tent.’

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “And I too—by Him in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul.”

She then said, “O Messenger of Allah, Abū Sufyān is a tight-fisted man”—she also pronounced it “masīk.” “Is there any sin upon me if I take from his wealth to feed our household?” He answered, “No—only take in a reasonable manner.” Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

The two of them also transmitted it through the chain of Shuʿayb ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from al-Zuhrī, with the wording: “Is it blameworthy for me to feed our dependants from his property?” He said, “There is no blame on you; feed them in a reasonable way.”

Al-Farʼiyabī narrated: Yūnus related to us from Ibn Isḥāq, from Abū al-Safar, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: Abū Sufyān once saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking while the people pressed close behind him, stepping on his heels. He thought to himself, “What if I were to take up arms against this man again?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him, struck him on the chest and said, “Then Allah would surely disgrace you.” Abū Sufyān replied, “I repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness.”

A similar report—mursal—was related by Abū Isḥāq al-Sabiʿī and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ḥazm.

Mūsā ibn Aʿyun narrated from Isḥāq ibn Rāshid, from al-Zuhrī, from Ibn al-Musayyib, who said: On the night when the people entered Mecca they continued all night with takbīr (saying “Allāhu akbar”), tahlīl (proclaiming “Lā ilāha illā Allāh”) and circling the House until dawn. Abū Sufyān said to Hind, “Do you think this is from Allah?” The next morning he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “I said to Hind, ‘Do you think this is from Allah?’ Indeed, it is from Allah.” The Prophet replied, “Yes, it is from Allah.” Abū Sufyān then declared, “I bear witness that you are the servant of Allah and His Messenger. By the One by whom Abū Sufyān swears, no one has heard these words of mine except Allah and Hind.”