Victory and After

and swore that he would not let them live. Umm Ham blocked ‘Ali’s path and, locking the two fugitives in her house, went to see the Prophet. She told him, ‘Ali sought to kill two people to whom she had given refuge. “Whomsoever you have granted refuge, we have also granted refuge, and whomsoever you have taken into your asylum, we have also given asylum,” the Prophet told her. ‘Ali was ordered to let them go, and he did so. 10. ‘Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl, following in his father’s footsteps, was an uncompromising opponent of Islam. Seeing that he was sure to meet his end in Makkah, he fled to Yemen. His wife, Umm Bakim bint Barith, who had accepted Islam, appealed to the Prophet for asylum on behalf of her husband. Her request was granted, and she went to Yemen to collect ‘Ikrimah. He returned with her and became Muslim at the hand of the Prophet. After his conversion, he made great personal and financial sacrifices for Islam, finally meeting his death at Ajnadin while fighting against apostates during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. 11. Habbar ibn al-Aswad, who had been responsible for the great persecution of the Muslims. When the Prophet’s daughter Zaynab, wife of Abu’l ‘As was on her way from Makkah to Madinah, he stabbed her camel’s side with a spear. The camel went into a frenzy, and Zaynab fell. She was with a child at the time. Not only did she suffer a miscarriage, but the effects of the mishap remained with her for the rest of her life. Orders were