Is it true that Hassan ibn Thabit used to revile Hind bint Utbah, Abu Sufyan, and the polytheists with obscene language with the permission of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as stated in his saying to Hassan: "Lampoon them – or he said: satirize them – and Gabriel is with you"? And why did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicate against the orphan girl that she should not grow old, and does this contradict his saying: "Any person from my Ummah whom I supplicated against with a supplication that he was not deserving of, I ask that You make it a purification, a zakah, and a means of drawing him closer to You on the Day of Resurrection"?
First: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, urged Hassan ibn Thabit to satirize the infidels of Quraish with his tongue. This was in response to their satire of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Hassan's action was permissible, based on the words of the Almighty: ﴿Allah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged﴾ [An-Nisa: 148].
Second: The poem satirizing Hind, Abu Sufyan, and their son was narrated with a very weak chain of transmission from Ibn Ishaq, and its text contains severe oddity and strangeness.
Third: The reason for the Prophet's prayer against the orphaned girl is unknown.
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