The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 155
IV - Battle of Badr, Establishment of the Islāmic Empire and Destruction of the Chieftains of the Quraish 155 ‘Abdullāh. After this, Abū Jahl became senseless and died. 1 ‘Abdullāh bin Mas‘ūd ra returned and notified the Holy Prophet sa of his death. The end of Umayyah bin Khalf, who was reluctant to set out from Makkah due to the prophecy of the Holy Prophet sa , but whose heart was full of enmity towards Islām and malice towards the Holy Prophet sa , came another way. When the army of the Quraish was put to flight, he sought protection from ‘Abdur- Raḥmān bin ‘Auf ra , a friend from the era of the Jāhiliyyah. They had both agreed to protect each other. As soon as Bilāl ra spotted Umayyah, he raised an outcry that, “Look here! This chief of the disbelievers is escaping,” upon which, a few Anṣār pursued him, fought him and threw him to the ground. As a matter of fact, in an attempt to save him, even ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Auf ra was somewhat injured. 2 When the Holy Prophet sa had finished dealing with other matters of importance, he instructed that the chieftains of the Quraish should be gathered at one place and buried. Hence, the corpses of twenty-four chieftains of the Quraish were gathered and buried in a single pit. Others were buried wherever they had fallen, because inasmuch as possible, it was a general practice of the Holy Prophet sa not to leave any corpse without a burial, even if it belonged to an enemy. 3 Before returning, the Holy Prophet sa went to the pit where the chieftains of the Quraish had been buried, and calling the names of each one of them, he exclaimed: فَھَل ْ وَجَدْتُم ْ مَا وَعَد َ رَبُّكُم ُ حَقًّا فَاِنَّا قَد وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا “Have you found true the promise made to you by God through me. Verily, I have found true the promise made to me by God. ” 4 Then, he added: ْ یَا اَھْل َ الْقَلِیْب ِ بِٴْس َ عَشِیْرَة ِ النَّبِی ِّ كُنْتُم ْ لِنَبِیِّكُم ْ كَذَّبْتُمُوْنِی ْ وَصَدَّقَنِی ْ النَّاس ُ وَاَخْرَجْتُمُوْنِی 1 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By ‘Allāmah Shihābuddīn Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 297, Bābu Ghazwati Badril-Kubrā, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Wakālah, Bābu Idhā Wakkalal-Muslimu Ḥarbiyyan Fī Dāril-Ḥarb. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 2301 3 Sunan Ad-Dār Quṭnī, By Imām ‘Alī bin ‘Umar Ad-Dār Quṭnī, Volume 3, p. 64, Kitābul-Buyū‘, Dārul- Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2003) 4 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Qatli Abī Jahl, Ḥadīth No. 3976