ʿAbd Allah went on to say, “I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ invoke against them except on that very day, when he declared: ‘O Allah, deal with the noble chiefs of Quraysh! O Allah, deal with Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, ʿUtbah ibn Rabiʿah, Shaybah ibn Rabiʿah, ʿUqbah ibn Abi Muʿayṭ, and Umayyah ibn Khalaf’—or, according to Shuʿbah’s doubt, it was Ubayy ibn Khalaf, whereas Sufyan was certain it was Umayyah.” ʿAbd Allah added, “I later saw every one of those men lying slain on the Day of Badr and dragged to the dry well there, except that Umayyah was a heavyset man and his body was torn apart before it could be hauled to the pit.”

Both of the two Imams (al-Bukhari and Muslim) recorded this report through the narrations of Shuʿbah and Sufyan.

Muslim also related—ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar ibn Aban told us, ʿAbd al-Rahim ibn Sulayman informed us, from Zakariyya, from Abu Isḥaq, from ʿAmr ibn Maymun, from ʿAbd Allah—who said: “While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying beside the Kaʿbah, Abu Jahl and some of his companions were sitting nearby. The day before, a she-camel had been slaughtered, and Abu Jahl said, ‘Which of you will rise, fetch the camel’s slaughter-waste (salā jazūr) and place it on Muhammad’s shoulders when he prostrates?’ The most wretched among them went, picked it up, and set it between his shoulders. They burst into laughter, leaning against one another, while I stood watching; had I possessed any strength, I would have removed it. The Prophet ﷺ, however, did not lift his head. Then Fāṭimah came—she was still a young girl—took it off him and scolded them. When he finished his prayer, he raised his voice and called down curses upon them; whenever he supplicated, he would repeat it three times, and whenever he asked, he would ask three times. He said, ‘O Allah, deal with Quraysh,’ three times. When they heard his voice, their laughter ceased and they feared his supplication. He then said, ‘O Allah, deal with Abu Jahl; ʿUtbah ibn Rabiʿah; Shaybah ibn Rabiʿah; al-Walid ibn ʿUqbah; Umayyah ibn Khalaf; and ʿUqbah…’