It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was passing by (on the battlefield of Badr) when he saw Abu Jahl in the throes of death. He came and sat on his chest. Abu Jahl raised his head and said: "Were you not, until yesterday, a lowly little shepherd (of ours) in Makkah? You have climbed to a difficult place." Then he cut off his head, came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "This is the head of Abu Jahl." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah?" He said: "By Allah! It is his head." The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order and it was thrown into the well (with the other slain).
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these hadiths from Isa bin Tahman except Ubayd bin Abd al-Rahman, and Abu Usamah al-Kalbi is alone in them."