Abul As ibn ar-Rabiah

Abul As ibn ar-Rabiah adalah salah seorang daripada sahabat nabi dari Bani Abdul Shams suku Kuraish.

Biografi

Keluarga
Dia merupakan anak saudara sebelah ibunya pada Khadijah binti Khuwailid, isteri nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Dia berkahwin dengan Zainab bint Muhammad, anak perempuan Muhammad.

Era Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.
Dia terbabit dalam pertempuran Badar bersama puak Kuraish dan ditawan oleh orang Muslim. Zainab menghantar perutusan ke Medina membawa tebusan bagi membebaskan suaminya yang termasuk kalung ibunya, Khadijah, yang diberikan kepadanya sebelum kematiannya. Apabila Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. melihat kalung tersebut, dia merasa kasihkan anaknya dan meletakkan syarat bagi pembebasan Abul As ibn ar-Rabiah, bahawa anaknya pulangkan kepadanya tanpa halangan. 

Sebaik sahaja sampai ke Mekkah, Abu-l Aas memerintah isterinya bagi bersedia untuk perjalanannya, memberitahunya bahawa perutusan bapanya sedang menunggu. Pihak kuraish mengejar Zainab dan Amr sehingga mereka menyaingi mereka. Abu Sufian menjelaskan bahawa mereka tiada keperluan untuk menahan isterinya tetapi inginkan dia dibawa secara rahsia agar tidak memberi malu kepada puak Kuraish yang baru kalah. Amr bersetuju dan beberari kemudiannya dia membawa Zainab kepada utusan bapanya. 

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After the departure of his wife, Abu-l Aas remained in Mecca for several years. Then, in 630 shortly before the Conquest of Mecca, he left for Syria on a trading engagement. As his returning caravan approached Medina, a detachment of Muslims impounded the camels and took the men as captives. Abu-l Aas managed to escape and during the night entered Medina until he came to Zaynab's house. He asked her for protection and she gave it to him. 

Muhammad instructed his daughter: "Prepare a place of rest for Abu-l Aas and let him know that you are not lawful for him." 

Abu-l Aas returned to Mecca with the caravan and handed over all the wealth and goods to their rightful owners. Then Abu-I Aas announced that he was now Muslim and that the only thing preventing him from declaring his acceptance of Islam while in Medina was fear that they would assume he did so only to appropriate their wealth. Abu-l Aas then left for Medina where Muhammad received him hospitably and returned his wife to him.

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