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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Yūnus ibn Bukayr—through Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father—reported:

Safiyyah came on the Day of Uḥud carrying two garments intended for Ḥamzah. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw her, he did not wish her to behold Ḥamzah in the state he was in, so he dispatched al-Zubayr to keep her back and he took the two garments.

Beside Ḥamzah lay a slain man from the Anṣār, and the Companions felt it improper to choose the finer garment exclusively for Ḥamzah. The Prophet ﷺ therefore said, “Draw lots between the two of them; whichever name is drawn for the better garment, it shall be his.” They cast lots, and Ḥamzah was shrouded in one garment and the Anṣārī in the other. (1)

Ibn Isḥāq—through Ismāʿīl ibn Umayyah, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās—reported:

The Prophet ﷺ said, “When your brothers were struck down at Uḥud, Allah placed their souls inside green birds that alight at the rivers of Paradise, eat of its fruits, and take shelter in lamps of gold hanging under the shade of the Throne. When they experienced the delight of their food, drink, and repose, they said, ‘Who will convey to our brothers that we are alive in Paradise, receiving provision, so that they will neither falter in battle nor grow weary of jihād?’ Allah said, ‘I shall convey it to them on your behalf.’”

(1) The isnad is sound. Ahmad, 1/165, and al-Bayhaqi, Sunan, 4/401-402, also record it through Sulayman b. Dawud al-Hashimi, from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi al-Zinad, from Hisham, from Urwa, who said: My father al-Zubayr — may Allah be pleased with him — told me that on the Day of Uhud a woman was hurrying forward, and when she was about to overlook the slain, the Prophet ﷺ disliked that she should see them and said, “The woman, the woman!” Al-Zubayr continued: I realised it was my mother Safiya, so I ran toward her and reached her before she got to the martyrs. She struck me on the chest — she was a strong woman — and said, “Away with you; may you have no ground to stand on!” I said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has ordered you to turn back.” She then stopped, produced two pieces of cloth and said, “I have brought these for my brother Hamza; I have heard of his death, so shroud him in them.” When we brought the two cloths to shroud Hamza, we found beside him a man from the Ansar who had been killed and mutilated in the same way. We felt it improper to wrap Hamza in two cloths while the Ansari had none, so we said, “One cloth for Hamza and one for the Ansari.” We measured them; one was larger than the other, so we drew lots and shrouded each of them in the cloth that fell to him.

يُوْنُسُ بنُ بُكَيْرٍ: عَنْ هِشَامِ بنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: جَاءتْ صَفِيَّةُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مَعَهَا ثَوْبَانِ لِحَمْزَةَ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ كَرِهَ أَنْ تَرَى حَمْزَةَ عَلَى حَالِهِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا الزُّبَيْرَ يَحْبِسُهَا، وَأَخَذَ الثَّوْبَيْنِ. وَكَانَ إِلَى جَنْبِ حَمْزَةَ قَتِيْلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يَتَخَيَّرُوا لِحَمْزَةَ. فَقَالَ: (أَسْهِمُوا بَيْنَهُمَا، فَأَيُّهُمَا طَارَ لَهُ أَجْوَدُ الثَّوْبَيْنِ، فَهُوَ لَهُ) . فَأَسْهَمُوا بَيْنَهُمَا، فَكُفِّنَ حَمْزَةُ فِي ثَوْبٍ، وَالأَنْصَارِيُّ فِي ثَوْبٍ (١) . ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ بنِ أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ سَعِيْدِ بنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: (لَمَّا أُصِيْبَ إِخْوَانُكُم بِأُحُدٍ، جَعَلَ اللهُ أَرْوَاحَهُم فِي أَجْوَافِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ، تَرِدُ أَنْهَارَ الجَنَّةِ، وَتَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا، وَتَأْوِي إِلَى قَنَادِيْلَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فِي ظِلِّ العَرْشِ. فَلَمَّا وَجَدُوا طِيْبَ مَأْكَلِهِم وَمَشْرَبِهِم وَمَقِيْلِهِم، قَالُوا: مَنْ يُبَلِّغُ إِخْوَانَنَا عَنَّا أَنَّنَا أَحْيَاءٌ فِي الجَنَّةِ نُرْزَقُ، لِئَلاَّ يَنْكلُوا عِنْدَ الحَرْبِ، وَلاَ يَزْهَدُوا فِي الجِهَادِ؟ قَالَ اللهُ: أَنَا أُبَلِّغُهُم عَنْكُم) .

(١) سنده جيد. وأخرجه أحمد ١ / ١٦٥ والبيهقي في سننه ٤ / ٤٠١ - ٤٠٢ من طريق سليمان بن داود الهاشمي، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي الزناد، عن هشام، عن عروة قال: أخبرني أبي الزبير، ﵁، أنه لما كان يوم أحد، أقبلت امرأة تسعى، حتى إذا كادت أن تشرف على القتلى، قال: فكره النبي، ﷺ، أن تراهم. فقال: المرأة المرأة. قال الزبير، ﵁: فتو سمت أنها أمي صفية. قال: فخرجت أسعى إليها، فأدركتها قبل أن تنتهي إلى القتلى، قال: فلدمت في صدري وكانت امرأة جلدة، قالت: إليك لا أرض لك. قال: فقلت: إن رسول الله، ﷺ، عزم عليك قال: فوقفت وأخرجت ثوبين معها، فقالت: هذان ثوبان جئت بهما لاخي حمزة، فقد بلغني مقتله، فكفنوه فيهما. قال: فجئنا بالثوبين لنكفن فيهما حمزة فإذا إلى جنبه رجل من الانصار قتيل، قد فعل به كما فعل بحمزة. قال: فوجدنا غضاضة وحياء أن نكفن حمزة في ثوبين والانصاري لا كفن له. فقلنا: لحمزة ثوب وللانصاري ثوب. فقدرناهما فكان أحدهما أكبر من الآخر، فأقرعنا بينهما فكفنا كل واحد منهما في الثوب الذي صار له ".