Ibn Isḥāq said (1): When Makriz bargained with them on Suhayl’s behalf and finally won their approval, they said, “Produce what is due to us.” He replied, “Put my feet in place of his feet and let him go; he will send you the ransom.” They therefore released Suhayl and detained Makriz in his stead. Ibn Isḥāq cites some lines of poetry on the episode (2), which Ibn Hishām rejects (3)—and Allah knows best.

[Ibn Isḥāq said (4): ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr related to me that among the captives was ʿAmr ibn Abī Sufyān Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb. Ibn Isḥāq added (5): His mother was a daughter of ʿUqbah ibn Abī Muʿayṭ. Ibn Hishām corrected him (6): Rather, his mother was ʿUqbah’s sister—and, he noted, the man who captured ʿAmr was ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (7).]

Ibn Isḥāq said (8): ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr also told me that the people said to Abū Sufyān, “Ransom your son ʿAmr.” He answered, “Shall both my blood and my wealth be taken? They killed Ḥanzalah, and now I should ransom ʿAmr? Leave him in their hands; let them keep him as long as they wish.”

He continued: While ʿAmr remained a prisoner in Madinah, Saʿd ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Ukkāl—of the clan of Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf, one of the Banū Muʿāwiyah—set out for ʿumrah. Accompanying him was a slave woman of his. He was an elderly Muslim who used to herd sheep at al-Naqīʿ, and from there he departed for the lesser pilgrimage without any fear; he never imagined that he would be detained in Mecca. The Quraysh had long pledged to treat anyone who came for ḥajj or ʿumrah with nothing but good. Nevertheless, Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb seized him in Mecca and held him as a hostage for his son ʿAmr, and on that he composed the following verses:

[in ṭawīl metre]