The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 339
VIII - Blow of a Misfortune, Law of Inheritance, Prohibition of Alcohol, Treachery of the Disbelievers and Two Tragic Incidents 339 advanced, and each and every one of them gave their lives, fighting around the perimeter of the Holy Prophet sa. 1 The head of this party was Ziyād bin Sakan ra. After this attack, the Holy Prophet sa ordered that Ziyad ra be brought to him. The people brought him and presented him before the Holy Prophet sa. At the time, there was still some life left in Ziyad ra , but he was in his last breaths. In this condition, he raised his head with immense effort and placed his face upon the footsteps of the Holy Prophet sa , and it was in this very state that he gave up his life 2 There was also a Muslim lady by the name of Ummi ‘Ammārah ra , who fought her way through to the Holy Prophet sa. At the time, ‘Abdullāh bin Qum’ah was advancing to strike the Holy Prophet sa. This Muslim lady immediately moved forward and took the blow to herself. Then she took firm grip of her sword, made aim, and retaliated with her own blow. However, he was a man clad in double armour, and this was a weaker woman, for this reason, her strike was unable to penetrate the target. 3 Ibni Qum’ah boldly cut straight through the Muslim ranks, and just before the Companions could stop him, reached in close range of the Holy Prophet sa. As soon as he reached there, he took a strike at the blessed countenance of the Holy Prophet sa with such force and so ruthlessly that the hearts of the Companions trembled in fear. The courageous Ṭalḥah ra dashed forward and took the blow to his bare hand, but the sword of Ibni Qum’ah severed his hand and fell upon the flank of the Holy Prophet sa. By the Grace of God, no wound was sustained because the Holy Prophet sa was clad in double armour and the force of the blow had also fallen weak due to the courageous act of Ṭalḥah ra , but due to this shock, the Holy Prophet sa took a spin and fell to the ground. Ibni Qum’ah raised another slogan of joy saying, “I have killed Muḥammad [sa] !” 4 Upon striking the Holy Prophet sa Ibni Qum’ah fell back calling out a slogan of joy and in his own fancy, thought that he had killed the Holy 1 Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Ghazwati Uḥud, Ḥadīth No. 4641 2 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 534, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 69, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thālithatu Minal-Hijrah / Ghazwatu Uḥud, Dārul- Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) 3 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 534, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 4 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 270, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Uḥudan, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 533, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)