The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 3 of 4

IMAM ABO AL-FIDA' ISMA'IL IBN KATHIR 5;
Qur'an?' He would then place the one indicated in the grave first, saying, 'I will
testify for these at Judgement Day.' He ordered that they be buried in their
blood; he did not pray over them, nor were they washed."
Al-Bukhari alone gave this; Muslim did not. Other scholars relate it from a
hadith of al-Layth b. SaCd.
Ahad stated, "Muhammad -meaning Ihn Jacfar - related to us, quoting Ibn
Jacfar, quoting Shu'ba, having heard 'Abd Rabbihi relate from d-Zuhri, from
Ibn Jsbir, from Jiibir b. 'Abd Allah, that the Prophet (SAAS) said about those
killed at Uhud, 'Each wound, each drop of blood will exude musk at Judgement
Day.' And that he did not pray over them."
It is well established that he did pray for them some years thereafter, shortly
before his death. As d-Bukhzri stated, "Muhammad b. 'Abd al-R*im related
to us, quoting Zakariyys' b. CAdi, and Ihn al-Mubeak recounted to us, from
Haywa, from Yazid b. Abii Habib, from Abii d-Khayr, from Wqba b. CAmir,
who said, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) delivered a prayer for those killed at
Wud eight years thereafter, just as though he were saying farewell to the living
or the dead. He then mounted the mrnbar and said, "I shall stand before you,
having preceded you, and will be a witness for you. Your appointment is at the
al-hand, 'the celestial pool', and I look at it now from this position of mine. I do
not fear for you that you will (later) become polytheists. What I do fear for you
is the influence of this world, that you will compete with one another over it.""'
Wqba concluded, "And that was the last time I saw the Messenger of God
(SAAS)."
Al-Bukhm also related this elsewhere, as did Muslim, Abii Dii'iid and
al-Nas21, from a hadith of Yazid b. AbU Habib in similar words.
Al-Umawi stated, "My father related to me, quoting d-Hasan b. Wmsra,
from Habib b. Abii Thabit, who said, "A'isha said, 'We went forth from
al-S&ar, the place through which the Messenger of God (SAAS) had left for
Uhud, seeking news. When dawn arose, there was a man barring our way and
reciting insistently:
"Stay awhile. A load d l bear witness to the battle."
"'We then saw hi to be Usayd b. Hudayr. We stayed where we were after
that and then saw a camel approaching, being ridden by a woman seated between
two loads.
"'We approached her and found her to be the wife of 'Amr b. al-Jamiih. We
asked her for news and she replied, "God protected the Messenger of God
(SAAS) while some of the Muslims have been martyred." "God turned back
those who disbelieved, in all their anger, and they did not achieve advantage.
God sufficed for the believers in the fighting, and God is mighty and powerful"
(siirat a(-Ahzab; XXXIII, v.25).
"'She then told her camel to kneel, and she dismounted. We asked her about
her loads, and she replied, "My brother and my husband.""'