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Sometime after Utaiba and his Koraysh Companions set out for Syria and stopped to
rest in a place called Az-Zarqa when suddenly a lion approached the travelers and
Utaiba cried out in great fear, “Woe to me, this lion will surely devour me just as
Muhammad supplicated. He has killed me in Syria while he is in Mecca! “ And the lion
rushed forward and crushed Utaibah’s head but let his companions alone.

The Vilest Arabs in Mockery and Hatred of the Prophet

There were eighteen Arabs vilest in their mockery and hatred of the Prophet, namely:
Abdul Uzza son of Abdul Muttalib (father of Utbah) better known as Abu Lahab;
Utaibah the son of Abu Lahab;

Al Awra Arwa daughter of Harb Umayyah’s son and sister of Abu Sufyan, who was the
wife of Abu Lahab, better known as Umm Jameel;

Amru, son of Hisham, son of Al Mughirah Al Makhzumi better known as Abu Jahl (father
of Al Hakam);

Utba son of Rabi’a;