Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
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death, he reneged and joined the infidels. A poet, he
used to recite verses abusing the Prophet. On the
day Makkah was conquered, he wrapped himself
up in the curtain of the Ka’bah. When the Prophet
was told, he gave orders for ‘Abdullah ibn Khatal to
be killed in that very place. Abu Burzah and Sa’id
ibn Harith executed him in between the Black Stone
and the Place of Abraham.
3. Fartana, who was ‘Abdullah ibn Khatal’s slave-
girl. She also used to recite poems abusing the
Prophet. Her dances were a regular feature of the
Quraysh’s wine drinking orgies. She was also killed
along with her master.
4. Quraybah who was also ‘Abdullah ibn Khatal’s
slave, and pursued the same profession as Fartana.
Orders were given for her execution, but when she
came to the Prophet and sought asylum, her request
was granted. She then became Muslim.
5. Huwayrith ibn Nafidh ibn Wahab, another poet
and who held Islam in very great contempt, who
made his name from heaping opprobrium upon the
Prophet. While ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib and the
Prophet’s daughters Fatimah and Umm Kulthum
