Abu Sufyan was given the title of “ Sayyid Quraysh (Leader of the Quraysh)...

Abu Sufyan was given the title of “ Sayyid Quraysh (Leader of the Quraysh),” while he called Mu’awiyah, “ Kisra al-Arab ” - “ kisra ” being the word for a noble Persian king, and he called Hind, the mother of Mu’awiyah, “ Karemat Quraysh (the Honorable Lady of Quraysh).” In reality, reports on Hind say otherwise about her honor as the report according to Ibn al-Katheer shows: In the Battle of Uhud, Hind, the mother of Mu’awiyah who was the wife of Abu Sufyan was butchering the martyrs of the Muslims - including Hamzah the uncle of the Prophet - and amputating their limbs.[^10] Is it possible that someone who had committed such horrendous acts be entitled as an “honorable woman?” Little evidence exists to indicate that Hind was sincere when she later embraced Islam.

The Bani Umayyah remained as the Qur’an had described them - “the Cursed Tree.” How easily did the Quraysh group forget the admonitions of the Holy Qur’an and the Noble Prophet, and yet they were to become the ruling dynasty of the Muslim world.

Instead of the hadith of the Prophet warning the people against Bani Umayyah - or even the words of ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab warning himself against them - an exorbitant amount of false hadith began to appear claiming the high status of the Bani Umayyah in the sight of Allah. Indeed, the “evil word” of the “cursed tree” had begun to spread its roots.

[^1]: Al-Hakim al-Hasakani, Al-Mustadrak, 4:480 [^2]: Al-Isabah, 2:38; Usd al-Ghabah, 3:76 [^3]: Al-Suyuti, Al-Durr al-Manthur; Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Dalail [^4]: Ibn Abd al-Birr, Al-Istiab, 2:690 [^5]: Ibn Abil Hadid, Sharh Nahjul Balaghah [^6]: Ibn al-Atheer 3:440; Al-Istiab, p.

839; Ibn Hajar, Al-Isabah, 3:384 [^7]: Ibn Sa’d, Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 7:78 [^8]: Ibn Abil Hadid, Sharh Nahjul-Balaghah, 3:115 [^9]: Ibn Katheer, Sunan al-Tirmidhi; Al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah, 8:120 [^10]: Ibn Katheer, 4:42 Previous…