The fate of the other companions at the Prince’s headquarters
As to the rest of the companions whom the Prince had brought to his headquarters, he gave orders for them either to be sent as prisoners to other towns to be dealt with there or to be executed right away.
NabĂl records:
The atrocities committed against these innocent ones by those who laid claim to devoutly following Islam were unbelievable. One wonders what blindness and twisted ignorance can cause humans to willfully sink to such sub-human levels. We will soon see this pattern emerge throughout the land.
The captives that remained alive were bound in chains and sent off to various places. They were paraded as they travelled, with the sound of trumpets, and, every time they went through an inhabited section, the prisoners were struck down and tortured. The stories are many. Here is one of them.
