حكم بن مسكين

“Rasulallah (SAW) cursed Abu Sufyan on seven occasions. He should not have done anything else. The first occasion on which God and the Prophet (SAW) cursed Abu Sufyan was when the Prophet (SAW) was emigrating to Medina. Abu Sufyan cursed the Prophet, and wanted to hit the Prophet when he ran into the Prophet on his way back from Syria. However, God fended off his attack. The second occasion was on the day of the Battle of Badr in which he fled from the Badr well, and God and the Prophet cursed him. The third occasion was on the day of the Battle of Uhud when after the Battle Abu Sufyan shouted, ‘Show your superiority, Hubal’ and the Prophet of God replied, ‘God is the Most High and the Most Glorious.’ Then Abu Sufyan said, ‘We have Uzza and you do not.’ Then the Prophet (SAW) replied, ‘God is our friend but you have no friends. ’The fourth occasion was on the day of the Battle of the Trench when Abu Sufyan had come to fight the Muslims accompanied by all of the Quraysh tribe. However, the Honorable the Exalted God had them return angry and defeated. They had no gains from this Battle and the Honorable the Exalted God revealed two verses to the Prophet from the Holy Quran in the Al-Ahzab Chapter. Abu Sufyan and his companions were called atheists, and Muawiya was called a polytheist and an enemy of God. The fifth occasion was on the day of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah in which the Quraysh intercepted the Muslims who wanted to offer animals for sacrifice and did not let them reach the place of offering. They also did not let the Prophet (SAW) reach the Holy House. Thus, they had to abandon their sacrificial animals, and the Prophet (SAW) had to return without having performed the circumambulations of the Ka’ba. Then the Honorable the Exalted God and the Prophet (SAW) cursed Abu Sufyan. The sixth occasion was on the day of the Battle of Confederates (Ahzab/Khandaq) when Abu Sufyan leading the Quraysh, Amer ibn al-Tufayl leading the Hawazin and 'Uyaina ibn Hisn leading the invaded Medina with the Ghatafan assisted by the Jewish Qurayzah and Nadir tribes, and attacked Medina. The Prophet (SAW) cursed their leaders and their followers and said, ‘If there are any believers amongst those who follow them, they shall not be cursed. However, there are no believers or noble ones amongst the leaders of this group and there are none to be saved.’ The seventh occasion was on the day on which they plotted and attacked the Prophet (SAW) in a group of twelve people from the Umayyads headed by Abu Sufyan and five other ones. Thus, the Prophet (SAW) cursed them. Moreover, the camel, its leader, and its rider also cursed them.’ The complier of this book said, “This narration has been cited as above. However, there were fourteen people who attacked the Prophet (SAW).”