was on the verge of perishing but managed to steady myself.

This account was transmitted by ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ḥazm, from an informant, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās.

The next report was narrated by Ibn Ḥazm from a man of the Banū Sāʿida, from Abū Usayd Mālik ibn Rabīʿa, who said:
“If I still had my sight and had been present at Badr, I would show you the pass from which the angels emerged.”

Ibn Isḥāq said: My father related to me, from certain men, from Abū Dāwūd al-Māzinī, that he said: “On the Day of Badr I was pursuing an idolater to strike him with my sword when, before my blow could reach him, his head fell to the ground. I then knew that someone other than I had killed him.”

Ibn ʿAbbās said: “The angels fought only on the Day of Badr.”

As for Abū Jahl ibn Hishām, he had taken cover in a thicket—dense intertwined trees—and his companions were saying, “Abū al-Ḥakam cannot be approached.” Muʿādh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Jamūḥ recounted: “When I heard that, I made him my concern. I advanced toward him, and when I was close enough I struck him a blow that severed his foot at mid-calf. By Allah, when it flew off it looked no different to me than a date-stone that shoots out from beneath a date-crusher when it is struck. His son ʿIkrimah then struck my shoulder, cutting off my hand; it remained hanging by a strip of skin at my side. The fighting carried me away from him, and I fought for most of the day dragging it behind me. When it began to pain me, I put my foot on it, leaned forward, and tore it off.” He added: “He (Muʿādh) lived on after that until the time of ʿUthmān.”

Muʿawwidh ibn ʿAfrāʾ then passed by Abū Jahl and struck him, disabling him, leaving him while there was still some life in him. Muʿawwidh fought on until he was killed, and his brother ʿAwf had been killed earlier. Their father’s name was al-Ḥārith ibn Rafāʿa ibn al-Ḥārith al-Zuraqī.