It is also reported that, on that very day, Abu Bakr said, “Messenger of Allah, in a dream I saw myself—and I saw you—as we were drawing near to Mecca. A bitch came out at us barking; but when we approached her she rolled onto her back, and suddenly milk was flowing from her teats.” The Prophet replied, “Their ferocity has vanished and their gift has come forward. They will appeal to you through the bonds of kinship, and you will certainly meet some of them. If you encounter Abu Sufyan, do not kill him.” They did in fact meet Abu Sufyan and Ḥakīm at Marr.

Hassān composed the following verses:

“May I be bereft of my young daughter if you do not behold them—
raising clouds of dust, their rendezvous at Kadāʾ.
They tug at the reins in close-packed ranks,
while women strike the horses with their veils, brushing off the dust.
If you turn away from us, we shall perform ʿumrah;
then victory will come and the veil will be lifted.
But if not, steel yourselves for the clash of a day
on which Allah will honor whom He wills.
Gabriel, the messenger of Allah, is among us,
the Holy Spirit—there is none to match him.
You lampooned Muhammad, and I answered for him;
with Allah lies the recompense for that.
Can the one who reviles the Messenger of Allah
be equal to the one who praises and supports him?
My tongue is a flawless, cutting sword,
my ocean no bucket can ever muddy.”

They relate that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled at Abu Bakr when he saw the women striking the horses with their veils—that is, shaking the dust from them.

Al-Layth said: Khālid ibn Yazīd told me, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Hilāl, from ʿUmārah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, from Abū Salamah, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Satirize Quraysh, for satire wounds them more than a volley of arrows.” He then sent for Ibn Rawāḥah and said, “Satirize them.” When Ibn Rawāḥah did so the Prophet was not satisfied, so he sent for Kaʿb ibn Mālik, and then he sent for Ḥassān ibn Thābit. When Ḥassān entered, he said: