key. He went in and saw images of Prophets Ibrahim and Ishmael,     ﻠﻋ, throwing divination  arrows.
He denounced these acts of Quraish and ordered that all idols be dismantled, images and effigies  deleted. He then entered the sacred hall to face the wall opposite the door and there again performed  devout prostrations, and went around acclaiming Allâhs  ' Greatness and Oneness. Shortly afterwards,  he  returned to the door-way and standing upon its elevated step, gazed in thankfulness on the thronging  multitude below and delivered the following celebrated address:
"There is no god but Allâh Alone. He has no associates. He made good His Promise that He held to His  slave and helped him and defeated all the Confederates along. Bear in mind that every claim of  privilege, whether that of blood, or property, is under my heel, except that of the custody of Al-Ka'bah  and supplying of water to the pilgrims. Bear in mind that for anyone who is slain, even though  semideliberately,  with club or whip, for him the blood-money is very severe: a hundred camels, forty of  them to be pregnant.
"O people of Quraish! surely Allâh has abolished from you all pride of the pre-Islamic era and all  conceit  in your ancestry, (because) all men are descended from Adam, and Adam was made out of clay." He  then recited to them the verse:
"O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes,  that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you near Allâh is that (believer) who  has At-Taqwa i.e. one of the Muttaqûn: i.e. pious and righteous persons who fear Allâh much (abstain  from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden), and love Allâh much (perform all kinds  of  good deeds which He has ordained). Verily, Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Aware." 49:13 He further  added:
"O you people of Quraish! What do you think of the treatment that I am about to accord to you?" They  replied:
"O noble brother and son of noble brother! We expect nothing but goodness from you." Upon this he  said:
"I speak to you in the same words as Yusuf (the Prophet Joseph) spoke unto his brothers: He said:
"No  reproach on you this day," 12:92 go your way, for you are freed ones." As for the door-keeping of
Al-
Ka'bah and supplying of water to pilgrims, the Prophet peace be upon him ordered that these jobs  remain in the hand of U ' thman bin Talhah and that the key will stay with him and his descendants for  ever.
When time for prayer approached, Bilal ascended Al-Ka'bah and called for prayer. Abu Sufyan bin
Harb,
I ' tab bin Usaid and Al -Harith bin Hisham were meanwhile sitting in the yard. 'Itab bin Usaid  commented  on the new situation (Bilal ascending Al-Ka'bah and calling for prayer) saying that Allâh honoured
Usaid
(his father) having not heard such words. The Prophet peace be upon him approached and assisted by
Divine Revelation told them that he had learnt about what they had spoken of. Al-Harith and 'Itab,  taken by incredible surprise, immediately professed Islam and bore witness to the Messengership of
Muhammad peace be upon him adding that "We swear by Allâh that none had been with us to inform  you."
On that very day, the Prophet peace be upon him entered U ' mm Hanis  ' house where he washed and  offered prayers of victory. U ' mm Hani had sheltered two Makkan relatives of hers in her house in  which  act she was granted support by the Prophet peace be upon him.
Shedding blood of nine arch-criminals was declared lawful even under the curtains of Al-Ka'bah.
Nevertheless, only four of them were killed while the others were pardoned for different reasons. As  for  those who were killed, mention could be made of A ' bdul U ' zza bin Khatal who had become a Muslim  and  then deputed to collect alms-tax in the company of a Helper. They had also a slave with them.
A ' bdullah, in a fit of rage, killed the Helper's slave on account of a mere trifling dispute, and joined the