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Hind bint Utbah, From foe to believer

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CompanionFrom foe to believer

Hind bint Utbahهند بنت عتبة

Traditional date, disputedMakkah

Wife of Abu Sufyan, once a fierce enemy at Uhud, who accepted Islam when Makkah opened.

Hind lost her father, uncle and brother at Badr and urged Quraysh on at Uhud. When Makkah opened in 630 she came to pledge to the Prophet ﷺ with the women and spoke boldly during the pledge. She destroyed her household idol and later sent her sons to the campaigns in Syria. Islam erased what came before.

What does the Quran say?

60:12

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 5364

The lesson

No past is too dark for repentance.

Who else is linked?

MakkahAbu Sufyan ibn HarbMu'awiyah ibn Abi SufyanHamzah ibn Abd al-MuttalibWahshi ibn Harb

Source: history · Wikipedia

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