Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 28:85

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 28:85

Book of Military Expeditions (Siyar)

كتاب السير

Hadith 28:85

Waki’ narrated to us, he said: My father and Isra’il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu ‘Ubaydah, who said: ‘Abdullah said: I reached Abu Jahl on the day of Badr, and his leg had been struck, and he was fallen, and he was defending people away from him with his sword. I said: "Praise be to Allah who has disgraced you, O enemy of Allah! Is he anything but a man whom his people have killed?" I began to strike him with a sword of mine that was of no use, so his hand was hit, and his sword fell out. I took it and struck him with it until he grew cold [i.e., died].

حدثنا وكيع قال ثنا أبي وإسرائيل عن أبي إسحاق عن أبي عبيدة قال قال عبد الله انتهيت إلى أبي جهل يوم بدر وقد ضربت رجله وهو صريع وهو يذب الناس عنه بسيفه فقلت الحمد لله الذي أخزاك يا عدو الله هل هو إلا رجل قتله قومه فجعلت أتناوله بسيف لي غير طائل فأصيبت يده فندر سيفه فأخذته فضربته به حتى برد