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Manaf during the Battle of Badr and was subsequently sold to his
heirs. Khubaib remained their prisoner until the unbelievers reached
an agreement to kill him.

One day during his captivity, Khubaib borrowed a knife from one of
the daughters of Harith. Later on, unnoticed by her, her child
wandered up to Khubaib who had the knife in his hand and sat
himself down upon his lap. When she saw what had happened she
was terrified. Khubaib, realizing her terror, asked her, „Are you afraid
I would kill him? I am not capable of doing such a thing.‟ Thereafter
she would say about him: „I have never seen a prisoner better then
Khubaib. His hands were bound in chains yet one day I found him
eating fresh grapes from a vine, and at that time no fruit was
available in Mecca.‟ She would also say, „I am sure it was food
provided by Allah for Khubaib.‟

When the time came for them to take him from the Sanctuary to his
martyrdom, Khubaib said to them, „Let me offer two units of prayer.‟
So they released him and he offered two units of prayer. After he