Episode 190

Habbar (ra): The Miscarriage of the Prophet's ﷺ Grandchild | The Firsts | Dr. Omar Suleiman

About this lecture

In this episode of *The Firsts*, Dr. Omar Suleiman tells the powerful and painful story of Habbar ibn al-Aswad — the man who caused the miscarriage of the Prophet's ﷺ grandchild by attacking his daughter Zaynab (ra) with a spear during her migration to Medina, a wound from which she never fully recovered. Despite being marked for death at Fath Makkah, Habbar later entered Medina, came directly to the Prophet ﷺ, declared his *shahada*, and was immediately and fully forgiven — a story that stands as one of the most striking demonstrations of the Prophet's ﷺ mercy, self-restraint, and adherence to divine principle even in his deepest personal pain.