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inquisitors started to beat them hoping that they had lied and were from the
caravan. It became clear to the water-men that their captors wanted to hear them
say that they were Abu Sufyan's men so they retracted their first claim and told
them what they wanted to hear.

After the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, concluded his prayer, he told
them that they should not have treated their prisoners in such a way and
informed them that the prisoners were from the Koraysh and not from Abu
Sufyan's caravan.

When the Prophet asked the prisoners where the Koraysh were camped, they
told him, without coercion, pointing to the hill of Akankal and told him that their
camp lay on its slopes on the other side. He asked the size of the army, but the
men were unable to estimate their number but said there were many. So the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked how many camels were
slaughtered each day to feed them and was told nine or ten. From this the
Prophet deduced that their numbers must be within the range of nine hundred to
a thousand. Then, he asked the prisoners for the names of their leaders and
learned that the brothers Utba and Shayba were amongst them, together with