Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 2912 — The acceptance of Islam by Sayyiduna

Muhammad bin Ka'b al-Qurazi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: The acceptance of Islam by Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out of (family) honour. He was an archer; he would go out of the Haram to hunt, and when he returned he would pass by the gathering of Quraysh, who used to sit near Safa and Marwah. Hamzah would pass by them and say: "I shot such-and-such, and I did such-and-such," then he would go on to his home. One day he was returning from his hunting when a woman met him and said: "O Abu Umarah! What your nephew has suffered at the hands of Abu Jahl bin Hisham! He attacked him in all kinds of ways and did such-and-such to him." Hamzah asked: "Did anyone see it?" She said: "Yes, by Allah! People saw it." So he went on until he reached that gathering near Safa and Marwah; the people were sitting there and Abu Jahl was among them. Hamzah leaned on his bow and said: "I shot such-and-such and did such-and-such." Then he raised the hand holding his bow and struck it between Abu Jahl's ears, so that the tip of the bow broke. Then he said: "Take this blow of the bow, and another of the sword! I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah, and that he has brought the truth from Allah." The people said: "O Abu Umarah! He has reviled our gods. Even if you had done this yourself, and you are better than him, we would not have tolerated it. And O Abu Umarah, you have never been foul-mouthed."