He did not remain long before he died in their hands. When they mentioned him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, “He is one of the people of Paradise.”
Ibn Isḥāq (1) said: My father told me, on the authority of certain elders from Banū Salamah, that ʿAmr ibn al-Jamūḥ was a man with a pronounced limp. He had four sons, each like a lion, who accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his campaigns. When the Day of Uḥud came they tried to keep him home, saying, “Allah has excused you.” ʿAmr went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “My sons want to prevent me from taking part in this expedition with you. By Allah, I hope to set foot in Paradise with this lame leg of mine.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “As for you, Allah has granted you an excuse; no combat is required of you.” Then he said to ʿAmr’s sons, “Do not hold him back; perhaps Allah will grant him martyrdom.” ʿAmr went out with them and was killed on the Day of Uḥud—may Allah be pleased with him.
Ibn Isḥāq (2) said: Hind bint ʿUtbah, as related to me by Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān, together with the women who were with her, began mutilating the slain companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They cut off ears and noses until Hind made anklets and necklaces from them. She gave those anklets, necklaces, and her earrings to Wahshī. She slit open Ḥamzah’s body, removed his liver, chewed it, but could not swallow it and spat it out.
Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah added that it was Wahshī who cut out Ḥamzah’s liver and carried it to Hind; she chewed it but could not swallow it—Allah knows best.
Ibn Isḥāq (4) said: Hind then climbed a prominent rock and cried at the top of her voice:
We have repaid you for the Day of Badr—
war after war still blazes hot.
I could not bear what befell ʿUtbah,
nor my brother, his uncle, my first-born son.
I have cooled my heart, fulfilled my vow;
Wahshī has quenched the fire in my breast.
So, Wahshī, my thanks endure through life
until my bones decay within the grave.
He said: Hind bint Athāthah ibn ʿAbbād ibn al-Muṭṭalib answered her:
Disgraced were you at Badr and after Badr,
O daughter of Waqāʿ, steeped in disbelief!
May Allah, at the break of dawn, confront you
with Hashimite men—tall, radiant—
Brandishing every cleaving sword:
Ḥamzah my lion, ʿAlī my falcon.