Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Narrated from Hazrat Yahya bin Abdullah that the captives of Badr were brought. At that time, the wife of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Saudah bint Zam’ah, was sitting with the women mourning for the sons of Afra, Auf and Mu’awwidh, along with the family of Afra. This incident took place before the command of hijab for women was revealed. Saudah says: The captives were brought. So I came towards my house and suddenly, in the corner of the chamber, I saw Suhail bin Amr, while both his hands were tied to his neck. When I saw him, I could not control myself and I said, “Abu Yazid! You have surrendered yourself with your own hands. Why did you people not die an honorable death?” Hazrat Saudah says: By Allah! No one warned me except the voice coming from the house of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), saying, “O Saudah! Is there anything above Allah and His Messenger?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By Allah! When I saw Abu Yazid, I could not control myself, and what I said, I said.”