The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 2 of 4

298 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
asked, and he replied, 'Wkkzsha b. Mih~an.' Dira b. al-Azwar commented,
'He's one of our men, Messenger of God.' He replied, 'He's not one of yours.
He's one of ours by alliance.'"
Al-Bayhaqi related, from al-H&m, through Muhammad b. Wmar al-Wzqidi,
"Wmar b. Wthman al-Khashni related to me, from his father, from his maternal
aunt, who said, 'Wkhsha b. Mih~an stated, "My sword broke at Badr, so the
Messenger of God (SAAS) gave me a stick and suddenly it became a long, white
sword. I fought with it until God defeated the polytheists." He kept it with him
until he died."'
Al-Wnqidi stated, "Usm b. Zayd related to me, from Dz'iid b. al-Husayn,
from some men of the Banii al-Ashhal, several of whom said, 'The sword of Salama
b. Huraysh broke during the battle of Badr. Without a sword, he was unable to
fight, so the Messenger of God (SAAS) gave hi
a staff he carried made of a green
palm hree frond. He told him, "fight with this!" And it turned into a fine sword. He
kept it with hi until he was killed at the battle of Jisr Aba Wbayda."'
HOW THE PROPHET ($US) REPLACED QATADA'S EYE.
Al-Bayhaqi stated, in the Dalz'il (The Signs), "Abii Sa'd al-Mdini informed us,
quoting Abii Ahmad b. 'Adi, quoting Abii Ya'la, quoting Y&yn al-Himm~ni,
quoting 'Abd alLCAziz b. SulaymPn h. al-Gbasil, from 'A~im h. Wmar h. Qatnda,
from his father, from his grandfather Qamda b. al-NuCm2n, that his eye was
wounded at Badr and that its pupil came down on to his cheekbone. They were
about to slice it off, but asked the Messenger of God (SAAS) who said that they
should not do this. He then said a prayer for him, covering his cheek with his
palm. And later you could not tell which of his eyes had been struck!"
According to one account, this became his better eye.
An account came down to us from the Commander of the Believers, Wmar b.
'Abd al-'Aziz that when he was told this account by 'Asi b. Wmar b. Qatnda,
he also recited,
"I am the son of him on whose cheek his eye descended,
which was replaced so well by the hand of the Chosen-One."
Upon hearing this, Wmar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz, God bless him, quoted very appropriately
the verse of Umayya h. Aha al-Salt about the sword of Ibn Dho Yazin,
"These fine qualities are not like two bowls with milk
merely whitening the water that soon becomes urine."
ANOTHER SIMILAR ACCOUNT.
Al-Bayhaqi stated, "The hzjiz Aba 'Abd Allah informed us, quoting
Muhammad b. Sdih, quoting al-Fad1 b. Muhammad al-Sha'rzni, quoting