Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Uhud, the women were behind the Muslims and were tending to and serving the wounded among the polytheists. On that day, I could swear that not a single one of us desired or sought the world. Until Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: {مِنْکُمْ مَنْ یُرِیدُ الدُّنْیَا وَمِنْکُمْ مَنْ یُرِیدُ الْآخِرَۃَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَکُمْ عَنْہُمْ لِیَبْتَلِیَکُمْ} … because some among you desired the world and some desired the Hereafter, so Allah turned you back from them (the disbelievers) to test you. When some of the Companions disobeyed the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and went against his order, and the situation changed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated himself with a group of seven Ansar and two Qurayshis; he (peace and blessings be upon him) was the tenth among them. When the disbelievers advanced upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: “May Allah’s mercy be upon the one who repels these attackers from us.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) kept saying this until seven of them were martyred and only two remained. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to these two companions: “We have not done justice to our seven companions” (meaning the Qurayshis did not do justice to the Ansar, as the Ansar went out one after another and were martyred, or those of our people who fled the battlefield did not do justice to us). Abu Sufyan came and said: “O Hubal! Be exalted!” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “In response, say: ALLAHU A’LA WA AJALL (Allah is Most High and Most Majestic).” The Companions loudly said: ALLAHU A’LA WA AJALL. Then Abu Sufyan said: “We have ‘Uzza and you have no ‘Uzza.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Say: Allah is our Helper and you have no helper.” Then Abu Sufyan said: “Today is in retaliation for the day of Badr; today we have victory, on that day we were defeated; one day is for us and one day is against us; Hanzalah for Hanzalah, so-and-so for so-and-so, and so-and-so for so-and-so.” Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “There is no comparison between us and you; our slain are alive, being provided for by Allah, and your slain are in Hell, being punished.” Abu Sufyan said: “The mutilation of your slain, that is, the Muslims, was done without our opinion or consultation; I neither ordered it nor forbade it, nor did I like or dislike it; I neither grieved nor rejoiced over it.” When the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) saw the martyrs, they saw that Sayyiduna Hamza’s (may Allah be pleased with him) stomach had been ripped open; Abu Sufyan’s wife Hind had taken out his liver and chewed it, but she could not eat it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: “Did she eat any of it?” The Companions replied: “No.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah will never allow any part or portion of Hamza’s body to enter Hell.” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the body of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in front and performed his funeral prayer. Afterwards, the body of an Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought, placed beside Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), and his funeral prayer was performed. The body of the Ansari was taken away, and Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) was left there. Then another martyr was brought, placed beside Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), and his funeral prayer was performed. Then he was taken away, and Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) was left there. This continued until, on that day, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed his funeral prayer seventy times.