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*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*THE GREAT BATTLE OF BADR continues*
*EXCELLENT MODELS OF BELIEF IN THIS BATTLE*
1. We talked previously about two grand models presented by 'Umair Ibnul-Himām and 'Awf Ibnul-Hārith (Ibn 'Afrāa). This battle demonstrated fantastic scenes that clarify the strength of creed and the firmness of principle. Sons fought their pagan fathers, brothers confronted their polytheists brothers. They were at variance as to principles and swords came to end the difference between them. Ibn Is'hāq narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbās that he said: The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said to his Companions: "It came to my knowledge that some men of Quraish were compelled to move out for fight despite their reluctance to do so. If one of you meets anyone of Banu Hāshim, Abul-Bukhtury Ibn Hāshim and Al-'Abbās Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib, he shouldn't kill any of them. As Al-'Abbas was among those who were forced to come out for fight." Abu Huzaifah Ibn 'Utba said: "Do we kill our sons, fathers and the members of our clan and leave Al-'Abbas? I swear that if I met him, I would cut off his head with my sword. I informed the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) of that. Then he said to 'Umar Ibnul-Khattāb: "Abu Hafs! Can the face of the uncle of Allāh's Messenger be struck with the sword?" 'Umar replied: "Allow me to strike his head with the sword. I see that he said hypocritical words, Allāh's Messenger." Concerning this situation, Abu Huzaifah used to say: "I was always frightened of the words I said on that day. So I hoped that my martyrdom would atone them for me." It is reported that he was martyred in the battle of Yamamah.
2. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) forbade the Muslims from killing Abul-Bukhtury for three reasons:
i. He prevented Quraish from offending the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) while he was in Mecca.
ii. He never caused harm to the Prophet.
iii. He was the first to break the boycott agreement that was made against Banu Hāshim and 'Abdul-Mutallib.
For all that Abul-Bukhtury was killed. Al-Mujazzar Ibn Ziyād Al-Balawy met him at the battlefield with one of his friends. They were fighting together. Al-Mujazzar said to him: "Abul-Bukhtury, Allāh's Messenger forbade us from killing you." He said: "And my fellow?" He said: "No, we can't leave your fellow." He said: "So let us die together." They fought each other till he was killed.
3. 'Abdur-Rahmān Ibn 'Awf and Umayya Ibn Khalaff were two friends in Mecca before Islam. On the day of Badr 'Abdur-Rahmān passed by him while he was standing with his son 'Ali Ibn Umayya and seizing him by the hand. 'Abdur-Rahmān was carrying some armours he obtained as spoils. When Umayya saw him, he said: "Would you do me a favour? I am better than these armours you carry. It's the hardest day I have ever seen. Do you like milchy camels?" (He wanted to ransom himself with milch camels). 'Abdur-Rahmān threw away his armours and accompanied them. 'Abdur-Rahmān said: "While we were walking, Umayya Ibn Khalaff said to me: "Who was that man had a tattooed mark of a feather of a peacock in his chest?" I said: "That man was Hamzah Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib." He said: "This man fought us so courageously and ruthless." 'Abdur-Rahmān said: "While I was leading them, Bilāl watched Umayya walking beside me." He said: Umayya Ibn Khalaff, the worst unbeliever is walking over there. I will not let him escape but over my dead body." I said: "Bilāl, he is my captive." He said: "I will not let escape but over my dead body." Then he shouted at the top of his voice: "O supporters of Allāh! Here is Umayya Ibn Khalaff, the worse unbeliever." I will not let him escape but over my dead body." He said: "They encircled us while I was defending him. One of the supporters struck his son with the sword in the leg and brought him to the ground. Upon this Umayya gave a cry I have never heard like. I said: "Save your life. I can't rescue you." But they annihilated Umayya and his son by their swords. On this story 'Abdur-Rahmān would say: "May Allāh have mercy upon Bilāl, he caused me to lose my shields and captives."
'Abdur-Rahmān Ibn'Awf narrated: "I got an agreement written between me and Umayya Ibn Khalaff that Umayya would look after my property (or family) in Mecca and I would look after his in Madīnah. When I mentioned the word 'Ar-Rahmān' (the All-Merciful) in the documents, Umayya said: "I do not know 'Ar-Rahmān'. Write down to me your name instead, (with which you called yourself) before Islam." So, I wrote my name "'Abdu 'Amr.' On the day (of the battle) of Badr, when all the people went to sleep, I went up the hill to protect him. As soon as Bilāl saw him (Umayya), he went to a gathering of the supporters and said: "(Here is) Umayya Ibn Khalaff! Woe betide me if he escapes!" So, a group of the supporters went out with Bilāl to follow us ('Abdur-Rahmān and Umayya). Being afraid that they would catch us, I left Umayya's son for them to keep them busy but they killed the son and insisted on following us. Umayya was a fat man, and when they approach us, I told him to kneel down, and he knelt, and I laid myself on him to protect him, but the Supporters killed him by passing their swords underneath me, and one of them injured my foot with his sword. (The sub-narrator said: "'Abdur-Rahmān used to show us the trace of the wound on the back of his foot)."
4. 'Umar Ibnul-Khattāb killed his uncle Al-'Ass Ibn Hishām Ibnul-Mughīrah. Returning to Madīnah, he said to Al-'Abbās who was then held captive: "'Abbās, embrace Islam. As your conversion will please me more than that of al-Khattāb. I say that because I know that the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) aspires to your conversion to Islam."
5. Abu Bakr called out his son 'Abdur-Rahmān when the latter was fighting with polytheists. He asked him: "Where is my property, you wicked boy?" He replied him by the poetic verse reading: "Nothing remained but a weapon, swift horse and a sharp sword that beheads misguided old men."
6. When Muslims were capturing the polytheists, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) (while he was staying at the booth under the guard of Sa'ad Ibn Mu'ādh) saw resentment in the face of Mu'ādh concerning what Muslims were doing. So he said to him: "You seem resentful of what the people are doing, Mu'ādh." He replied: "Yes, Allāh's Messenger. This is the battle we fought against those polytheists. I would prefer to kill them severely than to let them survive."
7. On the day of Badr the sword of 'Ukkāshah Ibn Mihsan Al-Asdy broke. Thus he went to the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon) who gave him a wooden stick and said: "Fight with this, 'Ukkāshah." When he took it from the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him), he shook it and suddenly it turned into a long, sharp and bright sword. He fought with it till Allāh made Muslims triumph. He called this sword 'Al-'Awn' and kept it so as to attend other battles with it till he was killed in the wars of apostasy.
8. After the battle ended, Mus'ab Ibn'Umair passed by his brother Abu 'Aziz Ibn 'Umair who took part in the fight against Muslims while a man of the supporters was pulling his hand. He said to the man: "Tighten your grip on his hand. For his mother is wealthy and she might ransom him." Abu 'Aziz said: "Is this your recommendation for me?" Mus'ab said: "He is my brother, not you."
9. When the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) ordered that polytheists' corpses be thrown into the wells and the body of 'Utba Ibn Rabī'ah be pulled into the well, he looked at the face of his son Hazifah and found him so sad and depressed. He said: "Abu Hazifah, you appear to have been affected by what happened to your father?" He replied: "No, never, Allāh's Messenger. I didn't doubt my father or his death. But I knew that my father was sage and perspicacious, and I hope that he would adept Islam. When I knew that he was killed while being a polytheist, this saddened me." The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) praised him and wished him well.
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur'an 51:55)
*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*Part 92*
*THE GREAT BATTLE OF BADR continues*
*EXCELLENT MODELS OF BELIEF IN THIS BATTLE*
1. We talked previously about two grand models presented by 'Umair Ibnul-Himām and 'Awf Ibnul-Hārith (Ibn 'Afrāa). This battle demonstrated fantastic scenes that clarify the strength of creed and the firmness of principle. Sons fought their pagan fathers, brothers confronted their polytheists brothers. They were at variance as to principles and swords came to end the difference between them. Ibn Is'hāq narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbās that he said: The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said to his Companions: "It came to my knowledge that some men of Quraish were compelled to move out for fight despite their reluctance to do so. If one of you meets anyone of Banu Hāshim, Abul-Bukhtury Ibn Hāshim and Al-'Abbās Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib, he shouldn't kill any of them. As Al-'Abbas was among those who were forced to come out for fight." Abu Huzaifah Ibn 'Utba said: "Do we kill our sons, fathers and the members of our clan and leave Al-'Abbas? I swear that if I met him, I would cut off his head with my sword. I informed the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) of that. Then he said to 'Umar Ibnul-Khattāb: "Abu Hafs! Can the face of the uncle of Allāh's Messenger be struck with the sword?" 'Umar replied: "Allow me to strike his head with the sword. I see that he said hypocritical words, Allāh's Messenger." Concerning this situation, Abu Huzaifah used to say: "I was always frightened of the words I said on that day. So I hoped that my martyrdom would atone them for me." It is reported that he was martyred in the battle of Yamamah.
2. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) forbade the Muslims from killing Abul-Bukhtury for three reasons:
i. He prevented Quraish from offending the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) while he was in Mecca.
ii. He never caused harm to the Prophet.
iii. He was the first to break the boycott agreement that was made against Banu Hāshim and 'Abdul-Mutallib.
For all that Abul-Bukhtury was killed. Al-Mujazzar Ibn Ziyād Al-Balawy met him at the battlefield with one of his friends. They were fighting together. Al-Mujazzar said to him: "Abul-Bukhtury, Allāh's Messenger forbade us from killing you." He said: "And my fellow?" He said: "No, we can't leave your fellow." He said: "So let us die together." They fought each other till he was killed.
3. 'Abdur-Rahmān Ibn 'Awf and Umayya Ibn Khalaff were two friends in Mecca before Islam. On the day of Badr 'Abdur-Rahmān passed by him while he was standing with his son 'Ali Ibn Umayya and seizing him by the hand. 'Abdur-Rahmān was carrying some armours he obtained as spoils. When Umayya saw him, he said: "Would you do me a favour? I am better than these armours you carry. It's the hardest day I have ever seen. Do you like milchy camels?" (He wanted to ransom himself with milch camels). 'Abdur-Rahmān threw away his armours and accompanied them. 'Abdur-Rahmān said: "While we were walking, Umayya Ibn Khalaff said to me: "Who was that man had a tattooed mark of a feather of a peacock in his chest?" I said: "That man was Hamzah Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib." He said: "This man fought us so courageously and ruthless." 'Abdur-Rahmān said: "While I was leading them, Bilāl watched Umayya walking beside me." He said: Umayya Ibn Khalaff, the worst unbeliever is walking over there. I will not let him escape but over my dead body." I said: "Bilāl, he is my captive." He said: "I will not let escape but over my dead body." Then he shouted at the top of his voice: "O supporters of Allāh! Here is Umayya Ibn Khalaff, the worse unbeliever." I will not let him escape but over my dead body." He said: "They encircled us while I was defending him. One of the supporters struck his son with the sword in the leg and brought him to the ground. Upon this Umayya gave a cry I have never heard like. I said: "Save your life. I can't rescue you." But they annihilated Umayya and his son by their swords. On this story 'Abdur-Rahmān would say: "May Allāh have mercy upon Bilāl, he caused me to lose my shields and captives."
'Abdur-Rahmān Ibn'Awf narrated: "I got an agreement written between me and Umayya Ibn Khalaff that Umayya would look after my property (or family) in Mecca and I would look after his in Madīnah. When I mentioned the word 'Ar-Rahmān' (the All-Merciful) in the documents, Umayya said: "I do not know 'Ar-Rahmān'. Write down to me your name instead, (with which you called yourself) before Islam." So, I wrote my name "'Abdu 'Amr.' On the day (of the battle) of Badr, when all the people went to sleep, I went up the hill to protect him. As soon as Bilāl saw him (Umayya), he went to a gathering of the supporters and said: "(Here is) Umayya Ibn Khalaff! Woe betide me if he escapes!" So, a group of the supporters went out with Bilāl to follow us ('Abdur-Rahmān and Umayya). Being afraid that they would catch us, I left Umayya's son for them to keep them busy but they killed the son and insisted on following us. Umayya was a fat man, and when they approach us, I told him to kneel down, and he knelt, and I laid myself on him to protect him, but the Supporters killed him by passing their swords underneath me, and one of them injured my foot with his sword. (The sub-narrator said: "'Abdur-Rahmān used to show us the trace of the wound on the back of his foot)."
4. 'Umar Ibnul-Khattāb killed his uncle Al-'Ass Ibn Hishām Ibnul-Mughīrah. Returning to Madīnah, he said to Al-'Abbās who was then held captive: "'Abbās, embrace Islam. As your conversion will please me more than that of al-Khattāb. I say that because I know that the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) aspires to your conversion to Islam."
5. Abu Bakr called out his son 'Abdur-Rahmān when the latter was fighting with polytheists. He asked him: "Where is my property, you wicked boy?" He replied him by the poetic verse reading: "Nothing remained but a weapon, swift horse and a sharp sword that beheads misguided old men."
6. When Muslims were capturing the polytheists, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) (while he was staying at the booth under the guard of Sa'ad Ibn Mu'ādh) saw resentment in the face of Mu'ādh concerning what Muslims were doing. So he said to him: "You seem resentful of what the people are doing, Mu'ādh." He replied: "Yes, Allāh's Messenger. This is the battle we fought against those polytheists. I would prefer to kill them severely than to let them survive."
7. On the day of Badr the sword of 'Ukkāshah Ibn Mihsan Al-Asdy broke. Thus he went to the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon) who gave him a wooden stick and said: "Fight with this, 'Ukkāshah." When he took it from the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him), he shook it and suddenly it turned into a long, sharp and bright sword. He fought with it till Allāh made Muslims triumph. He called this sword 'Al-'Awn' and kept it so as to attend other battles with it till he was killed in the wars of apostasy.
8. After the battle ended, Mus'ab Ibn'Umair passed by his brother Abu 'Aziz Ibn 'Umair who took part in the fight against Muslims while a man of the supporters was pulling his hand. He said to the man: "Tighten your grip on his hand. For his mother is wealthy and she might ransom him." Abu 'Aziz said: "Is this your recommendation for me?" Mus'ab said: "He is my brother, not you."
9. When the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) ordered that polytheists' corpses be thrown into the wells and the body of 'Utba Ibn Rabī'ah be pulled into the well, he looked at the face of his son Hazifah and found him so sad and depressed. He said: "Abu Hazifah, you appear to have been affected by what happened to your father?" He replied: "No, never, Allāh's Messenger. I didn't doubt my father or his death. But I knew that my father was sage and perspicacious, and I hope that he would adept Islam. When I knew that he was killed while being a polytheist, this saddened me." The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) praised him and wished him well.
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur'an 51:55)
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