Rifaah bin Rafi al-Zuraqi al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), present at Aqabah and Badr

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates, regarding those of the Ansar who took part in Aqabah, then from Banu Zurayq: "Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin Ajlan bin Amr bin Zurayq, who was a naqib (representative leader) and also took part in Badr."

Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates, regarding those of the Ansar who took part in Badr, then from Banu Zurayq: "Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin Ajlan."

Muhammad bin Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates, regarding those of the Ansar who took part in Badr, then from al-Khazraj, then from Banu Zurayq: "Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin al-Ajlan bin Amr bin Asim bin Zurayq bin Abd Harithah bin Malik bin Ghadab bin Jusham bin al-Khazraj."

Muhammad bin Ubaydullah bin Abi Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, regarding the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who took part (in battles) with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Rifa'ah bin Rafi', a Badri Companion, from Banu Zurayq."

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his uncle, who was a Companion who had fought at Badr; he said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque when a man came in and prayed two rak'ahs, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching him. Then he came and greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam; he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned his greeting, then said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." The narrator said: So he went back and prayed, then came and greeted him with salam; he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned the greeting, then said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." He repeated this a third or a fourth time as well, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept saying the same thing he had said first. The man said: O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you! By the One who sent down the Book upon you, I have tried and striven hard, so teach me and show me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you want to pray, perform ablution well, then face the qiblah and say Allahu Akbar, then recite, then bow until you are at rest in bowing, then raise your head until you are standing straight, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then raise your head until you are at rest in sitting, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then rise. If you complete your prayer in this way, you have completed it, and whatever you fall short of in this, that shortfall is only from yourself."

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad al-Zuraqi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his uncle; he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque when a man was praying in a corner of the mosque. The narrator said: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching him while he was unaware of it. When he finished his prayer, he came towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), stood before him and greeted him with salam, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned his greeting, then said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." So he went back and prayed, then came and greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam; he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned the greeting, then said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." He did this two or three times. The man said: By the One who sent down the Book upon you with the truth, I have tried and striven hard, so show me and teach me, O Messenger of Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you want to pray, perform ablution, and perform it well as Allah has commanded, then recite, then bow until you are at rest in bowing, then raise your head until you are standing straight, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then raise your head until you are sitting upright, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then stand up. If you complete your prayer in this way, it is complete, and if you fall short of any of it, that shortfall will be from your prayer."

Ali bin Yahya (of the family of Rifa'ah bin Rafi') (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from an uncle of his who had fought at Badr, that a man entered the mosque and prayed while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching him and he was unaware of it. When he finished, he came and greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." So he went back and prayed, then came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." He went back and prayed two or three times. The man said: By the One who has honoured you, O Messenger of Allah, I have tried, so teach me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you stand up intending to pray, perform ablution well, then face the qiblah, then recite, then bow and be at rest, then prostrate and be at rest in prostration, then raise your head until you are at rest in sitting, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then raise your head, then keep doing this until you finish your prayer."

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad narrates from his father, from his uncle, who was a Companion who had fought at Badr; he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque when a man came in and prayed. Then the narrator mentioned a hadith similar to it.

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad narrates from his father, from his uncle, who was a Companion who had fought at Badr; he said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and began to pray. He prayed a light prayer, completing neither its bowing nor its prostration, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching him. Then the narrator mentioned a hadith similar to it.

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his uncle Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him). Abu al-Walid added in his narration that Rifa'ah and Malik were two brothers from the people of Badr. He said: Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting and looking around him when he saw a man who faced the qiblah and prayed two rak'ahs. And Hajjaj said in his narration: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and entered the mosque. When he had finished his prayer, he came and greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the people with salam, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And upon you too. Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." The narrator said: So he went back and prayed, paying attention to his prayer, but he did not know what was faulty in it. When he finished his prayer, he came and greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the people with salam, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." The narrator said: And this was repeated twice or three times. The man said: I do not know what fault you have found in me. The narrator said: So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer of any of you is not complete until he performs ablution thoroughly as Allah has commanded him: he washes his face and his hands up to the elbows, and wipes his head and his feet up to the ankles; then he proclaims Allah's greatness (takbir) and praises Him, and recites from the Qur'an whatever Allah has permitted him and made easy; then he says takbir and bows, placing his palms on his knees until his joints are at rest and relaxed; then he says: Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears the one who praises Him), and stands up straight until every bone takes its place, and straightens his back; then he says takbir and prostrates, settling his forehead firmly (Hammam said: and sometimes he said: settling his face firmly) on the ground until his joints are at rest and relaxed; then he says takbir, raises his head, sits upright on his seat and straightens his back." In this way he (peace and blessings be upon him) described the prayer until he finished, then said: "The prayer of any of you is not complete until he does this." These are the words of Hajjaj's narration.

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his uncle that a man entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting. He prayed, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to pray again, so he repeated it two or three times. He said: O Messenger of Allah, after two or three times I have spared no effort in completing my prayer. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer of no person is complete until he performs ablution, making the water reach its proper places, then says: Allahu Akbar, then praises and extols Allah Almighty and recites whatever is easy from the Qur'an, then says takbir until his joints are at rest, then says: Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears the one who praises Him), until he stands up straight, then says takbir and prostrates until his joints are at rest, then raises his head until he sits upright, then prostrates until his joints are at rest. If he does not do this, his prayer will not be complete."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man praying in the mosque and said: "Go back and pray again." He said this two or three times. Then the man said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you stand for prayer, perform ablution as Allah has commanded you, then stand, face the qiblah and say takbir. If you know some Qur'an, recite it; otherwise glorify Allah and proclaim His greatness. Then bow and place your palms firmly on your knees, then raise your head until your back is straight, then prostrate and place your forehead firmly on the ground, then keep doing the same. When you have done this, your prayer is complete, and whatever you fall short of in it, you have fallen short in your prayer."

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad bin Rafi' al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his uncle Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man of the Ansar came, after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished the prayer, and he prayed. Then he came and greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And upon you be peace. Go back and pray again, for you have not prayed." He said: O Messenger of Allah, I have tried, so explain it to me clearly. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you stand in your prayer, proclaim Allah's greatness, then recite whatever is easy for you from the Qur'an. Then when you bow, place your hands firmly on your knees until every bone of yours is at rest. Then when you raise your head, stand straight until every bone of yours returns to its place. Then when you prostrate, be at rest until every bone of yours is straight. Then when you raise your head, stay firm until every bone returns to its place. Then do the same again. Then when you sit in the middle of your prayer, be at rest, spread out your left thigh, then recite the tashahhud. Then when you stand, do the same until you finish your prayer."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ali bin Yahya bin Khallad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a Companion who had fought at Badr; he said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting in the mosque. He prayed close to him (peace and blessings be upon him), then turned away, stood and greeted him with salam. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Repeat your prayer, for you have not prayed." So he prayed as he had prayed before, then turned away and stood before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Repeat your prayer, for you have not prayed." He said: O Prophet of Allah, teach me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you face the qiblah, say takbir, then recite as much as Allah wills. Then when you bow, put your palms on your knees, stretch out your back and make your bowing firm. Then when you rise, straighten your back until the bones return to their joints. Then when you prostrate, make your prostration firm. Then when you rise, sit on your left thigh, and do the same in every rak'ah and prostration."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head from bowing and said: "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah," a man behind him said: "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih" (Our Lord, to You belongs all praise, abundant, pure and blessed praise). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said: "Who said that just now?" The man said: I did, O Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw more than thirty angels hastening to see which of them would write it down first."

Rifa'ah bin Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Mu'adh bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrating from his father Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) sneezed and said: "Alhamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi mubarakan 'alayhi kama yuhibbu Rabbuna wa yarda" (All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise, as our Lord loves and is pleased with). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said: "Who was the one who spoke during the prayer?" Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I wished that I had paid some penalty from my wealth and had not been present at that prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who was the one who spoke?" I said: It was I, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did you say?" I said: I said: "Alhamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi mubarakan 'alayhi kama yuhibbu Rabbuna wa yarda." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, more than thirty angels were hastening towards it to see which of them would ascend with it to the heaven."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah, forgive the Ansar, the sons of the Ansar, the sons of the sons of the Ansar, their offspring and their neighbours."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, forgive the Ansar, the sons of the Ansar, their offspring and their neighbours."

Mu'adh bin Rifa'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: On the day of Badr, when the people had gathered around Umayyah bin Khalaf, I came forward and saw a part of his coat of mail that had come open beneath his armpit, so I struck him a blow with the sword and killed him. And on the day of Badr I was hit by an arrow, "and my eye was put out. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to it and supplicated for me, and after that it caused me no trouble at all."

Ubayd bin Rifa'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give admonitions to the people, and in his gathering he said: When a man has intercourse with a woman and there is no ejaculation, ghusl is not obligatory on him; he should wash his private part and perform ablution. A man from the gathering stood up and mentioned this to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Bring him to me so that I may be a witness against him. When he came to him, he said: O enemy of your own self! You are misguiding people without knowledge. He said: O Commander of the Believers, by Allah, I did not invent this myself; rather, I heard it from my uncles. He said: Which uncles? He said: Ubayy bin Ka'b, Rifa'ah bin Rafi' and Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with them). Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was present, said: O Commander of the Believers, do not rebuke him; by Allah, we used to do this in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Do you know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know anything about that? He said: No. Then Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Commander of the Believers, this matter is not right. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After you, the people of Badr, the best of people, whom shall I ask? Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Send to the Mothers of the Believers. So he sent to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: I have no knowledge of it. Then he sent to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: When the circumcised part passes beyond the circumcised part, ghusl becomes obligatory. Then they became engaged in discussing coitus interruptus ('azl), and they said: There is no harm in it. Then a man whispered to his companion, and he (Umar) asked: What is this whispering? He said: One of them claims that this 'azl is the minor burying alive (of a baby girl). Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It cannot be burying alive until it has passed through seven stages. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: 'And indeed We created man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a secure resting place. Then We made the drop into a clinging clot, then We made the clot into a lump of flesh, then We made the lump into bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, then We brought him forth as another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators' [Surah al-Mu'minun: 12-14]." So the people dispersed agreeing with the view of Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that there is no harm in it.

Ubayd bin Rifa'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father; he said: "We used to do this in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); when we did not ejaculate, we would not perform ghusl."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Fajr, no fewer than twenty verses should be recited, and in Isha, no fewer than ten verses should be recited."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the market, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O assembly of merchants!" The merchants raised their eyes towards him (peace and blessings be upon him) and responded to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, merchants will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as wrongdoers, except the one who fears Allah, acts righteously and speaks the truth."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to al-Baqi' and said: "O assembly of merchants!" until they craned their necks to look. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, merchants will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection as wrongdoers, except the one who fears Allah, acts righteously and speaks the truth."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out in Madinah and found the people buying and selling, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out: "O assembly of merchants!" They responded to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and raised their eyes towards him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, merchants will be raised as wrongdoers, except the one who fears Allah, acts righteously and speaks the truth."

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the prayer ground (musalla) of Madinah and found the people buying and selling, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O assembly of merchants!" They responded and raised their necks and their eyes towards him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, merchants will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as wrongdoers, except the one who fears Allah, speaks the truth and acts righteously."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him).

Isma'il bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father Ubayd, from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Umar, gather your people for me." So he gathered them, and when they arrived at the door of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went in to him and said: I have gathered my people for you. The Ansar heard this and said: Revelation has come down concerning Quraysh. So those who wanted to listen and to see came, to find out what he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say to them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, stood among them and said: "Is there anyone among you who is not from you?" They said: Yes, among us are our ally, the son of our sister and our freed slave. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our ally is from us, the son of our sister is from us, and our freed slave is from us. You are listening: indeed, my close ones on the Day of Resurrection are the God-fearing. If you are those, then well and good; otherwise, take care, lest people come with deeds on the Day of Resurrection while you come with burdens, and you are turned away from." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out and said: "O people, Quraysh are a people of trust. Whoever seeks calamities or stumbles for them (Zuhayr said: and I think it was 'stumbles'), may Allah throw him down on his face." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times.

Isma'il bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Gather your people." So he gathered them near the house of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then went in to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I bring them in to you, or will you come out to them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather I will go out to them myself." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them, stood before them and said: "Is there anyone among you who is not from you?" They said: Yes, among us are our allies, our brothers' sons and our freed slaves. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our ally is from us, and our brother's son is from us." He said: "You are listening: indeed, my close ones among you are the God-fearing. If you are those, then well and good; otherwise, take care, lest people come with deeds on the Day of Resurrection while you come with burdens, and I turn away from you." Then, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and they were sitting, he raised both his hands and said: "O people, Quraysh are a people of trust, and whoever seeks stumbles for them, may Allah throw him down on his face." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times.

Isma'il bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' al-Zuraqi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Gather your people. Then the narrator mentioned a hadith similar to it.

Isma'il bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Gather your people for me." So he gathered them, and they were at the door. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is there anyone among you who is not from you?" They said: No, except our sister's son and our freed slave. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your sister's son and your freed slave are from you." Then he said: "Indeed, my close ones among you are the God-fearing. Beware lest people come to me with deeds while you come to me with burdens that you carry on your backs." Then he said: "Indeed, Quraysh are a people of patience and trust, so whoever seeks stumbles for them, Allah will throw him down on his face on the Day of Resurrection."

Ibrahim bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin Ajlan al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, from his grandfather; he said: We were advancing on the day of Badr when we could not find the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so the groups of travellers called out to one another: Is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) among you? They stopped until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and with him was Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). They said: O Messenger of Allah, we missed you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu al-Hasan (Ali) had cramps in his stomach, so I stayed back with him."

Ubayd bin Rifa'ah al-Zuraqi (may Allah have mercy on him) relates from his father: On the day of Uhud, when the polytheists had turned back, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Form rows so that I may praise my Lord." The narrator said: So they stood behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) in rows, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, to You belongs all praise. None can withhold what You have spread out, and none can spread out what You have withheld; none can guide the one whom You have sent astray, and none can send astray the one whom You have guided; none can bring near what You have put far, and none can put far what You have brought near; none can give what You have withheld, and none can withhold what You have given. O Allah, spread over us Your blessings, Your mercy, Your bounty and Your provision. O Allah, I ask You for lasting bliss on the day of want, and safety on the day of fear. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what You have given us and the evil of what You have withheld from us. O Allah, cause us to die as Muslims and join us with the righteous, neither disgraced nor put to trial. O Allah, fight the disbelievers who turn people away from Your path and deny Your messengers. O Allah, fight the disbelievers who were given the Book, O God of truth!"

Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Iblis saw what the angels were doing to the polytheists on the day of Badr, he feared that the killing would reach him too. Al-Harith bin Hisham caught hold of him, thinking that he was Suraqah bin Malik, so he (Iblis) struck al-Harith on the chest with his fist and threw him down, then went out fleeing until he threw himself into the sea, raised both his hands and said: I ask You for the respite You granted me; and he feared that the killing would reach him. Then Abu Jahl bin Hisham came forward and said: O people, do not let Suraqah's abandoning you defeat you, for he had an agreement with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); and do not let the killing of Utbah, Shaybah and al-Walid frighten you, for they were hasty. By al-Lat and al-Uzza, we will not return until we have bound them with ropes. I must not find any man among you who has killed one of them; rather, seize them, so that you may make them realise the evil of what they did in leaving you and turning away from al-Lat and al-Uzza. Then Abu Jahl recited this verse:
What fault can a fierce war find with me?
I am a full-strength (bazil) camel of two years, young in age;
For the like of this did my mother give birth to me.