Abu Sufian came to know about the conversion of
Khalid to Islam and he sent for Khalid. Whren Khalid came; Abu Sufian asked him
whether what he heard about him was true. Khalid replied in affirmative. Abu
Sufian got terribly angry and said “By Latsa and Bussa, what you are doing will
prove that I will kill you before I put an end to the life of Mohammed.” Khalid
replied, “Oh! By God whatever others think about it, what I said was true.” Abu
Sufian lost his patience and moved towards Khalid to attack him. Ikrima
prevented him from attacking Khalid and said Abu Sufian, “By God, I also had
apprehension that I would embrace Mohammed like Khalid. You are going to kill
Khalid for his going to Mohammed to accept his religion but Qureshis have
approved Mohammed and I am afraid that within one year the entire inhabitants
of Mecca would become the followers of Mohammed.”
Khalid left Mecca and joined the Muslims at Medina.
Amr Ibn As and custodian of Kaba Usman Bin Thualha followed him. Several other
Meccans also came forward to embrace Islam. All these developments strengthened
the power and determination of Muslims and it became very clear that the doors
of Mecca would soon open before Mohammed.
Mohammed was not impatient. Only one year had passed
after the treaty of Ubaidiya. He never wanted to violate the terms of the
treaty. In the meanwhile, there were some minor incidents of concern. Mohammed
sent a delegation of fifty persons to invite Banu Sualai to Islam. But Banu
Sulai cheated and murdered the members of the delegation. It is by accident
that the head of the delegation escaped.
Justice P K Shamsuddin
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