Is it true that Rasulullah (sawa) sentenced a couple of people to death after the conquest of Mecca, like we find in some of the books of the Seerah? Specifically, Qareeba (“the slave girl of Ibn Khatal” – Ibn Ishaq of 551), Asma bint Marwan and Nadhr Ibn al Harith, who were said to be sentenced to death for blasphemous poetry / songs (the latter also a general in the Battle of Badr). What was the reason for this? If they converted to Islam would they have been pardoned?

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This has been mentioned in some history sources, but when I researched some of them in our Hawza Biography class, I didn’t find any evidence of sahih hadiths that this actually happened. Hence, we don’t have evidence this happened.

Assuming it did, then it wasn’t just because they said blasphemous poetry. It was because they conspired with the enemies of the Prophet, they were inciting violence and hatred against Muslims, and they were encouraging the killing of Muslims. For these reasons they were sentenced to death (assuming it actually happened).

Is it true that Rasulullah (sawa) sentenced a couple of people to death after the conquest of Mecca, like we find in some of the books of the Seerah? Specifically, Qareeba (“the slave girl of Ibn Khatal” – Ibn Ishaq of 551), Asma bint Marwan and Nadhr Ibn al Harith, who were said to be sentenced to death for blasphemous poetry / songs (the latter also a general in the Battle of Badr). What was the reason for this? If they converted to Islam would they have been pardoned?

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Prophet did not sentence them to death. The fact that it’s in the seera book doesn’t suggest it’s authentic. On the contrary, the holy prophet looked at Quraysh and said to them: “go and you are all freed”