From Jaʿfar ibn ʿAmr al-Ḍamrī, who said:

“I travelled with Ibn al-Khiyār to Syria. We asked about Wahshī and were told, ‘He is over there, sitting in the shade of his mansion, looking like a ḥamit (1).’

We went to him, offered the greeting of peace, and stood for a short while (2). Ibn al-Khiyār had wrapped his turban round his face so that Wahshī could see nothing of him but his eyes and his feet.

He said, ‘Wahshī, do you recognise me?’

He replied, ‘No, by Allah—except that I know ʿAdī ibn al-Khiyār married a woman called Umm Qitāl bint Abī al-ʿAys. She bore him a boy in Mecca and sought a wet-nurse for him. I carried the child with his mother and handed him over to her; it is as though I can still see your feet.’

ʿUbayd Allah then uncovered his face and said, ‘Will you not tell us about the killing of Hamzah?’

He said, ‘Indeed. Tuʿaymah ibn ʿAdī ibn al-Khiyār had been killed at Badr, and my master Jubayr said to me, “If you kill Hamzah in retaliation for my uncle, you are free.”

When the people moved beyond (3) ʿAynayn—ʿAynūn is a hill below Mount Uhud, with a valley between it and Uhud—Sibāʿ cried out, “Is there anyone to duel?”

Hamzah said, “You son of a woman who circumcises women! Do you dare defy Allah and His Messenger?”

Then he charged at him, and Sibāʿ was finished off in an instant.

I lay in ambush for Hamzah behind a rock until he passed by me. I hurled my spear into his abdomen so that it came out through his hip (4).

After that I was in al-Taʾif, and they sent envoys to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was said that envoys are not harmed (5).

I went out with them. When he saw me he said, “Are you Wahshī?”

I said, “Yes.”

He said, “The one who killed Hamzah?”

I said, “Yes, the matter is exactly as you have heard.”

He said, “What …”