of Hurmuzān against ʿUbayd Allah; however, Hurmuzān’s children forgave him.

Hind bint ʿUtbah ibn Rabīʿah ibn ʿAbd Shams al-ʿAbshamiyyah, the mother of Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, accepted Islam at the time of the Conquest of Mecca and was present at the battle of Yarmūk. She is the one who said to the Prophet ﷺ, “Abū Sufyān is a stingy man who does not give me and my children what suffices us,” and he replied, “Take what is sufficient for you and your children, in accordance with what is customary.”

Before marrying Abū Sufyān her husband had been Ḥafṣ ibn al-Mughīrah, the uncle of Khālid ibn al-Walīd, during the pre-Islamic period. Hind was considered one of the most beautiful and intelligent women of Quraysh. Late in life Abū Sufyān divorced her, so she borrowed four thousand dirhams from ʿUmar out of the public treasury, traveled to the territory of Kalb where she bought and sold merchandise, and then visited her son Muʿāwiyah—who was governor of Syria under ʿUmar—saying, “My son, remember that ʿUmar acts only for Allah.” She also composed fine poetry.

Wāqid ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn ʿAzīz al-Ḥanẓalī al-Yarbūʿī, an ally of Banū ʿAdī, was among the earliest converts, having embraced Islam before the days in Dār al-Arqam. He fought at Badr and in all subsequent campaigns. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ established brotherhood between him and Bishr ibn al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr. Wāqid took part in the expedition of ʿAbd Allah ibn Jahsh to Nakhlah, where he killed ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥaḍramī; they thus became the first killer and the first person killed in Islam. Wāqid died during the caliphate of ʿUmar.

Abū Kharāsh al-Hudhalī, the poet—his name was Khuwailid ibn Murrah of Banū Qard ibn ʿAmr al-Hudhalī—could outrun horses on foot. In the pre-Islamic era he was counted among the daring fighters of the Arabs, and afterward he embraced Islam.