with their anklets and calves exposed as they held up their garments.

The men under ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jubayr began saying, “Booty, people—booty! Our comrades have prevailed, so what are you waiting for?” ʿAbd Allāh said to them, “Have you forgotten what the Messenger of Allah told you?” They replied, “We are going to the others to take our share of the spoils.” They went down, but the enemy turned them back and they returned in flight. It was then that the Messenger was calling out to them from the rear. Only twelve men were left with the Messenger of Allah, and the enemy killed seventy of us.

Abū Sufyān called out, “Is Muhammad among the people?”—three times. The Messenger of Allah forbade them to answer. Then he said, “Is Ibn Abī Quḥāfah among the people? Is Ibn Abī Quḥāfah among the people?” Next he said, “Is Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb among the people?”—three times. He then turned to his companions and said, “As for these men, they have been killed.” ʿUmar could not restrain himself and shouted, “You lie, enemy of Allah! All those you have named are alive, and worse still awaits you.”

Abū Sufyān replied, “A day for a day at Badr; warfare goes back and forth. You will find mutilations that I neither ordered nor disapprove of.” He then began to chant:
“Exalt Hubal, exalt Hubal!”

The Messenger of Allah said, “Will you not answer him?” They asked, “What should we say?” He said, “Say: Allah is higher and more majestic.”

Abū Sufyān continued, “We have al-ʿUzzā, whereas you have no ʿUzzā.” The Messenger of Allah said, “Will you not answer him?” They asked, “What should we say?” He said, “Say: Allah is our Protector and you have no protector.” Al-Bukhārī recorded this report.

Yūnus ibn Bukayr related from Ibn Isḥāq, who said: Ḥuṣayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān told me from Maḥmūd ibn ʿAmr ibn Yazīd ibn al-Sakan that the Messenger of Allah said on the Day of Uḥud, when the enemy pressed him hard, “Who will sell us his life?” Ziyād then stood up