Stories from Early Islam — Page 172
172 lost their eyes because of the arrows from the Roman army. As a result of this, the fourth day of the battle came to be known as the ‘Day of the lost eyes’. The Roman losses were much higher than those of the Muslims. It was estimated that about seventy thousand Roman soldiers died in the course of battle. It is related that during this battle, a Muslim soldier Abu Jahm, went in search of his cousin, who was missing. He took water with him for the wounded soldiers. The injured and the dead lay scattered everywhere in the field. Abu Jahm found his cousin lying on the ground severely injured. He went near him and gave him some water to drink. As soon as the injured sol- dier brought the cup to his lips, he heard a cry for water from another wounded soldier, who lay nearby. He refused to drink the water and pointing towards the other soldier, told Abu Jahm, to take the water to him first. Abu Jahm carried the water to the second soldier. He had hardly reached the second soldier, when there came a groan