THE KILLING OF ABU JAHL (MAY ALLAH’S CURSE BE UPON HIM)
The Killing of Abu Jahl, May Allah’s Curse be Upon Him
It is recorded in the Saheehain that ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn ‘Awf said: “While I was standing in the battle array on the day of Badr, I looked toward my right and my left, and found myself between two boys, who were quite young in age, from the Ansar. I wished I were between stronger people. One of them made a sign to me and said: ‘Uncle, do you recognize Abu Jahl?’ I said: ‘Yes. What do you want to do with him, O my nephew?’ He said: ‘I have been told that he abuses the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him. By Allah, in Whose Hands is my life, if I see him (I will with him) and will not leave him until one of us who is destined to die earlier is killed.’ The narrator said: I wondered about this. Then the other made a sign to me and said similar words. Soon afterward, I saw Abu Jahl. He was moving about among men. I said to the two boys: ‘Don’t you see? He is the man you were inquiring about.’ (As soon as they heard this), they dashed toward him, struck him with their swords until he was killed. Then they returned to the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, and informed him of this. He asked: ‘Which of you has killed him?’ Each one of them said: ‘I have killed him.’ He said: ‘Have you wiped your swords?’ They said: ‘No’.
He examined their swords and said: ‘Both of you have killed him.’ He then decided that the belongings of Abu Jahl be handed over to (the two young boys) Mu‘adh Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Al-Jamooh and Mu‘adh Ibn Afra.”
Also in the Saheehain, from the Hadith of Abu Sulaiman At-Taimi that Anas Ibn Malik said: “Allah’s Messenger said on the day of the Battle of Badr: “Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?” Ibn Mas‘ood went and saw him struck by the two sons of ‘Afra’ and was on the throes of death. Ibn Mas‘ood said, “Are you Abu Jahl?” Abu Jahl replied, “Can there be a man more superior to the one whom you have killed (or [he said] his own folk have killed.)?”
In the version of Bukhari from Ibn Mas‘ood, it is recorded that he (Ibn Mas‘ood) approached Abu Jahl and said: “Has Allah humiliated you?”
Abu Jahl said: “Is there a man stronger than the one whom you have killed?”
Al-Bukhari also related that Az-Zubair said: “I met ‘Ubaidah Ibn Sa’eed Ibn Al-‘As on the day (of the Battle) of Badr and he was covered with armor; so much so that only his eyes were visible. He was surnamed Abu Dhatul-Karish. He said (proudly), ‘I am Abu Dhatlal-Karsh.’ I attacked him with the spear and pierced his eye and he died. I put my foot over his body to pull (that spear) out, but even then I had to use a great amount of force to take it out as both its ends were bent.” ‘Urwah said, “Later on, Allah’s Messenger asked Az-Zubair for the spear and he gave it to him. When Allah’s Messenger died, Az-Zubair took it back. After that Abu Bakr demanded it and he gave it to him, and when Abu Bakr died, Az-Zubair took it back. ‘Umar then demanded it from him and he gave it to him. When ‘Umar died, Az-Zubair took it back, and then ‘Uthman demanded it from him and he gave it to him. When ‘Uthman was martyred, the spear remained with ‘Ali’s offspring. Then ‘Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair demanded it back, and it remained with him till he was martyred.
Ibn Ishaq said: Okkashah Ibn Mihsan , an ally of Banu ‘Abd Shams Ibn ‘Abd Manaf, fought on the day of Badr with his sword until it broke in his hand. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who gave him a piece of wood and said, “O Okkashah, fight with this!” When he took it from the Messenger of Allah, he shook it and it turned into a long white hard steel sword in his hand. He fought with it until Allah granted victory to the Muslims. That sword is known as Al‘-Awn. He witnessed several battles with Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and it always remained with him, until he was killed during the wars of apostasy and (the sword) was still with him.
Al-Baihaqi had reported from Al-Hakim that Okkashah Ibn Mihsan narrated: “My sword broke in the Battle of Badr and Allah’s Messenger gave me a piece of wood which turned into a long white hard steel sword. I fought with it until Allah routed the polytheists.” The sword never ceased to be with him till he died.
The Messenger of Allah’s Restoration of Qatadah’s Eye
‘Asim Ibn ‘Umar Ibn Qatadah reported from his father, from his grandfather (Qatadah Ibn An-Nu‘man) that his eye was hit in the Battle of Badr and its pupil was knocked out from its socket and hung down his cheek. Some people wanted to cut it off but others restrained them saying: “Let’s go to Allah’s Messenger to seek his advice.” When they got to him and narrated to him what happened he went close to Qatadah, raised the pupil (of the eye) and placed it back into its socket. Then he rubbed the eye with his palm and prayed: “O Allah, restore it and make it good.” Till he died, no one who met him was able to identify the eye that was injured.
In another narration, it turned out to be the better of the two eyes. ‘Asim Ibn ‘Umar Ibn Qatadah rendered a poem chronicling the incident:
I am the son of the one whose pupil (eye) hung down his cheek
Then it was restored by the hand of Al-Mustafa (the Prophet)
Another Narration similar to that:
Al-Baihaqi related from Mu‘adh Ibn Rifa‘ah Ibn Rafi‘ from his father Rafi‘ Ibn Malik who said: On the day of Badr, the people gathered up to Ubayy Ibn Khalaf and I approached him and I noticed an opening in his armor which had broken under his armpit, so I pierced him mortally through that opening and I was hit by an arrow on the Day of Badr and my eye was knocked out. The Messenger of Allah placed some of his saliva on it and supplicated for me and I did not feel any pain from it. This narration is, however, strange even though its chain is good but he did not authenticate it.
By: Ibn Katheer
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