Bayhaqi 12956 — The share of the near relatives from the fifth

Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) related that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: From the spoils of the Battle of Badr I received a she-camel, from the spoils of that very battle. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had also given me a she-camel from the one-fifth. When I intended to marry his (peace and blessings be upon him) daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), I spoke to a goldsmith of Banu Qaynuqa' that he should go with me and we would bring idhkhir, so that I could sell this grass to the goldsmiths and spend its price on the walimah feast. I was still gathering the saddles, baskets and ropes for my she-camels, and the she-camels were sitting near the room of an Ansari Companion. When I came back having completed the arrangements, I saw that someone had cut off their humps, ripped open their flanks and taken out the livers from inside. Seeing this state, I could not hold back my tears. I asked: Who has done this? The people said: Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him), and he is right now in this very room with the Ansar, taking part in drinking wine; with him is a singing girl and his friends. When the singing girl recited the verse: 'Ho, O Hamzah! These are fine, fat she-camels, and they are tied in the courtyard,' Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) took up his sword, cut off the humps of both these she-camels, ripped open their flanks and took out the livers from inside. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: From there I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) was also with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recognised the distress on my face; he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is it?" I said: O Messenger of Allah! Never before has anything as painful as today happened. Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) has seized both my she-camels, cut off their humps and ripped open their flanks, and he is right there in a house at a drinking gathering. He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for his cloak, put it on and set off. I and Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) were also with him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) went near that house and reproached Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) for what he had done. Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was intoxicated with wine and his eyes were red. He raised his gaze towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then raised it a little higher and looked at his knees, then raised his gaze and looked at his face, and then said: You are all slaves of my father and mother. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) understood that he was not in his senses, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) at once stepped backwards out of that house, and we were also with him (peace and blessings be upon him).