Sura 49. 13.<br />

Then he came forward and welcomed me and asked me why I had come.<br />

When I told him about the two men and 'Ali he said: 'We give protection<br />

to whomsoever you give protection and we give safety to those you<br />

protect. He must not kill them' (805). .<br />

<strong>Muhammad</strong> b. Jafar b. al-Zubayr from 'Ubaydullah b. 'Abdullah b.<br />

Abu Thaur from $afiya d. Shayba told me that the apostle after arriving in<br />

Mecca when the populace had settled down went to the temple and encompassed<br />

it seven times on his camel touching the black stone with a<br />

821 stick which he had in his hand. This done he summoned 'Uthmiin b.<br />

Tal1,la and took the key <strong>of</strong> the Ka'ba from him, and when the door was<br />

opened for him he went in. There he found a dove made <strong>of</strong> wood. He<br />

broke it in his hands and threw it away. Then he stood by the door <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Ka'ba while the men in the mosque gathered to him. I<br />

Azr. i. 70 [1.1. from 'Abdullah b. Abu Bakr from 'Ali b. 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas: The<br />

apostle enter~d Mecca on the day <strong>of</strong> the conquest and it contained 360<br />

idols which Iblis' had strengthened with lead. The apostle was standing<br />

by them with a stick in his hand, saying, 'The truth has come and falsehood<br />

has passed away; verily falsehood is sure to pass away' (Sura '7. 82).<br />

Then he pointed at them with his stick and they collapsed on their backs<br />

one after the other.<br />

When the apostle prayed the noon prayer on the day <strong>of</strong> the conquest he<br />

ordered that all the idols which were round the Ka'ba should be collected<br />

and burned with fire and broken up. Fa

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