Aysha, wife of the Prophet was one of them.

Aysha, wife of the Prophet was one of them. When she came out of the city she saw Hind pulling the rein of a camel with three dead bodies on its back. Aysha asked: "What is the news?" "Thank God, the Prophet is safe. As he is 8 5 safe, I have no worries.

The other news is that God has made the non-believers suffer a reverse with sorrow." "Whose corpses are these?" "They are my brother, my son and my hus- band." "Where are you taking them?" "I am taking them to Medina for burial." Saying this, Hind pulled the rein of the camel towards Medina. But the animal seemed unwilling to proceed and finally sat down. Aysha said: "The load seems heavy; he can't carry it" "No. This camel of ours is very strong and usually carries the load of two camels.

There must be some other reason." Saying this she pulled the rein towards Medina; again the camel sat down. When she turned the camel towards Uhud, to her surprise the animal started walking quickly. 8 6 The situation was strange. She thought, "per- haps there is some mystery in it'." She then turned the animal towards Uhud and went streight to the Prophet: "O Prophet of God! There is a strange story here. I placed these corpses to take them to Medina to bury them.

When I pull the rein towards Medina, the animal refuses to obey me. But when I direct him to Uhud, he walks quickly." "Did your husband say anything while coming to Uhud?" "O Prophet of God! When he left the house, I heard him saying: `O God, Do not let me return to my family." "Then this is the reason. The sincere prayer of this martyre has been granted. God does not want this corpse to return.

There are men among you, Helpers of the Prophet, who if they ask any- thing from God, the Almighty God grants their wishes. Your husband was one of them." On the advice of the Prophet, these men were buried in Uhud. Then, the Prophet turned to Hind and said: 87 "These men shall be together in that world" "O Prophet of God! Pray to Almighty to keep me also with them:" 88 The Right Of hip In those days, Kufa was the Capital and Centre of the Islamic Government.

All eyes of the vast and wide Muslim nation (with the exception of Syria) were fixed at this city waiting as to what orders were being issued and what decisions taken. Outside the City two gentlemen, a Muslim and the other from People of the Book (Jew, Christian or Zoroastrian) met on the road one day. The Mus lim was going to Kufa and the other gentlemen to another place nearby.