In Islamic times when Khalid ibn al-Walid was commissioned...

In Islamic times when Khalid ibn al-Walid was commissioned after capture of Mecca to invite Arab tribes to Islam, he claimed blood from this tribe. The Prophet was greatly enraged at his action and paid the ransom of the victims out of the public fund. al-Muhbar 437 and Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd 8/235.

al-Muhbar 437 and Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd 8/235 believe that Hind had won notoriety in Mecca for illegitimate acts and adultery.11 But concerning Hind's marriage with Abu Sufyan they write that Musafir ibn 'Amr, who was of the Umayyads, was so deeply in love with Hind that everyone suspected an affair between them. Hind became pregnant from him and when people came to notice this, Musafir ibn 'Amr fled from Mecca and went to an-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir, the well-known Arab king of Hira, to beg his aid.

It was in his absence that Abu Sufyan married Hind.12 Hisham ibn Muhammad al-Kalbi, well-known genealogist, in the book of al- Mathalib, and al-Asma'i, famous scholar and man of letters, say: Mu'awiyah was, in pagan times, related to four persons, namely: a) 'Amarah ibn al-Walid of the Banu Makhzum b) Musafir ibn 'Amr of the Umayyads c) Abu Sufyan of the Umayyads d) al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib of the Banu Hashim.13 All these men were each other's friends, and each of them was known to have had a love affair with Hind!

a) 'Amarah ibn al-Walid was one of the handsomest men of the Quraysh. He accompanied 'Amr ibn al-'As in his journey to Abyssinia to bring back the Muslims who had emigrated to that country and request Negus the king of Abyssinia to aid them in this task. Owing to the attachment he showed to the wife of 'Amr ibn al-'As during this journey, he was involved with the vengeful slyness of her husband, who took preliminary steps to slander him before Negus and rouse the King's anger against him.

So by the king's order he was given certain drugs that drove him mad, and he took to the desert to keep the company of wild beasts.14 b) Concerning Musafir ibn 'Amr, al-Kalbi, a great genealogist writes: During pagan times it was supposed that Mu'awiyah is his son, since Musafir was more deeply attached to Hind then his rivals. When Hind became pregnant, Musafir, fearing exposure and being regarded as the begetter of the child, fled to the king of Hira and settled there.

After some time Abu Sufyan traveled to Hira and there he met his old friend. At this Musafir had fallen ill owing to his love for and separation from his beloved.