Hazrat zaid bin haris story
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Zaid bin Amr was amongst the few monotheist of Makkah who refused to bow to the stones. He travelled widely in search of monotheist groups.
Zaid said, “After wandering in the four big cities, I returned back to Sham. I wandered in the city in search of someone who could talk and inform me about pure Monotheism till I reached Balkan where I spotted a church. I went close and saw a monk coming out. He inquired about me and I informed him that I was in search of the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) but could not find anywhere. He responded, “You will not find a teacher of the pure monotheism because each of them have died one after another. I do not know anyone who is upon the true religion. I have a suggestion that a man, born in your own city Makkah, whose name is Muhammad (peace be upon him) will revive the religion of Ibrahim so you better return to Makkah and meet him”.
A glad tiding from the Prophet ﷺ about Zaid
Once, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked, “What do you say about Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail?” He replied, “My Lord has
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Said ibn Zayd
Zayd the son of Amr stood away from the Quraysh crowd as they celebrated one of their festivals. Men were dressed in rich turbans of brocade and expensive Yemeni burdabs. Women and children were also exquisitely turned out in their fine clothes and glittering jewelry. Zayd watched as sacrificial animals, gaily caparisoned were led out to slaughter before the Quraysh idols. It was difficult for him to remain silent. Leaning against a wall of the Kabah, he shouted:
"O people of Quraysh! It is God Who has created the sheep. He it is Who has sent down rain from the skies of which they drink and He has caused fodder to grow from the earth with which they are fed. Then even so you slaughter them in names other than His. Indeed, I see that you are an ignorant folk."
Zayd's uncle al-Khattab, the father of Umar ibn al-Khattab, seethed with anger. He strode up to Zayd, slapped him on the race and shouted: "Damn you! We still hear from you such stupidity. We have borne it until our patience is exhausted."
Al-Khattab then incited a number of violent people to harass
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Ziyad ibn Abihi
Arab administrator and statesman (c. 622 – 673)
Abu al-Mughira Ziyad ibn Abihi (Arabic: أبو المغيرة زياد بن أبيه, romanized: Abū al-Mughīra Ziyād ibn Abīhi; c. 622–673), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (Arabic: زياد بن أبي سفيان, romanized: Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), was an administrator and statesman of the successive Rashidun and Umayyadcaliphates in the mid-7th century. He served as the governor of Basra in 665–670 and ultimately the first governor of Iraq and practical viceroy of the eastern Caliphate between 670 and his death.
Ziyad's parentage is obscure, but he was raised among the Banu Thaqif in Ta'if, near Mecca. He arrived with his adoptive tribesmen in Basra upon its foundation in 636 as the Muslim Arabs' springboard for the conquest of the Sasanian Empire. He was initially employed by the city's first governor, Utba ibn Ghazwan al-Mazini, and was kept on as a scribe or secretary by his successors. Caliph Ali (r. 656–661) appointed Ziyad governor of Fars to suppress a local rebellion and he maintained his loyalty to
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