Thread by @Ubaidbinriyaz

@Hadithoftheday Hind Bint Utbah. She was the wife of Abu Sufyan and aunt of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ .
Her father and many members of her family were killed in Battle of Badr. So Hind's anger at muslims was intense and greatest. Wahshi martyred Hamza R.A on her orders.
Later on she accepted Islam.

@Hadithoftheday Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib R.A was one of the finest huntsmen and greatest warrior of the Arabs. In the battle of Badr, he had killed many of the Qurayshi nobles. One of the Qurayshi nobles had a black slave called Wahshi from Abyssinia who could use the javelin with great skill.

@Hadithoftheday Hind, the wife of Abu Sufyan, promised Wahshi freedom and his master Jubayr bin Mut’im also promised him the same as Hamza R.A had killed his uncle in Badr. Wahshi prowled amongst the fighters until he saw Hamza. He says, “I held my spear and balanced it well, then I aimed it.

@Hadithoftheday It entered into his abdomen and went out the other side. I waited until he was dead, then I took my spear and went to wait in the camp. I had no quarrel with anyone. I killed him only to be set free.”

@Hadithoftheday Wahshi later on became a Muslim and killed Musailimah, the imposter who claimed Prophethood after the demise of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).

@Hadithoftheday After the battle, Hind and the women went to mutilate the corpses of the dead Muslims. They cut off noses and ears and made them into necklaces and anklets. She gouged out Hamza R.A's liver and bit into it; but she was unable to swallow the bite and spat it out.

@Hadithoftheday Then Hind climbed a rock and "shrieked at the top of her voice":

We have paid you back for Badr...

@Hadithoftheday Later on she softened towards Islam.
But her remorse kept her doubting whether she could even face Muhammad ﷺ.
So one day she veiled her face so that the Prophet ﷺ would not recognize her and took her shahaadah.
Hind bint utbah then accepted Islam and became devout muslimah.

@Hadithoftheday When she accepted Islam, She said: “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! By Allah, there was no family on the surface of the earth, I like to see in degradation more than I did your family, but today there is no family on the surface of the earth whom I like to see honored more than yours.”

@Hadithoftheday In the Battle of Yarmouk, the Muslims defeated the Eastern Roman Empire with the help of such courageous women who fought when men ran away.
Hind bint Utbah and Asma bint Abi Bakr R.A, were instrumental in the Battle of Yarmouk.

@Hadithoftheday The Muslims were hugely outnumbered. Every time the men ran away, the women turned them back and fought, fearing that if they lost, the Romans would enslave them.
Due to such courageous women like Hind R.A and asma bint abi bakr R.A, men turned back & fought in battle of yarmouk

@Hadithoftheday At one point, when arrows started raining down on Abu Sufyan & he tried to turn his horse away, Hind struck his horse in the face with a tent-peg and said: "Where do you think you're going, O Sakhr?

@Hadithoftheday Hind said to her husband, Go back to battle and put effort into it until you compensate for having incited people in the past against Muhammad ﷺ. An arrow later hit Abu Sufyan in the eye and he became blind.
Abu sufyan had already lost one eye in the seige of taif before Yarmuk

@Hadithoftheday Lessons:
Mistakes no matter how big,once realized don’t define us.Instead of wallowing in regrets,we should clarify our vision & mindset and use that energy to compensate the guilt into progression

Sit with those who have sinned & repented,for they have softest of hearts-Umar RA