The son of a free-born woman will never forsake his comrade
until he dies or finds a way out.

The two then closed in on one another, and al-Mujadhdhar ibn Ziyād killed him. On that occasion he recited:

Either you were ignorant of, or else forgot, my lineage—
so learn it well: I am of the tribe of Balī,
those who thrust with Yaznī spears,
who stab the stout champion until he bends.

Give news of orphanhood to the children whose father was al-Bukhtarī,
or else give the same news about me to my own sons.

I am the one whose forebears are said to be of Balī;
I drive the straight spear until it bends.

I cut down my foe with a keen, well-tempered blade;
I brace for death as tightly as a camel’s girth is cinched.

No one shall see a man rending as Mujadhdhar rends.

Al-Mujadhdhar then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “By Him Who sent you with the truth, I strove hard to make him surrender so that I might bring him to you, but he refused and insisted on fighting me. So I fought him and killed him.”

Section
The Killing of Umayyah ibn Khalaf

Ibn Isḥāq relates: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr told me, on the authority of his father—and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr and others also narrated to me—on the authority of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, who said:

“Umayyah ibn Khalaf was a friend of mine in Mecca. My name at that time was ʿAbd ʿAmr, but when I embraced Islam it was changed to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

Whenever he met me in Mecca he would say, ‘O ʿAbd ʿAmr, have you turned away from a name your father gave you?’

I would reply, ‘Yes.’

He would say, ‘I do not recognize “al-Raḥmān.” Set something between us by which I may call you: you will not answer to your former name, and I will not call you by one I do not know.’

Thus, when he called out, ‘O ʿAbd ʿAmr,’ I would not respond.

I said to him, ‘Abū ʿAlī, choose whatever you like.’

He answered, ‘Then you are ʿAbd al-Ilāh (Servant of God).’