and departed, taking Khubayb and Zayd ibn al-Dathinna with them, until they sold the two of them in Mecca after the Battle of Badr.

The Capture of Khubayb and Zayd ibn al-Dathinna

The sons of al-Harith ibn ʿĀmir ibn Nawfal ibn ʿAbd Manāf bought Khubayb, for it was he who had killed al-Harith ibn ʿAmr on the day of Badr. Khubayb remained in their custody as a prisoner until they unanimously resolved to execute him.

Khubayb’s Scrupulousness: Refusing Treachery and the Killing of Children

He asked one of al-Harith’s daughters to lend him a razor so that he could shave with it1; she obliged. While she was distracted, her little boy toddled over until he climbed onto Khubayb’s lap, the razor still in Khubayb’s hand2. She said, “I was seized by a fear that Khubayb immediately noticed.” He said, “Are you afraid I might kill him? I would never do such a thing.”

A Divine Favor Granted to Khubayb

She would later say, “By Allah, I have never seen a prisoner better than Khubayb. By Allah, one day I found him eating a whole bunch of grapes3 in his hand, even though he was chained in iron and there was not a single piece of fruit to be found in Mecca4. It was provision that Allah had granted Khubayb.”