The Battle of the Trench

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): On the day of the Trench I went out following in the footsteps of the people. I heard the sound of people behind me. I turned, and it was Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), and with him was his nephew al-Harith bin Aws, carrying his shield. So I sat down on the ground. She said: Sayyiduna Sa'd passed by wearing a coat of mail, and his limbs were sticking out of it, and I was afraid for the limbs of Sayyiduna Sa'd. She said: He was among the largest and tallest of people. She said: Then he passed by chanting rajaz verses and saying: "Wait a little, Hamal will join the battle. How excellent is death when the appointed time has come." She said: Then I got up and went into a small garden, and there was a group of Muslims there, among them Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and among them also a man wearing a helmet. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Umar said: "How strange! What has brought you here? How strange! What has brought you here? By Allah, you are very bold. What has made you feel safe from retreat and calamity?" Sayyidah Aishah said: Sayyiduna Umar kept on blaming me until I wished that the earth would split open and I would enter it. She said: Then the (other) man took the helmet off his face, and it was Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator says: He said: "O Umar, woe to you! You have blamed her very much today. To whom can there be retreat or flight, except to Allah?" Sayyidah Aishah said: A man of the polytheists of Quraysh, who was called Hibban bin al-Araqah, shot an arrow at Sayyiduna Sa'd and said: "Take this! I am Ibn al-Araqah." The arrow struck the vein in Sayyiduna Sa'd's arm and severed that vein. Sayyiduna Sa'd prayed to Allah: "O Allah, do not let me die until You cool my eyes concerning Banu Qurayzah." These people were Sa'd's allies and clients in the time of ignorance. Sayyidah Aishah said: Then the bleeding of his wound stopped. And Allah Almighty sent a wind upon the polytheists: "And Allah spared the believers the fighting, and Allah is All-Strong, Almighty" [Al-Ahzab: 25]. So Abu Sufyan went off to the region of Tihamah, and Uyaynah bin Badr bin Hisn and his companions went off to the region of Najd, and Banu Qurayzah went back and shut themselves up in their fortresses. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to Madinah and gave orders, so a tent was pitched for Sayyiduna Sa'd in the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) put down his weapons and the like. Sayyidah Aishah said: Then Jibril came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Have you put down your weapons? By Allah, the angels have not put down their weapons. So go out to Banu Qurayzah and fight them." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the departure, put on his (peace and blessings be upon him) armour, and set out. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Banu Ghanm, who were neighbours of the mosque, he asked: "Who has passed by you?" They replied: "Dihyah al-Kalbi has passed by us." The beard and facial features of Sayyiduna Dihyah (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled those of Jibril. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Banu Qurayzah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) besieged them for twenty-five days. When the siege of Banu Qurayzah became severe and their hardship grew hard, it was said to them: "Surrender to the judgment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." They consulted Abu Lubabah, and he indicated to them with his hand that the judgment would be slaughter. Banu Qurayzah said: "We will come down to the judgment of Ibn Mu'adh." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come down to the judgment of Sa'd bin Mu'adh." So they came down. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent someone to Sayyiduna Sa'd, and he was mounted on a donkey that had a saddle of palm fibre, and his people surrounded him. They began saying: "O Abu Amr! (These people) are your allies and your clients, and people who are hard on the enemy in war, and people known to you." Sayyidah Aishah said: Sayyiduna Sa'd gave them no answer. When Sa'd came near their homes, he turned to his people and said: "The time has now come for Sa'd not to care, concerning Allah, for the blame of any blamer." Then when he came before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Sa'id says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stand up for your chief and help him down." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Our Chief is Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Help him down." So they helped him down. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Judge concerning them." He said: "I judge concerning them that their fighting men be killed, their offspring be taken captive and their wealth be divided." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have judged concerning them with the judgment of Allah and the judgment of His Messenger." The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Sa'd prayed to Allah and said: "O Allah, if You have left anything of the war with Quraysh for Your Prophet, then keep me alive for it. And if You have ended the war between him and them, then take me to You." The narrator says: Then his wound burst open, though it had healed until nothing of it remained except something like a ring. She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned, and Sayyiduna Sa'd returned to his tent which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had pitched for him. She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar came to him. She said: By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I could tell the weeping of Abu Bakr from the weeping of Umar while I was in my room. They were as Allah said: "merciful among themselves" [Al-Fath: 29]. Alqamah said: I said: "O mother, how would the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) behave?" She said: "His eye would not shed tears over anyone, but when he felt grief, he would only take hold of his beard."

It is narrated from Asim bin Umar bin Qatadah that when night came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept, and Jibril came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), or he said: some angel came, and asked: "Which man of your Ummah has died tonight? The people of the heavens rejoice at his death." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, unless it be Sa'd, for this evening he was gravely ill. What has happened to Sa'd?" The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He has died, and his people came and took him to their quarter." The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Fajr prayer, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out, and the people also set out (with him, peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) wore the people out by walking (fast), until the people's sandal straps fell from their feet and their cloaks fell from their shoulders. A man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You have worn the people out by walking (fast)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I feared that the angels would get ahead of us to Sa'd, just as they got ahead of us to Hanzalah."

Muhammad said: Ash'ath bin Ishaq informed me; he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him while he was being washed. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drew in his knees and said: "An angel came in and had no place to sit, so I made room for him." His mother was weeping and saying: "Woe to the mother of Sa'd for Sa'd, for his excellence and earnestness, after the favours and glory that were his, a leader by whom the breach was filled." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "All women who weep lie, except the mother of Sa'd." Muhammad said: Some of our companions said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for his funeral, some of the hypocrites said: "How light is the bier of Sa'd," or "the funeral of Sa'd!"

He said: Sa'd bin Ibrahim narrated to me that on the day Sa'd died, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seventy thousand angels have come down and attended the funeral of Sa'd; they had never trodden the earth before this day."

Muhammad said: I heard Isma'il bin Muhammad bin Sa'd, when he came in to us in the tent while we were burying Waqid bin Amr bin Sa'd bin Mu'adh, say: "Shall I not tell you what I heard from our elders? I heard our elders relating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day Sa'd died: 'Seventy thousand angels have come down and attended the funeral of Sa'd; they had never trodden the earth before this day.'"

Muhammad said: My father informed me from his father from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: After the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions, or one of them, the loss of no one was felt more severely by the Muslims than that of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him).

Muhammad said: Muhammad bin al-Munkadir narrated to me from Muhammad bin Shurahbil that a man took a handful of soil from the grave of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that day, and when he later opened it, it was musk.

Muhammad said: Waqid bin Amr bin Sa'd narrated to me. He said: Waqid was among the handsomest and tallest of people. He said: I went in to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). He said to me: "Who are you?" I said: "I am Waqid bin Amr bin Sa'd bin Mu'adh." He said: "May Allah have mercy on Sa'd. You truly resemble Sa'd." Then he said: "May Allah have mercy on Sa'd. He was among the handsomest and tallest of people." He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent to Ukaydir of Dumah, and he sent him a brocade cloak woven with gold. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put it on, stood on the pulpit, then sat and did not speak. The people began touching the cloak and marvelling at it. He said: "Do you marvel at it?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have never seen a garment more beautiful than it." He said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the handkerchiefs of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in Paradise are more beautiful than what you see."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara (may Allah be pleased with him) that a silk garment was given as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the people began to marvel at its softness. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The handkerchiefs of Sa'd in Paradise are softer than what you see."

Abu Ishaq says: I heard al-Muhallab bin Abi Sufrah, while he was mentioning the Haruriyyah and their night raids, say: The Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of the Trench, and (at that time) he (peace and blessings be upon him) feared that Abu Sufyan would launch a night raid: "If you are raided at night, then say: 'Ha Mim, la yunsarun' (Ha Mim, they will not be helped)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): The Throne shook out of love for the meeting of Allah Almighty with Sa'd, that is, the bier. He said: "And he raised his parents upon the throne." The narrator says: The timbers of the bier came apart. The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the grave of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed there. Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, the people said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What made you stay inside?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sa'd was squeezed once in the grave, so I prayed to Allah that this state be removed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the Throne shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Asma bint Yazid bin al-Sakan (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the funeral of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was taken out, his mother let out a cry. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the mother of Sayyiduna Sa'd: "Will your tears not stop and your grief not go away, when your son is the first person at whom Allah Almighty laughed, and for whom the Throne shook?"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): We came for Hajj or Umrah and were met at Dhu al-Hulayfah. The boys of the Ansar would go out to meet their families. The people met Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and gave him the news of his wife's death. He covered his head with a cloth and began to weep. I said to him: "May Allah Almighty forgive you. You are a companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and you have a standing in precedence and seniority, and you are weeping over a woman?" Sayyidah Aishah said: He uncovered his head and said: "By my life, you have spoken the truth. After Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) there is no right left to weep over anyone. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about him what he said." I asked: "What did he (peace and blessings be upon him) say about him?" He said: "(He said): Indeed, the Throne itself shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh." Sayyidah Aishah said: Usayd was walking between me and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the Throne shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) died, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Throne shook at the soul of Sa'd bin Mu'adh."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the day of the Trench the vein in the arm of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was wounded. A man named Ibn al-Araqah had shot an arrow at him. Sayyidah Aishah said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) moved him to the mosque, and a tent was pitched over him so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) could visit him from nearby.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) concerning: "When they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes grew wild and hearts reached the throats" [Al-Ahzab: 10]: This state was on the day of the Trench.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that on the day of the Trench the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drew up his ranks against the polytheists. The narrator says: It was a very hard day; the Muslims had never seen a day like it. The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was seated with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and this was the time when the date palms were producing their crop. The narrator says: The people would be very happy on seeing the season of dates, because their livelihood (depended entirely) on it. The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr raised his head and caught sight of a date blossom. This was the first blossom to be seen. The narrator says: Out of joy he pointed with his hand and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! A blossom!" The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at it and smiled and said: "O Allah, whatever good You give us, do not snatch it back from us."

It is narrated from Amr bin Shurahbil that when Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was struck by an arrow on the day of the Trench and his blood began to flow onto the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came and began to say: "Alas, my back is broken!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stop, O Abu Bakr!" Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return)."

Hisham narrates from his father that among the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was a man called "Mas'ud." He was much given to talebearing. On the day of the Trench, Banu Qurayzah sent a message to Abu Sufyan: "Send us some men to be (stationed) in our fortresses, so that we can fight Muhammad from the (inner) side of Madinah, and you can fight from the side of the Trench." He (peace and blessings be upon him) found fighting on two sides difficult. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mas'ud: "O Mas'ud! We have sent a message to Banu Qurayzah that they should send to Abu Sufyan for his men, and when Abu Sufyan sends his men to them, Banu Qurayzah will kill them." When Mas'ud heard this, he could not restrain himself and he went and told Abu Sufyan. Abu Sufyan said: "By Allah, Muhammad has always told the truth and has never lied." So he did not send anyone to Banu Qurayzah. (This action of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was part of a stratagem of war.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (peace and blessings be upon him) Companions kept digging the Trench for three days in such a state that they did not even taste food. Then the Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We have come to a hard part of the mountain." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sprinkle water on it." So the Companions sprinkled water on that piece. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and took a pickaxe or a shovel in his hand and said: "Bismillah (In the name of Allah)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck three blows, and that piece became a heap of sand. Sayyiduna Jabir says: I happened to glance, and I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a stone tied to his blessed belly.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara (may Allah be pleased with him): I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) carrying soil on the day of the Trench, until the soil had covered the blessed hair of his (peace and blessings be upon him) chest. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting the rajaz of Abdullah bin Rawahah and saying: "O Allah, were it not for You we would not have been guided, nor would we have given charity, nor would we have prayed." "So send down tranquillity upon us, and make our feet firm if we meet (the enemy)." "Indeed, these people have transgressed against us, and if they want tribulation, we will refuse."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out one cold morning. The Muhajirun and the Ansar were digging the Trench. When his (peace and blessings be upon him) gaze fell on them, he said: "Indeed, life is the life of the Hereafter. So (O Allah) forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun." The Companions said to him (peace and blessings be upon him) in reply: "We are those who pledged allegiance to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) upon the duty of jihad as long as we remain."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Sa'id al-Khudri narrates from his father: On the day of the Trench we were kept from the Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers, until we were spared that. This is (the meaning of) the saying of Allah: "And Allah spared the believers the fighting, and Allah is All-Strong, Almighty" [Al-Ahzab: 25]. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called the iqamah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Zuhr prayer as he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer it before. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah for Asr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) also offered the Asr prayer as he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer it before. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Maghrib prayer as he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer it before. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Isha prayer as he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer it before. And this event was before the revelation of: "And if you fear, then (pray) on foot or riding" [Al-Baqarah: 239].

Sa'id narrates from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not offer Zuhr and Asr on the day of the Trench until the sun had set.

It is narrated from Abu Ma'shar that al-Harith bin Awf and Uyaynah bin Hisn came and said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the year of the Trench: "We will keep Ghatafan away from you, on the condition that you give us the fruits of Madinah." The narrator says: Then they bargained with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and the matter was settled on half the fruits of Madinah. They said: "Write a document between us and you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a sheet. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with them both) were both seated. They turned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Has something come to you from Allah which we cannot turn away from?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! But I intended to turn the faces of these people away from me, and I want to free my face for those." The narrator says: The two Companions said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "In our time of ignorance the Arabs never took anything from us except by purchase or hospitality."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of the Trench: "They (the polytheists) have kept us from the middle prayer, that is, the Asr prayer. May Allah Almighty fill their houses and their graves with fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): I was presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Trench, and I was fifteen years old, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me permission. In the narration of Ibn Idris it is 'uridtu (I was presented).

Hisham narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of the Trench: "What man will go and bring us news of Banu Qurayzah?" Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) rode off and brought news of Banu Qurayzah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this and said three times: "Who will bring me news of them?" Sayyiduna al-Zubayr said: "Yes!" The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned both his parents together for Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, saying: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr: "Every prophet has a close disciple (hawari), and my close disciple is al-Zubayr, the son of my paternal aunt."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to dig the Trench, a huge rock appeared before us in a mountain, into which pickaxes would not go. We complained about this to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the rock, he (peace and blessings be upon him) took the pickaxe in his hand and laid down his garment, and said: "Bismillah (In the name of Allah)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck one blow, and a third of the rock broke off. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)! I have been given the keys of al-Sham. By Allah, at this moment I can see its red palaces." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck a second blow, and another third of the rock broke off. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu Akbar! I have been given the keys (to the treasures) of Persia. By Allah, I can see the white palace of al-Mada'in." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck a third blow and said: "Bismillah!" and the rest of the rock broke, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu Akbar! I have been given the keys (to the treasures) of Yemen. By Allah, I can see the gates of San'a."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Trench the polytheists kept the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) occupied from four prayers, until as much of the night as Allah willed had passed. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called the adhan and the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Zuhr prayer. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Asr prayer. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Maghrib prayer. Then Sayyiduna Bilal called the iqamah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Isha prayer.

It is narrated from Ikrimah that Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Trench.

It is narrated from Ikrimah that on the day of al-Khandaq, a man from the polytheists stood up and asked: "Who will come out to duel?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zubayr, stand up." Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have only one son." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zubayr, stand up." So Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whichever of the two gets above his opponent will kill him." Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) got above him and killed him. Then Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) brought the slain man's belongings, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) awarded those belongings to him.

It is narrated from Ikrimah that on the day of al-Khandaq, Nawfal, or Ibn Nawfal, was thrown by his horse and was killed. Abu Sufyan sent his blood money, one hundred camels, to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) refused and said: "Take him, for his blood money is vile and his corpse is vile."