Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39550 — What Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed on the day of Uhud, Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) came looking for him. She did not know what had happened. The narrator says: She met Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali said to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr: "Tell your mother about Sayyiduna Hamzah." Sayyiduna al-Zubayr said: "No! Rather, you tell your paternal aunt about him." Sayyidah Safiyyah said: "What has become of Hamzah?" The narrator says: The two of them (Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and al-Zubayr) made it appear to her that they did not know. The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "I fear for her mind." The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on her chest and prayed for her. The narrator says: Then Sayyidah Safiyyah said Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return) and wept. The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stood by Sayyiduna Hamzah, who had been mutilated, and said: "Were it not for the wailing of the women, I would have left him (Hamzah) just like this, so that he would be gathered on the plain of Resurrection from the crops of birds and the bellies of beasts of prey." The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave orders concerning the martyrs, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to offer the funeral prayer over them. The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) laid down nine men and Sayyiduna Hamzah with them, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over them with seven takbirs. Then the other bodies were lifted away and Hamzah was left. Then nine more men were brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over them with seven takbirs, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished with them.