His Father's Protection

The Prophet ﷺ returned from Ta'if wounded in spirit. He could not simply re-enter Makkah, because the Quraysh had turned on him and he had no tribal protector since the death of Abu Talib. He sent word to a few leaders, asking each for protection. Most refused.

Al-Mut'im ibn 'Adi, Jubayr's father, agreed. He told his sons and his clan to put on their arms and take their positions around the Ka'bah. Jubayr, then a boy or young man, was among the family who stood there. Al-Mut'im sent word to the Prophet ﷺ to come in. The Prophet ﷺ entered, circled the House, prayed two rak'ahs and went home, with al-Mut'im's sons around him. Al-Mut'im declared to the Quraysh that he had given Muhammad protection, and Abu Sufyan and the others honoured it.

Al-Mut'im died as an unbeliever, a short time before Badr. The Prophet ﷺ never forgot what he did, and said after Badr that if al-Mut'im were still alive and spoke to him about the captives, he would release them to him. A believer is taught to honour a good deed whoever does it, without claiming for the man what he did not hold.