As for his statement:
“His father broke the Prophet’s incisor—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and his mother ate the liver of Hamza, the Prophet’s uncle—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
There is no doubt that Abū Sufyān ibn Harb was the commander of the polytheists on the day of Uhud, and that the Prophet’s incisor—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was broken that day by one of the polytheists. However, no one has ever said that Abū Sufyān personally did this. Rather, it was Utba ibn Abī Waqqās who broke it (1). Hind took Hamza’s liver and chewed it, but she could not swallow it and spat it out.
This occurred before they embraced Islam. They subsequently embraced Islam and became sincere Muslims, as did Hind. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—would honor her, and Islam effaces whatever preceded it. Allah Most High says:
“Tell those who disbelieve that if they desist, what has already passed will be forgiven them.”
Surah al-Anfāl.
In Sahīh Muslim, Abd al-Rahmān ibn Shimāsa al-Mahrī said: (2) “We were present (3)
(1) In *Sīrat Ibn Hishām*, 3/84, Abū Sa'īd al-Khudrī reported: “On that day—the day of Uhud—Utba ibn Abī Waqqās threw [something] at the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—breaking his lower right lateral incisor and wounding his lower lip, and so forth.” In *Zād al-Ma'ād*, 3/197: “Those responsible for harming him—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—were Amr ibn Qami'a and Utba ibn Abī Waqqās. It is also said that Abd Allāh ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī—the uncle of Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī—was the one who gashed his head.” For the report of what befell the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on the day of Uhud, see al-Bukhārī, “The Book of Military Expeditions,” chapter “The Wounds Sustained by the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on the Day of Uhud,” in *Fath al-Bārī*, 7/372–373; also al-Bukhārī, 7/129, “The Book of Medicine,” chapter “Burning a Mat to Staunch the Bleeding”—the hadith is narrated by Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sā'idī—and Muslim, 3/1416–1417, “The Book of Jihād and Military Expeditions,” chapter “The Battle of Uhud.”
(2) The hadith is found in Muslim, 1/112–113 (“The Book of Faith,” chapter “That Islam Effaces What Preceded It…”).
(3) “We were present”: thus in A and B, and this is the reading in *Sahīh Muslim*. All other manuscripts read: “I was present.”