and asked his wife to pack up his luggage. They tried to stop him saying,       ‘O the leader of the youth of Quraysh! Where are you going to? You are going to such a place where you will not be recognised.’ But Sayyiduna ‘Ikrimah    رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ refused. When Sayyidatuna Umm-e-Hakeem Bint-e-Haaris رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا came to the court of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to embrace Islam, she requested, ‘O the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! ‘Ikrimah is running away from you to Yemen, fearing that you would execute him. Please grant him amnesty.’

After hearing this, the Rasool of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم granted him amnesty. Thereafter, in search of Sayyiduna Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, Sayyidah Umm-e-Hakeem Bint-e-Haaris رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا, observing purdah, reached at the beach of ‘Tihamah’. Sayyiduna Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ also approached there and boarded a boat, it began to sway. The sailor said: Remember your Rab with sincerity. Sayyiduna Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said: What words should I recite? He said: Say ‘لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا الله’. Upon this, Sayyiduna Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said: Due to these words, I reached here, just get me off here. In the meantime, Sayyidah Umm-e-Hakeem رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا saw him at Tihamah coast and began to convince him,     ‘O the son of my uncle! I have come from the noblest and the most virtuous person (i.e., the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم). Do not destroy yourself.’ She رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا then informed him about the amnesty that she رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا sought for him from Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Thereafter, he asked, ‘Have you really done that?’ She رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا replied, ‘Yes, I pleaded and he    صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has granted you amnesty.’ Sayyiduna Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ then returned to Makkah with his wife Sayyidatuna Umm-e-Hakeem رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا.

When Sayyiduna ‘Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ came in the court of the Noble Rasool  صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was pleased to see him. Sayyiduna ‘Ikrimah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ stood before the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم alongside his wife who was covered in a veil. He then said, ‘I testify that there is none worthy of worship but Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is His bondman and Rasool of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ’. He made all present witness to the fact that he had embraced Islam and had become a Muslim. Thereafter, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ sought forgiveness from the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم for his past misdeeds. (Kitab-ut-Tawwabeen, pp. 123)