Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) consulted the people on the day of Badr. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke, but the Prophet turned his face away. Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also turned his face away from him. So the Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah! Are you waiting for our opinion?" Then Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) said (in another narration, the name of Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) is mentioned), "O Messenger of Allah! By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you command us to plunge into the sea, we will plunge into it, and if you command us to drive our mounts to Bark al-Ghamad, we are ready for that as well. O Messenger of Allah! Proceed towards the purpose you have in mind." Thus, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the noble Companions to set out. You set out and halted at the place of Badr. Men came to the Quraysh's water-carrying camel. Among them was a black slave of Banu Hajjaj, whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) captured. The Muslims asked him about Abu Sufyan and his companions, but he said, "I do not know anything about Abu Sufyan. However, the Quraysh, Abu Jahl, and Umayyah bin Khalaf, etc., are here." When the Muslims heard this, they began to beat him. When they beat him, he said, "Yes, yes, Abu Sufyan is there." When they stopped beating him and asked him about Abu Sufyan, he said, "I do not know anything about Abu Sufyan, but the Quraysh are here." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing prayer. When he finished the prayer, he said, "When he tells the truth, you beat him; when he lies, you leave him." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on certain spots and said, "InshaAllah, tomorrow so-and-so will fall dead here, and so-and-so will fall here." The Muslims and the disbelievers confronted each other, and Allah Almighty defeated the disbelievers. By Allah, not a single person fell anywhere except at the very spots marked by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Three days later, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to those dead disbelievers. Their corpses had begun to rot. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Abu Jahl! O Utbah! O Shaybah! O Umayyah! Have you found true what your Lord promised you? I have found true what my Lord promised me." Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), three days have passed since they died. Are you speaking to them, even though their corpses have begun to rot?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You do not hear what I am saying to them any better than they do. The only difference is that they cannot reply." Then the Prophet ordered regarding those dead men, and they were dragged by their legs and thrown into the well of Badr.