Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

He cried out, “You liar—where will you flee?” Then he charged forward and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ thrust his spear into the aperture of Ubayy’s mail coat, giving him only a slight wound, yet he toppled over, bellowing like a bull. His men lifted him up, saying, “It is just a scratch—why are you in such anguish?” He retorted, “Did he not say, ‘I will surely kill you’? Had this blow struck the whole of Rabīʿah and Muḍar, it would have slain them.” He lingered no more than a day—or part of a day—before dying from that wound.

A rumor then spread that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been killed. Some of the men who were sheltering on the rock said, “If only someone would go to ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy and procure for us a pledge of safety from Abū Sufyān. People, Muhammad has been killed—go back to your tribes before they come and slaughter you.”

Anas ibn al-Naḍr replied, “My people, if Muhammad has been killed, the Lord of Muhammad has not been killed. Fight on for what Muhammad ﷺ fought for! O Allah, I disclaim before You what these men are saying, and I disavow what they propose.” He then drew his sword, fought relentlessly, and was himself killed.

Meanwhile the Messenger of Allah ﷺ moved about calling the people to him until he reached those on the rock. When they saw him, one of them fitted an arrow to his bow, intending to shoot, but the Prophet cried, “I am the Messenger of Allah!” At that they rejoiced to find him alive, and he too rejoiced on seeing that some of his Companions still stood firm around him. Once they had gathered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in their midst, their sorrow left them. They began to talk of the victory they had hoped for and of their fallen brethren. Concerning those who had said, “Muhammad has been killed—go back to your people,” Allah Most High revealed: “Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers passed away before him. If he were to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels?” (Āl ʿImrān 3:144).

Abū Sufyān then advanced until he looked down upon them. When they saw him, all their thoughts turned to him alone. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “They must not gain the high ground over us. O Allah, if this small band is killed, You will no longer be worshipped on earth.” He urged his Companions, who pelted the enemy with stones until they drove them back down.

On that day Abū Sufyān shouted, “Exalt Hubal! A life for a life—and the Day of Uḥud for the Day of Badr!” (He went on to relate the rest of the incident.) This report is exceedingly odd, and parts of it are objectionable; Allah knows best.

Ibn Hishām relates: Rabiḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Saʿīd, on the authority of his father from Abū Saʿīd, claimed that ʿUtbah ibn Abī Waqqāṣ hurled a stone at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, breaking his lower right incisor and wounding his lower lip; that ʿAbdullāh ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī gashed his forehead; and that ʿAbdullāh ibn Qumayʿah struck his cheek so that two rings of his helmet’s mail became embedded in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then fell into one of the pits dug by Abū ʿĀmir to ensnare the Muslims unawares. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib grasped his hand ﷺ, while Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydullāh lifted him until he stood upright. Mālik ibn Sinān, the father of Abū Saʿīd, sucked the blood from the Prophet’s face ﷺ and swallowed it, whereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever’s blood mixes with mine, the Fire shall never touch him.”

(1) The phrase "fa'arāda an" ("and he intended to") does not appear in copy ṭ. (2) The scribe of copy ṭ transcribed the verse up to "... min qablihi ar-rusulu" ("before them the messengers"), and the scribe of copy A completed it. (3) In copy ṭ it reads only "wa fīhi nakārah" ("and in it is repudiation"). (4) See As-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham, vol. II, p. 80. (5) In copy A it reads "fī wajhihi" ("in his face"), and the reading in copy ṭ agrees with that in Ibn Hisham’s As-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, the author’s source. (6) i.e., "he swallowed him."
فقال: يا كذاب، أين تفرّ؟. فحمل عليه، فطعنه النبيّ ﷺ في جيب الدّرع، فجرح جرحًا خفيفًا، فوقع يخور خُوار الثّور، فاحتَمَلوه وقالوا: ليس بك جراحةٌ، فما يجزعك؟ قال: أليس قال: "لأقتلنّك" ؟ لو كانت بجميع ربيعة ومضر لقتلتهم. فلم يلبث إلّا يومًا أو بعض يومٍ حتى مات من ذلك الجرح، وفشا في الناس أنَّ رسول اللَّه ﷺ قد قُتل، فقال: بعض أصحاب الصخرة: ليت لنا رسولًا إلى عبد اللَّه بن أُبيّ، فيأخذ لنا أمنةً من أبي سفيان، يا قوم، إنّ محمدًا قد قتل، فارجعوا إلى قومكم قبل أن يأتوكم فيقتلُوكم. فقال أنس بن النضر: يا قوم، إن كان محمدٌ قد قتل، فإن ربّ محمدٍ لم يقتل، فقاتلوا على ما قاتل عليه محمدٌ ﷺ ، اللهمّ إنّي أعتذر إليك ممّا يقول هؤلاء، وأبرأ إليك ممّا جاء به هؤلاء. ثم شدّ بسيفه فقاتل حتى قتل، وانطلق رسول اللَّه ﷺ يدعو الناس، حتى انتهى إلى أصحاب الصخرة، فلمّا رأوه وضع رجلٌ سهمًا في قوسه، فأراد أن (١) يَرْميه، فقال: "أنا رسول اللَّه" . ففرحوا بذلك حين وجدوا رسول اللَّه ﷺ ، وفرح رسول اللَّه ﷺ حين رأى [أنّ] في أصحابه من يمتنع [به] ، فلمّا اجتمعوا وفيهم رسول اللَّه ﷺ ، ذهب عنهم الحزْن، فأقبلوا يذكرون الفتح وما فاتهم منه، ويذكرون أصحابهم الذين قتلوا، فقال اللَّه – Exalté soit-Il – ، في الذين قالوا: إن محمدًا قد قتل، فارجعوا إلى قومكم: ﴿وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ﴾ الآية [آل عمران: ١٤٤] (٢) فأقبل أبو سفيان حتى أشرف عليهم، فلمّا نظروا إليه نسوا ذلك الذي كانوا عليه، وهمّهم أبو سفيان، فقال رسول اللَّه ﷺ : "ليس لهم أن يعلونا، اللهمّ إن تقتل هذه العصابة، لا تعبد في الأرض" . ثم ندب أصحابه فرموهم بالحجارة حتى أنزلوهم، فقال أبو سفيان يومئذٍ: اعل هبل، حنظلة بحنظلة، ويوم أحدٍ بيوم بدر. وذكر تمام القصّة. وهذا غريبٌ جدًا، وفي بعضه نكارةٌ، واللَّه أعلم (٣) . قال ابن هشامٍ (٤) : وزعم ربيح بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي سعيدٍ [عن أبيه، عن أبي سعيدٍ] أنّ عتبة بن أبي وقَّاصٍ رمى رسول اللَّه ﷺ فكسر رباعيته اليمنى السّفلى، وجرح شفته السّفلى، وأنّ عبد اللَّه بن شهابٍ الزّهريّ شجّه في جبهته (٥) ، وأنّ [عبد اللَّه] بن قمئة جرح وجنته، فدخلت حلْقتان من حلق المغفر في وجنته، ووقع رسول اللَّه ﷺ في حفرةٍ من الحفر التي عمل أبو عامرٍ؛ ليقع فيها المسلمون وهم لا يعلمون، فأخذ عليّ بن أبي طالبٍ بيده ﷺ ، ورفعه طلحة بن عبيد اللَّه حتى استوى قائمًا، ومصّ مالك بن سنانٍ، أبو أبي سعيدٍ، الدَّم من وجه رسول اللَّه ﷺ ثم ازدرده (٦) ، فقال: "من مسّ دمه دمي لم تصبه النَّار" .
(١) قوله: "فأراد أن" لم يرد في (ط). (٢) أورد ناسخ (ط) الآية إلى قوله تعالى: ﴿. . . مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ﴾ وأتممها ناسخ (أ). (٣) في (ط): "وفيه نكارة" فقط. (٤) انظر "السيرة النبوية" لابن هشام (٢/ ٨٠). (٥) في (أ): "في وجهه" وما جاء في (ط) موافق لما في "السيرة النبوية" لابن هشام مصدر المؤلف. (٦) أي: ابتلعه.

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