Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39472 — The great Battle of Badr, how it came

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): We were with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) between Makkah and Madinah, looking for the crescent moon. My eyesight was sharp, so I saw the moon. I began to say to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Do you not see the moon?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) kept looking but could not see it. He said: "I will soon see it too, while lying on my back on my bed." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to tell us about the people of Badr, and he said: The places where the people of Badr would be killed were shown to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the night before. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah willing, this spot will be the place of death of so-and-so tomorrow, and this spot, Allah willing, will be the place of death of so-and-so." Sayyiduna Umar said: By the One who sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth, those disbelievers were killed at those very limits; they did not miss them. Then the slain disbelievers were thrown into a well, one on top of another. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached them and said: "O so-and-so son of so-and-so! O so-and-so son of so-and-so! Have you found what Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) promised you to be true?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how do you speak to bodies in which there are no souls?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You do not hear what I am saying any better than they do, except that they cannot give me any answer."