Allah from them.” The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, “What a firebrand of war he is, if only he had someone to support him!” When he heard that, he realized that he would send him back to them, so he left and reached the seashore.
The narrator continued: Abū Jandal (1) ibn Suhayl—may Allah be pleased with him—escaped from them and joined Abū Basīr. Thereafter, every man from Quraysh who had already (2) embraced Islam and left them joined Abū Basīr, until a band of them had gathered.
He continued: By Allah, whenever they heard of a Quraysh caravan setting out for Syria, they intercepted it (3), killed its men, and seized their property. Quraysh then sent word to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—imploring him by Allah and the ties of kinship to send for them, declaring that whoever among them came to him would be safe. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—sent for them, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed:
“And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within Mecca.” [Surah al-Fath: 24]
The recitation continued as far as:
“The pride of the time of ignorance.” [Surah al-Fath: 26]
Their pride consisted in refusing to acknowledge that he was the Prophet of Allah, refusing to accept the words “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful,” and preventing them from reaching the House.”
Al-Bukhārī narrated it from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad al-Musnadī (4), from ‘Abd al-Rāziq (5). Ahmad also narrated it from ‘Abd al-Rāziq (6), and he is