The Conquest of Mecca — the Prophet's entry and his household

شأن الفتح — دخول النبي مكة وآل بيته

At the conquest Umm Salama urged the Prophet ﷺ on behalf of Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him) and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb — 'your son-in-law, your cousin, your paternal cousin and your foster-brother, God has brought them to you as Muslims' — and the Prophet declined to press them. The chapter covers the entry into Mecca with eight to ten thousand men, the idols' destruction, and Safiyya and Banu Abd al-Muttalib coming in with them.

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«يا رسول الله، صهرك وابن عمتك وابن عمك وأخوك من الرضاعة! وقد جاء الله بهما مسلمين»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Safiyya bint Huyayy· Muhammad· Banu al-Muttalib· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

People and things also explored

Quraysh· Muhammad· The Battle of Hunayn· Mecca· The conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· The Prophet's sermon at the Kaaba and general amnesty· Ahl al-Bayt

Sources

Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)

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Quraysh

The tribe that inhabited Mecca in Muhammad's time and to which he belonged, keepers of the Kaaba and masters of its trade. Its leaders opposed the call for a decade, then after 630 its men filled the new state's administration. The Encyclopaedia of Islam traces its rise to Qusayy, its caravan trade, and its pre-Islamic clan blocs. According to al-Mas'udi, Quraysh comprised twenty-five clans, among them Hashim, al-Muttalib, Umayya, Nawfal, Abd al-Dar, Zuhra, Taym, Makhzum and Jumah, and the Quraysh of the Bitah were the inner group and the rest the Quraysh of the outskirts. In Muslim's collection God chose Quraysh from Kinana.