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294 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Mecca and hurt me and kicked me. I asked him, "So God has put you to shame then, you enemy of God!" He replied, "And how has He shamed me?" he asked. "Aren't I the most noble man you have killed? Tell me which side won the day?" "It went to God and to His Messenger," I told him."' Ibn Ishnq went on, "Men of the Bana Makhzam claim that Ibn Masctid used to say, CAba Jahl said to me, 'You've climbed very high, for having been just a herdsman!' I then severed his head and took it to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and told him, 'This, 0 Messenger of God, is the head of God's enemy.' 'Is it really, by God other than Whom there is none?' (This was the oath the Messenger of God used to speak.) I responded, 'Yes, by God other than whom there is none.' I then threw Aba Jahl's head down in front of him and he praised God." This is an account given by Ibn Ishnq, God be pleased with him. It is established in both sahib collections, through Yiisuf b. Yacqiib b. al-Mnjishtin, from Snlih b. Ibrzhim b. 'Abd al-Raban b. 'Awf, from his father who quoted 'Abd al-Rahmm b. 'Awf, as saying, "At Badr I was standing in the battle lime and when I looked to my right and my left I found myself to be between two Helpers, both of whom were young men. I had hoped to be positioned between two men who would be weaker than these. One of them asked me, winking, 'Uncle, would you know Abn Jahl?' 'Yes,' I replied, 'what need have you of him?' He replied, 'I've heard that he curses the Messenger of God (SAAS). I swear by Him who holds my soul in His hand, if I were to see him, I'd not leave him before the death of whichever of us had his time come first.' "I was amazed to hear this. Then the young man on my other side winked at me and asked me the same. I looked right over at Abti Jahl, moving around his men and commented, 'Can't you see? That's the man over there you're asking about.' Thereupon the two men charged at him with their swords drawn and struck him until they had killed him. They then went off to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and informed him and he asked which of them had killed hi. Each one said he had. The Messenger of God (SAAS) then asked, 'Have you both wiped your swords clean?' They replied, 'No.' He then examined the swords and concluded that they had indeed both killed hi. He decided that Aba Jahl's spoils should go to Mu5dh b. 'Amr b. al-Jamoh, the other man being Mu5dh b. cAfr%'." AI-Bukhnri stated, "Ya'qiib b. Ibrzhim related to us, quoting Ibrxhim b. Sa'd, from his father, from his grandfather, who quoted 'Abd al-Rabm as having said, 'I was there in the line at Badr and happened to look to my left and right and found those next to me to be young men. I wasn't feeling very comfortable at their position, when one of them asked me, keeping his question secret from his companion, "Uncle, point out Abii Jahl to me." "What will you do to him?" I asked. He replied, "I swore to God that if I saw him I would kill him or die in front of him." The other man asked me in confidence the same question. Nothing pleased me more than to be in that position between them both. I pointed Abti Jahl out to them and they flew at him like falcons and struck him down. These men were two sons of 'Afrn'.'"
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA~L IBN KATHiR 295 In both ~ahih collections, moreover, there is an account from Abii Sulaymzn al-Taymi quoting Anas b. M3ik as saying, "The Messenger of God (SAAS) asked, 'Who will find out what became of Abii Jahl?' Ibn Mas'iid offered to do so and went off and located him; he had been struck down by 'AfrP's two sons and was on the point of death. Ihn Mas'iid then took him by the beard and asked, "Are you Abii Jahl?" He replied, "Is any man superior whom you have killed?" Or he said, "It is his people who killed him!""' According to al-Bukhwi, from Abii Uszma, IsmitCil b. Qays quoted Ibn Mas'iid as having said that he went to Abii Jahl and asked hi, "Has God disgraced you then?" He replied, "Aren't I the most noble man you have killed?" Al-A'mash stated, from Abii Ishaq, from Abii Wbayda, from 'Abd Allxh, who said, "When I reached Abii Jahl he was stretched out, wearing a helmet and holding a fine sword. My own sword was a poor one. I was about to sever his head with my sword, remembering bow my own head had been struck with swords in Mecca till the hands of my attackers tired. Then I picked up his sword, whereupon he raised his head and asked, 'Which side won the day? Us or them? And aren't you our young herdsman from Mecca?' "'Abd Allah went on, 'So I killed him. Then I went to the Prophet (SAAS) and told hi I had killed Abii Jahl. He exclaimed, "Did you really, by God other than Whom there is none!" He made me swear it three times. He then arose and went outside, with me accompanying him, and cursed them (those polytheists killed in battle)."' Imzm Ahmad stated, "Waki' related to us, quoting Isra'il, from Abii Ish~q, from Abii Wbayda, who said, "Abd Allah stated, "When I reached Abii Jahl at the battle of Badr, I found that his leg had been severed, but he was still using his sword to defend himself. I said, 'Praise be to God for disgracing you, you enemy of God!' He responded, 'Is he any but a man killed by his own people!' ""'I set about fighting him with a blunt sword I had and struck hi on the hand. His sword fell, and I picked it up and hit him with it till I had killed hi."' "'Abd All& went on, 'I then went to the Prophet (SAAS) as though walking on air, and told him. He responded, "Is it really so, by God other than Whom there is none!" He repeated this three times. I then replied, "It really is, by God other than whom there is none!"' "'Abd All& continued, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) then went out, accompanied by myself, stood over him and said, "Praise be to God! God has disgraced you, you enemy of God! This man was the Pharoah of his people!"'" In another account, Ihn Mas'iid stated, "And he gave me his sword as booty." Abii Ishnq al-Fazm stated, from al-Thawri, from Abii Ishaq, from Abii Wbayda, from Ihn Masciid, who said, "I went to the Messenger of God (SAAS) at the battle of Badr and told him I had killed Abii Jahl. He replied, 'Is it really so, by God other than whom there is none?' I replied, 'It really is, by God other than whom there is none!' I said this twice or thrice.'
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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