for her, having chewed the liver of Hamzah, his uncle. The Prophet peace be upon him accepted their  allegiance on condition that they associate none with Allâh, to which they immediately agreed. He  added that they should not practise theft. Here Hind complained that her husband, Abu Sufyan, was  tight-fisted. Her husband interrupted granting all his worldly possessions to her. The Prophet peace be  upon him laughed and recognized the woman. She implored him to extend his pardon to her and  efface  all her previous sins. Some other conditions were appended including the prohibition of adultery,  infanticide or forging falsehood. To all these orders, Hind replied positively swearing that she would  not  have come to take an oath of allegiance if she had had the least seed of disobedience to him. On  returning home, she broke her idol admitting her delusion as regards stone-gods.
The Messenger of Allâh peace be upon him stayed in Makkah for 19 days. During that period he used  to  define the way to Islam, guide people to the orthodox path. He ordered Abu Usaid Al-Khuza'i to  restore  the pillars of the Holy Sanctuary, sent missions to all quarters inviting them to adopt Islam and break  down the graven images still lying in the vicinity of Makkah, and he did have all of them scrapped,  inculcating in the believers ' ears his words:
"Whoever believes in Allâh and the Hereafter is supposed to scrap out the idols that should happen to  be in his house."
Shortly after the great conquest, the Prophet peace be upon him began to despatch platoons and  errands aiming at eliminating the last symbols reminiscent of pre-Islamic practices. He sent Khalid bin
Al-Waleed in Ramadan 8 A.H. to a spot called Nakhlah where there was a goddess called Al-U ' zza  venerated by Quraish and Kinanah tribes. It had custodians from Bani Shaiban. Khalid, at the head of  thirty horsemen arrived at the spot and exterminated it. On his return, the Prophet peace be upon him  asked him if he had seen anything there, to which Khalid gave a negative answer. Here, he was told  that it had not been destroyed and he had to go there again and fulfill the task. He went back again  and  there he saw a black woman, naked with torn hair. Khalid struck her with his sword into two parts. He  returned and narrated the story to the Prophet peace be upon him, who then confirmed the fulfillment  of the task.
Later, in the same month, A ' mr bin Al -A ' s was sent on an errand to destroy another idol, venerated by
Hudhail, called Suwa'. It used to stand at a distance of three kilometres from Makkah. On a question  posed by the door-keeper, A ' mr said he had been ordered by the Prophet peace be upon him to knock  down the idol. The man warned A ' mr that he would not be able to do it. A ' mr was surprised to see  someone still in the wrong, approached the idol and destroyed it, then he broke the casket beside it  but  found nothing. The man immediately embraced Islam. Sa'd bin Zaid Al -Ashhali was also sent in the  same month and on the same mission to Al-Mashallal to destroy an idol, Manat, venerated by both Al-
Aws and Al-Khazraj tribes. Here also a black woman, naked with messy hair appeared wailing and  beating on her chest. Sa'd immediately killed her, destroyed the idol and broke the casket and  returned  at the conclusion of his errand. Khalid bin Al-Waleed at the head of 350 horsemen of Helpers,
Emigrants and Bani Saleem was despatched once again in the same year 8 A.H. to the habitation of
Bani Khuzaimah bedouins to invite them to the fold of Islam. He was instructed to carry out his  mission  with peace and goodwill. There, the people were not articulate enough to communicate their  intentions,  so Khalid ordered his men to kill them and take the others as captives. He even had in mind to kill the  captives but some of the Companions were opposed to his plan. News of bloodshed reached the
Prophet  peace be upon him. He was deeply grieved and raised his hands towards the heaven, uttering these  words: "O Allâh! I am innocent of what Khalid has done," twice. He immediately sent A ' li to make  every  possible reparation to the tribes who had been wronged. After a careful inquiry, A ' li paid the  bloodmoney  to all those who suffered loss. The remaining portion was also distributed amongst the members  of the tribe in order to alleviate their suffering. Khalid, due to his irrational behaviour, had a row with
A ' bdur Rahman bin A ' wf. Hearing this, the Prophet peace be upon h im got angry, and ordered Khalid