his shield with water from the stone basin (al-mihrās), brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so that he might drink, but the Prophet detected an odor in it, found it distasteful, and did not drink. Instead, he washed the blood from his face and poured the remainder over his head while saying:

“Allah’s wrath has grown most intense against those who have caused His Prophet’s face to bleed.”

The authentic reports that corroborate this have already been cited in sufficient detail.

Ibn Isḥāq said (1): While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was still in the pass, accompanied by that small band of his Companions, a party from Quraysh climbed to the height of the mountain.

Ibn Hishām adds: Khalid ibn al-Walid was among them.

Ibn Isḥāq continues: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, “O Allah, it is not fitting that they should rise above us.” ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, together with a group of Emigrants, fought them until they drove them back down the mountain.

The Prophet ﷺ next moved toward a rock on the mountainside, intending to climb it. He had grown heavy, and he was wearing two coats of mail, so when he tried to rise he could not. Talḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allah knelt beneath him; the Prophet stepped onto Talḥah, who lifted him until he stood upon the rock. Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr related to me, from his father, from ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr [from al-Zubayr], that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on that day, “Paradise has become obligatory for Talḥah,” because of what Talḥah did for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that day.

Ibn Hishām (2) says: ʿUmar, the freedman of Ghufrah (3), reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the ẓuhr prayer on the Day of Uḥud seated, owing to the wounds he had received, and the Muslims prayed behind him seated as well.

Ibn Isḥāq (4) said: ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn Qatādah told me: Among us there was a thick-set man of uncertain parentage named Quzmān. Whenever he was mentioned, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say, “He is one of the people of the Fire.”

On the Day of Uḥud he fought with great ferocity, single-handedly killing eight—or seven—of the idolaters, for he was a man of valor. Then he was struck with wounds that proved disabling, and he was carried to the house of the Banū Ẓafar. Some Muslims said to him, “By Allah, you fought bravely today, O Quzmān; rejoice!” He replied, “Rejoice in what? By Allah, I fought only to defend the honor of my clan; had it not been for that, I would not have fought.”

When his wounds became unbearable, he took an arrow from his quiver and killed himself with it. A similar incident will be mentioned in connection with the expedition of Khaybar, if Allah wills.

Imām Aḥmad (6) said: ʿAbd al-Razzāq related to us, Muʿammar related to us, from al-Zuhrī, from Ibn al-Musayyib, from Abū