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274 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD In any case, the contending forces did confront one another in battle, the outcome resting in the hands of the All-Merciful. The greatest of the prophets called upon his Lord's help, his Companions too raising their voices loud in invocation of the Lord of heaven and earth, Who hears all prayers and discovers all heroic action. The first of the polytheists to he killed was al-Aswad h. 'Abd al-Asad al-Makhznmi. Ibn Ishaq stated, "This was a mean and disreputable fellow who had said, 'I swear to God I will drink from their cistern or destroy it, or die before I get there!' And when he came forth to do battle, Hamza b. 'Abd al-Mn(p1ib went out to confront him. When they met, Hmza struck him and off came his foot and half his leg, before he had reached the cistern. He fell down on his back, his leg spurting blood hack towards his companions. He then crawled on in the direction of the cistern, plunging into it intending, so they say, to fulfil his oath. Harnza pursued him and struck him again and again until he had killed him, there in the cistern." Al-Umawi stated, "At that Wtba b. Rahi'a became excited and determined to demonstrate his bravery. He came forth with his brother Shayba on one side of hi and his son al-Walid on the other and, standing out in the centre between the two lines, they issued a challenge for single combat. Three young men from the Helpers went out to confront them; they were 'Awf and Mu%dh, the two sons of al-HGth, their mother being 'Afra", dong with 'Ahd All& b. Rawaha, so they say. 'And who are you?' they were asked, and they replied, 'We are from among the aqar, "the Helpers".' 'We have no quarrel with you,' they were told.'' In one account it is said that the Quraysh warriors then said, "These are our honourable peers, but send forth some of our own people." Their herald then called out, "0 Muhammad, send forth our peers from our own people." "The Prophet (SAAS) replied, 'You go, Wbayda b. al-Haith, and you Hamza, and you, 'Ali."' According to al-Umawi, the Messenger of God (SAAS) was displeased when the three Helpers stepped forth. This was because this was the first battle pitting his men against his enemies, and he would have preferred his warriors to have been from his own tribe. He therefore ordered the first three men to withdraw and ordered out the three men named above. Bn Ishaq stated, "When the three combatants approached the three Quraysh warriors, the latter asked their names." (This is an indication that they were wearing armour and they could not be recognized by their weapons.) "Wbayda, Hamza and 'Ali each gave their names in turn. The Quraysh champions then commented, 'Worthy peers.' "Wbayda then stepped forward, he being the oldest of them, and faced Wtba, while Hamza addressed Shayba and 'Ali stood before al-Walid b. Wtba. "Hamza soon killed Shayha, as 'Ali did al-Walid. 'Ubayda and Wtba exchanged blows and each brought the other down. Hamza and 'Ali then turned
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA'IL IBN KATH~R 275 their swords against Wtba and finished him off. They then picked up their fallen comrade and carried him back to their side. May God be pleased with him." It is established in both ~ahih collections from a hadith of Aba Mijlaz, from Qays b. Wbad, that Aha Dharr used to swear on oath that this verse, L'These two are adversaries who dispute about their Lord" (serat al-Hun; XXII, v.19) was revealed about Hamza and his opponent and about Wtba and his, referring to their coming forth at Badr. This is the wording al-Bukhai gives in explaining this verse. Al-Bukhm stated, "Hajjaj b. Minhl related to us, quoting d-Mu'tamir b. Sulaymm, who said, 'I heard my father say that Aba Mijlaz related to him, from Qays b. Wbd, who quoted 'Mi b. Abn '@&b as having said, "I will be the first person who kneels before the All-Merciful one, Almighty and Glorious is He, among the adversaries on Judgement Day."' "Qays stated, 'And it was about them that the verse was revealed, "These two are adversaries who dispute about their Lord."' He went on, 'This referred to those who stood forth to do battle at Badr - 'Ali and Hamza, Wbayda and Shayba b. Rabi'a, and 'Utba b. Rabi'a and d-Walid b. 'Utba."' Al-Bukhwi done gives this. We have discussed this at sufficient length in our Tafsir (Exegesrs); and to God be all praise and credit. Al-Umawi stated, "Mu%wiya b. 'Amr related to us, from Aba Ishaq, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Ismaql b. Aba Khalid, from 'Abd Alhh alBahiyy, who said, 'Wtba, Shayba and al-Walid, stood forth to do battle and Hamza, 'Ubayda and 'Ah went out to face them. The Quraysh champions said, "Speak, so we may know you." Hamza replied, "I am Asad Allah, 'God's lion', and the lion of the Messenger of God; I am Hamza, son of 'Abd al-Mugalib." They responded, "A worthy peer." 'Ali then said, "I am 'Abd Allah, 'God's slave', and the brother of the Messenger of God." Wbayda said, "I am he who is among the allies." Each then engaged in man-to-man conflict, and God killed them."' Hind spoke the following on that subject, "Eyes of mine, make copious tears flow down for the best of heroes who did not turn aside. His people called out to him on the morning when the Bana &him and the Banii al-Mugalib did battle, Making hi taste the sharpness of their swords, raising hi aloft even after he had been destroyed." This was why Hind swore she would eat Hamza's liver. The Wbayda referred to here was the son of al-H*th b. al-Muctalib b. 'Abd M d . They carried him to the Messenger of God (SAAS), and placed him on a bed next to where he stood. The Messenger of God (SAAS) then honoured him by allowing his cheek to rest on his foot.
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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