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your daughter so never come to me, and I will never come to you.” Then Utayba
assaulted the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, and tore his upper
garment.
The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “I pray that Allah
unleashes one of his dogs on you.” Shortly thereafter, Utayba left with a party of other
Koraysh traders. When they reached a place called Zarqa they pitched their tents and at
nighttime a lion encircled their camp. Utayba exclaimed, “May my mother be destroyed!
By Allah! the lion is without doubt going to eat me as Muhammad said. Ibn Abi Kabsha
(the name of the Messenger of Allah‟s foster father) has killed me while he is in Mecca
and I am in Al Sham.” The lion ignored the others in the party and attacked and killed
Utayba with a single bite.
In the narration of Hisham, son of Urwa and his father, Zuhair, son of Alaa states that
after circling them that night, the lion left, and the traders went to sleep with Utayba
sleeping in the middle of them. (The lion returned) and leapt over all of them and bit
Utayba‟s head off.
Othman, son of Affan married Lady Ummu Kulthom, after her sister Lady Rukayah, may
assaulted the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, and tore his upper
garment.
The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “I pray that Allah
unleashes one of his dogs on you.” Shortly thereafter, Utayba left with a party of other
Koraysh traders. When they reached a place called Zarqa they pitched their tents and at
nighttime a lion encircled their camp. Utayba exclaimed, “May my mother be destroyed!
By Allah! the lion is without doubt going to eat me as Muhammad said. Ibn Abi Kabsha
(the name of the Messenger of Allah‟s foster father) has killed me while he is in Mecca
and I am in Al Sham.” The lion ignored the others in the party and attacked and killed
Utayba with a single bite.
In the narration of Hisham, son of Urwa and his father, Zuhair, son of Alaa states that
after circling them that night, the lion left, and the traders went to sleep with Utayba
sleeping in the middle of them. (The lion returned) and leapt over all of them and bit
Utayba‟s head off.
Othman, son of Affan married Lady Ummu Kulthom, after her sister Lady Rukayah, may