So Hind said...

So Hind said, ‘Abu Sufyan is a man who withholds (wealth), and I have found flaws in his wealth, and I do not know whether it is Permissible for me or not?’ Abu Sufyan said, ‘Whatever has come to you from the past, and regarding what was dusted so it is permissible for you’.

فضحك رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) و عرفها، فقال لها: «و إنك لهند ابنة عتبة؟» فقالت: نعم، فاعف عما سلف يا نبي الله، عفا الله عنك Rasool-Allah -saww laughed, and recognised her, so he -saww said to her; ‘And you are Hind, daughter of Utba?’ She said, ‘Yes, so forgive about what has passed, O Prophet -saww of Allah -azwj , may Allah -azwj Forgive you -saww ’.

فقال: «و لا تزنين» فقالت هند: أو تزني الحرة؟ فتبسم عمر بن الخطاب لما جرى بينه و بينها في الجاهلية Then he -saww said: ‘And you shall not commit adultery’. So Hind said, ‘Or can the free commit adultery?’ So Umar Bin Al-Khattab smiled, due to what had transpired between him and her during the days of ignorance (Pre-Islamic era). فقال (صلى الله عليه و آله): «و لا تقتلن أولادكن».

فقالت هند: ربيناهم صغارا و قتلتموهم كبارا، فأنتم و هم أعلم، و كان ابنها حنظلة بن أبي سفيان قتله علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) يوم بدر Then he -saww said: ‘And you will not kill your children’. So Hind said, ‘We raised them from infancy, and you -saww killed them when they were grown up, and you -saww as well as him -asws know that’. And her son Hanzal a Bin Abu Sufyan was killed by Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws on the Day of Badr.

فضحك عمر حتى استلقى على قفاه، و تبسم النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) و قال: «و لا تأتين ببهتان تفترينه». قالت هند: و الله إن البهتان قبيح، و ما تأمرنا إلا بالرشد و مكارم الأخلاق So Umar laughed to the extent that he leaned upon his neck, and the Prophet -saww smiled and said: ‘And you shall not slander by forging it’. Hind said, ‘By Allah -azwj ! The slander is an ugly (matter), and you -saww are not commanding us except with the righteousness and the prestigious morals’.

و لما قال: «و لا تعصينني في معروف» قالت هند: ما جلسنا مجلسنا هذا و في أنفسنا أن نعصيك في شي‏ء And when he -saww said: ‘And you shall not disobey me -saww regarding goodness’, Hind said, ‘We shall not sit in this gathering of ours, and among ourselves if we disobey you -saww regarding anything’.