There were those oppressors whose aggressive attacks and tyrannical onslaughts had repeatedly shaken the walls of Madinah al-Munawwarah. Those tyrants who had bound the noble Companions—Sayyidunā Bilal, Sayyidunā Ẓuhayb, Sayyidunā ꜤAmmār, Sayyidunā Khabbāb, Sayyidunā Khubayb, Sayyidunā Zayd b. Dathinah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم, and others—with ropes, lashed them, and forced them to lie on the burning sand; some were made to lie on glowing embers; some were wrapped in mats and had smoke blown into their noses; and some were strangled hundreds of times.

Today, all of them stood as criminals in the custody of the army of ten to twelve thousand Muhājirīn and Anṣār. They were trembling and thinking in their hearts that perhaps today their corpses would be torn apart by dogs and their flesh fed to kites and crows; and that the ‘wrathful’ armies of the Anṣār and Muhājirīn would crush their every child into the dust and blood, annihilating their progeny and destroying their settlements. A storm of fear and terror was rising in the chests of those criminals. Every fibre of their bodies was quivering with dread; their hearts were pounding, and they were in a state of extreme fear.

In this atmosphere of total despair and hopelessness, the merciful gaze of the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  suddenly turned towards them. The merciful Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  asked those criminals, "Tell me! Do you know how I am going to deal with you today?"

At this terrifying and formidable question, the criminals lost their senses and trembled. However, seeing the personification of mercy, they all spoke with one voice, "You صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are most generous."

Everyone's longing eyes were fixed upon the beauty of Prophethood, and every ear was waiting to hear the decisive answer of the Leader of Prophethood. Suddenly, the Conqueror of Makkahصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم proclaimed in his gracious tone: