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They said: 'We fight this man, we confiscate his pro perty, we kill his fo llowers and his relatives and he deals with us in such a kind manner.' This was an overture from the Messenger of Allah (S) to bring Islam to Mecca and to destroy the idols and to establish peace between the people. When the Messenger of Allah (S) conquered Mecca, Abu Sufyan, his archenemy, came and the Messenger of Allah (S) pardoned him.

Not only this but he made his house a sanctuary saying: 'Whoever enters the house of Abu Sufyan is safe. ' Then he turned to the wife of Ab u Sufyan, Hind, the woman famous for her immoral acts and attacks on the Messenger of Allah (S). She who had torn open the abdomen of Master of the Martyrs Hamza, and amputated his ears and his nose and mutilated him in the most vile manner, taking out his liver and chewing it in her mouth.

This woman, this 'war criminal' was sent by the Messenger of Allah a document of pardon. By this, the Messenger of Allah (S) recorded the most magnificent example in the history of creation of forgiveness even of his most ardent enemies.

The Messenger of Allah (S) accepted the Islam of Hind and he made it a condition upon 5 5 The peace treaty between the Muslim and Quraysh (the Muslims' adversaries) was broken by Quraysh, and this consequently lead to the peaceful conquest of Mecca without any bloodletting. her that she should not p rostitute herself which points to the fact that she was a famo us prostitute before Islam.

The noble Qur'anic verse, which the Messenger of Allah (S) recited to Hind, also points to this fact where Allah says: {And if the believing women come to you to pledge their allegiance to you on the basis that they do not associate partners with Allah, nor steal, nor commit adultery . .

.} (60:12) Similarly, the Messenger of Allah (S) forgave the people of Mecca and spoke the historical words: 'Go ye for you are at liberty.' He did not seek to reclaim his houses or the houses of his companions that had been confiscated by the Polytheists.

And when he took the key to the Ka'bah from the custodian, the Qur'anic verse was revealed: {Allah orders you to convey all things held in trust to their rightful owners.} (4:58), as some exegeses have said, and after he destroyed the idols he returned the key to the custodian.