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Night fell and the Muslims made fires to light their camp.
The Meccans, looking out of the city, were amazed to see the
many fires, and Abu Sufyan went all over Mecca trying to find
out whose camp it was. Suddenly he saw al-‘Abbas riding
towards him from the direction of the fires. He was returning
as a messenger of peace from the Prophet (pbuh) and said to
Abu Sufyan, 'The Muslims have come with a large army.

They do not wish to fight, only to enter the city. It would be
better to surrender and not fight. Come under my protection
and meet the Prophet (pbuh).' Abu Sufyan agreed, and got up
behind al-Abbas, who was riding the Prophet’s white mule. It
was still night as they entered the Muslim camp. Each time
they passed a fire, someone would call out, 'Who goes there?'
None of them recognized the stranger as the leader of their
enemy but all knew al-‘Abbas and so let them through. As they
passed by 'Umar, however, he immediately recognized Abu
Sufyan and yelled out, 'Abu Sufyan! The enemy of Allah!' He
ran after them intending to kill his enemy but al-‘Abbas made
the mule go faster. They reached the Prophet's tent just before
‘Umar who rushed in after them quite out of breath. 'Umar
begged the Prophet (pbuh), '0 Messenger of Allah, let me end
the life of Abu Sufyan, this enemy of Islam, who has led the
Quraysh armies in their attacks on us!' Al-‘Abbas interrupted,
saying, 'I have sworn to protect him during his time here
whereupon the Prophet (pbuh) told his uncle to take Abu
Sufyan to his tent for the night.
In the morning Abu Sufyan was taken to the Prophet
(pbuh) who said, 'Abu Sufyan! Have you not yet realized that
there is no divinity but Allah?' To this Abu Sufyan replied, 'If
there had been another he surely would Have helped me by
now.’ ‘Shame on you, Abu Sufyan', responded the Prophet
(pbuh), 'it is time you realize that I am truly Allah's
Messenger.' After a moment or two, Abu Sufyan, who
remembered how ‘Umar had not been allowed to kill him,
replied: 'I can see you are a generous and forgiving man but I
still cannot be sure of that.' At this, al-‘Abbas, who had been