raid us; rather, we shall advance upon them.” Recorded by al-Bukhari.

Kharijah ibn Musʿab narrated from al-Kalbi, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās regarding the verse, “It may be that Allah will bring about affection between you and those of them with whom you have been at enmity” (al-Mumtahanah 60:7). He said: It refers to the Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Umm Ḥabībah, daughter of Abū Sufyān; through that union she became a Mother of the Believers, and Muʿāwiyah became the believers’ maternal uncle. Al-Kalbi transmitted this report, but he is a discarded (unreliable) narrator.

The scholars maintain that the legal ruling concerning the Mothers of the Believers applies to them alone: the prohibition does not extend to their daughters, nor to their brothers or sisters.

Those martyred on the Day of the Confederates were:
• ʿAbd Allah ibn Sahl ibn Rāfiʿ al-Ashhali—only Ibn Hishām records that he had fought at Badr;
• Anas ibn Aws ibn ʿAtik al-Ashhali;
• al-Tufayl ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Khansāʾ and Thaʿlabah ibn ʿAnmah, both of Banu Jashm of the Khazraj;
• and Kaʿb ibn Zayd of Banu al-Najjār, who was struck by a stray arrow.
The last three had all taken part in Badr. Ibn Isḥāq states that these five were killed on the Day of the Confederates.

Ibn Luhayʿah narrated from Abū al-Aswad, from ʿUrwah, who said: Among the idolaters slain on the Day of the Trench was Nawfal ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī. He rode forward on his horse, trying to make it leap the trench, but he fell in, and Allah caused his death. This weighed heavily on the polytheists, so they sent word to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “We will give you the blood-money if you hand him over to us so that we may bury him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “He is vile—no blood-money shall be taken for him; may Allah curse him.”