and he died headed for the Fire.

Musa ibn ʿUqbah also transmits the report—from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, on the authority of Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab—and al-Waqidi records it with his own chain; the wording cited above is his. The incident is likewise mentioned by ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr in his Book of Campaigns, by Ibn Ishaq, and by others.

Musa ibn ʿUqbah further relates in his Maghazi: “When the broken remains of the idolaters returned to Mecca and Allah had slain whomever He willed from among them, ʿUmayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi came forward…”