twenty slaves in Islam, each of them holding capital with which he trades, along with what I hope to receive of Allah’s forgiveness (1).

Ibn Isḥāq said: The captive who paid the largest ransom on the day of Badr was al-ʿAbbās; he ransomed himself for one hundred uqiyyas of gold.

Ibn ʿAbbās narrated:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed that evening while the prisoners were bound, and during the first part of the night he stayed awake. People asked, “Messenger of Allah, why are you not sleeping?” He replied, “I can hear my uncle groaning in his shackles.” They unfastened him, the groaning ceased, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept (2).

Ibrāhīm ibn Muhājir reported from Mujāhid:

A man had captured al-ʿAbbās, and they had promised him that they would kill him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I have not slept all night because of al-ʿAbbās; the Anṣār claim they will kill him.” ʿUmar asked, “Shall I go to them, Messenger of Allah?” He went to the Anṣār and said, “Release al-ʿAbbās.” They replied, “If this pleases the Messenger of Allah, then take him.”

Simāk narrated from ʿIkrima, from Ibn ʿAbbās:

After the affair of Badr was settled, someone said, “Messenger of Allah, go after the caravan; nothing stands between us and it.” Al-ʿAbbās, still in his bonds, said, “That would not be fitting.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, “Why not?” He answered, “Because Allah promised you one of the two parties, and He has already fulfilled His promise to you.”

This was narrated in this form by Isrāʾīl. ʿAmr ibn Thābit also transmitted it from Simāk, from ʿIkrima, as a mursal report.