some of them nearly killed one another in their distress. Then some believing women came (1), and Allah Most High revealed:

“O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allah knows best their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers,”

up to His words:

“And do not hold on to marriage bonds with disbelieving women.” [Surah al-Mumtahana: 10]

That day, ʿUmar divorced two wives of his who remained polytheists. Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān married one of them, and Safwān ibn Umayya married the other.

Then the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—returned to Medina. Abū Basīr, a Muslim man from Quraysh, came (2) (3). They sent two men to retrieve him, saying, “Remember the pledge you made to us.” He handed him over to the two men, who took him away until they reached Dhū al-Hulayfa. They stopped there to eat some dates they had with them.

Abū Basīr said to one of the two men, “By Allah, I can see that this sword of yours, so-and-so, is a fine one.” The man drew it and said, “Yes, by Allah, it certainly is. I have tried it time and again.”

Abū Basīr said, “Let me see it so I can examine it.” The man let him take [it] (4), and he struck him with it until he died. The other man fled until he reached Medina, entering the mosque at a run. When the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—saw him, he said, “This man has certainly had a fright.”

When he reached the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he said, “By Allah, my companion has been killed, and I too will surely be killed!”

Then Abū Basīr—may Allah be pleased with him—came and said, “O Prophet of Allah, your pledge has been fulfilled (5): you returned me to them, and then I was saved by