The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between Hamzah and Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with them)

It is narrated from Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! You established brotherhood between me and Hamzah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib and Zayd bin Harithah, and Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred on the day of Uhud.

Muhammad bin Ishaq narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on Friday after praying the Friday prayer, and by morning he was in the pass of Uhud. Then the two sides met on Saturday, the fifteenth of Shawwal, in the year 3 AH.

Muhammad bin Ishaq narrates: The Battle of Uhud took place in the month of Shawwal in the year 3 AH.

Muhammad bin Ishaq narrates, among the names of the Muhajirun who were martyred on the day of Uhud: Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (was included).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the cloth from Hamzah's body, he wept, and when he saw how he had been mutilated, he began to sob.

Sa'id bin Jubayr narrates: Hamzah was martyred on the day of Uhud.

Sa'id bin Jubayr narrates: Hamzah was martyred on the day of Uhud.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred on the day of Uhud, Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) came looking for him, not knowing what had happened to him. She met Ali and Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). Ali said to Zubayr: "You tell your mother (Safiyyah)." And Zubayr said to Ali: "You tell your aunt." Then Safiyyah asked: "What has become of Hamzah?" Both of them gave the impression that they did not know. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "I fear for her reason." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on her chest and supplicated for her, and she said "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return)" and wept. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Hamzah, who had been mutilated, and standing over him said: "Were it not for the distress of the women, I would have left him as he is, until he was raised on the Day of Resurrection from the crops of birds and the bellies of wild beasts." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave orders concerning the martyrs and began to offer the funeral prayer over them. Each time he would place nine martyrs together with Hamzah and say seven takbirs over them; then they would be lifted away and Hamzah would be left. Then nine more martyrs would be brought and seven takbirs said over them, until he finished with all of them.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over the martyrs of Uhud, nine at a time with Hamzah as the tenth, until he finished with all of them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Uhud the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at Hamzah, who had been killed and mutilated, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a sight more painful to his heart and more dreadful than any sight he (peace and blessings be upon him) had ever seen. He said: "May the mercy of Allah be upon you! You used to uphold the ties of kinship and do good deeds abundantly. Were it not for the grief of those you leave behind, I would have liked to leave you as you are, until you are raised (on the Day of Resurrection) from many different multitudes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him), standing in his place, swore an oath: "By Allah! I will certainly mutilate seventy of them in return for you." Then, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet moved from his place, this verse was revealed: "And if you retaliate, retaliate with the like of that with which you were harmed; but if you are patient, it is better for those who are patient" [Al-Nahl: 126], until the end of the surah. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made expiation for his oath and refrained from what he had intended.

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Uhud, 64 of the Ansar and 6 of the Muhajirun were martyred, among them Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him), and the idolaters mutilated their dead. The Ansar said: "If one day we get the upper hand over them, we will certainly do worse to them than this." Then when the day of the Conquest of Makkah came, an unknown man called out, saying: "There is no Quraysh after today." And Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "And if you retaliate, retaliate with the like of that with which you were harmed; but if you are patient, it is better for those who are patient" [Al-Nahl: 126]. So the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold back from the people (from retaliation)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Hamzah after Uhud, who had been mutilated, and said: "Were it not that Safiyyah would feel pain in her heart, I would have left him as he is, until the animals ate him and he was raised on the Day of Resurrection from their bellies." Then he sent for a striped sheet; when it was spread over his head his feet were exposed, and when it was spread over his feet his head was exposed. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Spread it over his head." At that time the cloths were few and the martyrs many, and one, two or three men would be shrouded in a single cloth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask which of them knew more of the Qur'an and would place him forward, towards the qiblah. Then they were buried, and the funeral prayer was not offered over them.

Sayyiduna Abu Usayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the grave of Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib. The people would pull the sheet over his face and his feet would be exposed, and they would pull it over his feet and his face would be exposed. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Place it over his face, and cover his feet with some of this grass." The narrator said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and saw that his Companions were weeping, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will come upon the people when they will go out to the fertile lands, while Madinah is better for them, if only they knew. Whoever is patient with its hardship and difficulty, I will be an intercessor or a witness for him on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw Hamzah, and we found no cloth to shroud him in except one sheet. When we covered his feet with it his head was exposed, and when we covered his head his feet were exposed. So we covered his head and placed idhkhir grass over his feet.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that there was a striped sheet on Hamzah; when his head was covered with it his feet were exposed, and when his feet were covered his head was exposed. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his head be covered and that grass and stones be placed over his feet.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded Hamzah in a single cloth. Jabir said: That cloth was a striped sheet.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned on the day of Uhud and heard the women of Banu Abd al-Ashhal weeping over their dead, and he said: "But Hamzah has no women to weep for him." So the women of the Ansar came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) to weep over Hamzah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was asleep and woke at the sound of their weeping, and said: "Woe to them! Are they still here? Tell them to go back, and not to weep over anyone who dies after today."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Last night I entered Paradise, and I looked in it and saw Hamzah reclining on a couch."

Sa'id bin Jubayr narrates: When Hamzah and his companions were martyred on the day of Uhud, they said: "If only those we left behind knew how much reward Allah has given us, so that it might be a source of reward for them too." So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: "I will inform them." And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, revealed this verse: "And never think of those who have been killed in the way of Allah as dead" [Al Imran: 169], to the end of the verse.

Hafs bin Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ubaydullah bin Adi bin al-Khiyar and I set out and entered the pass of the Romans. Then we passed through Hims, where Wahshi (may Allah be pleased with him) was. I said: "Why do we not go to him and ask him how he killed Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him)?" So we headed towards him. On the way a man met us while we were asking about him, and he said: "He is a man who has been overcome by wine. If you find him sober, you will find him an Arab man who will tell you whatever you wish; but if you find him otherwise, turn back from him." So we came to him and found him in the courtyard of his house. He looked at Ubaydullah bin Adi and said: "The son of Adi bin al-Khiyar?" He said: "Yes." He said: "I have not seen you since your mother, who was from Banu Sa'd, handed you to me, and it is only the gleam of your feet that let me recognise you now." I said to him: "We have come to you so that you may tell us how you killed Hamzah." He said: "I was a slave of Jubayr bin Mut'im, and his uncle Tu'aymah bin Adi had been killed on the day of Badr. He said: 'If you kill Muhammad's uncle in return for my uncle, you are free.' So on the day of Uhud I went out with the people, taking my spear, and my only concern was to be freed. I made Hamzah my target and headed for him, but Siba' bin Abd al-Uzza went ahead of me towards him. I stayed a little away from him while he was striking the people down fiercely with his sword, as though he were an ash-coloured camel. When Siba' went towards him, Hamzah said: 'Come here, O son of the woman who circumcises!' He drew near him and struck him, but it was as if he missed him. I was hiding behind something; I balanced my spear until, when I was satisfied with it, I hurled it, and it struck him below the navel. He tried to rise but could not. I withdrew and returned with the people to Makkah, and I was freed. Then when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, I went out to Ta'if and stayed there. Then when the people of Ta'if resolved to make peace with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), every way was closed to me, and I began to think: where shall I go? While I was in this worry, a man came before me and said: 'What is the matter with you that I see you in this state?' I said: 'The matter is that I killed this man's uncle, and now I see that these people have resolved to make peace with him, and I do not know where to go.' He said: 'By Allah! He does not have anyone killed who comes to him and bears his testimony of faith.' So I set out just as I was, and by Allah, I was not aware of anything until I stood at his (peace and blessings be upon him) head in Madinah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head, looked at me and said: 'Wahshi?' I said: 'Yes, Wahshi,' and I bore the testimony of faith. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Woe to you! Tell me how you killed Hamzah.' So I told him, by Allah, the same account that I have told you both. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Woe to you! Keep your face hidden from me.' So I kept away from him (peace and blessings be upon him) until Allah Almighty took him in death. Then when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent the army to Yamamah, I went out with the people and made Musaylimah my target. A man of the Ansar and I attacked him, and I had with me the same spear with which I had killed Hamzah. I struck him with the spear, and the Ansari also attacked him, so your Lord knows best which of us killed him. If I killed him, then I have killed both the best of people and the worst of people."

Urwah narrates: On the day of Uhud, among the Muslims who were killed alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and then from Banu Hashim, was Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib; he was killed by Wahshi, the slave of Utbah bin Ghazwan.

Ja'far bin Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri narrates: Ubaydullah bin Adi bin al-Khiyar and I set out towards the frontier regions, then we passed through Hims, where Wahshi lived. Then he narrated the same account as in the narration of Ibn Ishaq.

Ja'far bin Amr narrates: Ubaydullah bin Adi bin al-Khiyar and I set out towards the frontier regions in the time of Mu'awiyah. When we returned, we passed through Hims, where Wahshi bin Harb lived. Then he narrated the same account as in the narration of Ibn Ishaq.

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) saw a dream and said: "I saw as though I had a ram riding behind me, and as though the tip of my sword had broken. I interpreted it to mean that I would kill the chief of the people, and I interpreted the tip of my sword to mean that a man of my family would be killed." So Hamzah was martyred, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) killed Talhah, who was the standard-bearer of the disbelievers.

The narrator narrates from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, it is written with Allah in the seventh heaven: Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, the lion of Allah and the lion of His Messenger."

Umayr bin Ishaq narrates: Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib used to fight in front of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with two swords, saying: "I am the lion of Allah and the lion of His Messenger."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I swear by Allah that this verse: "These are two opposing groups who disputed concerning their Lord" [Al-Hajj: 19] was revealed concerning these six: Hamzah, Ubaydah and Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them), and Utbah and Shaybah, the two sons of Rabi'ah, and al-Walid bin Utbah. These men had faced each other in single combat on the day of Badr.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Badr, Hamzah, Ubaydah bin al-Harith and I were helped against al-Walid bin Utbah. The narrator said: I think he also said: and this was not hidden from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Al-Sha'bi narrates: A man called Hawdhah came to Mu'awiyah. Mu'awiyah said to him: "O Hawdhah! Were you present at Badr?" He said: "Yes, O Commander of the Believers; against me, not for me." Mu'awiyah asked: "How old were you then?" He said: "On that day I was a robust young man, like a solid rock. It is as if I can see them now, having formed a long row facing us, and as if I can see the gleam of their swords like the rays of the sun through gaps in the clouds. I had not yet come to my senses when the charge of the enemy came upon us. At their head was Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), like a mighty lion tearing through the enemy, saying: 'You will not eat dates in the valley of Makkah again! You will not eat dates in the valley of Makkah again!' Behind him was Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, with a white feather on his chest as a mark, like a camel trampling dry grass. I was terrified of them both, and the two of them turned upon Hanzalah," meaning Mu'awiyah's brother. Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Enough of that; give thanks to Allah. Well, tell me, when did you get away, O Hawdhah?" He said: "By Allah, O Commander of the Believers, I did not get away until I saw the hills of Arthad. Then I said to myself: If only I knew what became of Hanzalah." Mu'awiyah said: "Your remembering Hanzalah is like a rich man remembering his poor brother, for he is hardly remembered except when drowsy or feigning drowsiness."

Musa bin al-Harith al-Taymi narrates from his father: On the day of Badr, Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib was marked with an ostrich feather. A man from the idolaters said: "Who is that man marked with an ostrich feather?" He was told: "Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib." He said: "That is the one who did to us what was done."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The chief of the martyrs is Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib."