224 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'~&tid;Yya sect":9 he being among those accused. Moreover, if this had been
what the Messenger of God (SAAS) had heard on the night of his ascent to
heaven, he would have ordered it to he used in the call to prayer immediately fol-
lowing the emigration. But God knows best.Ibn Hishb stated that Ibn Jurayj quoted 'At&' as having said, "I heard Wbayd
b. Wmayr say, 'The Prophet (SAAS) had discussed with his Companions the
use of a bell to summon people to prayer. While Wmar b. al-Khacph was plan-
ning to buy two pieces of wood for the bell, he had a vision while he slept and
was told, "Do not make a bell; instead call people to prayer."
'"Wmar went to the Prophet (SAAS) to tell him what he had seen. The Prophet
had himself received revelation of that. Wmar was consequently very surprised to
hear Bild make the call to prayer. The Messenger of God (SAAS) said to hi,
when he (Wmar) told him of his experience, "Revelation of this preceded you!""'
This shows that the revelation had come in conhation of what 'Abd Allah
b. Zayd h. 'Ahd Rabhihi had seen in the vision or so some authorities state. But
God Almighty knows best.
Ibn Ishaq stated, ''Muhammad h. Ja'far b. al-Zuhayr related to me, from Wrwa
b. al-Zubayr, that a woman of the Bann al-Najjzr told him, 'My house was one of
the tallest around the mosque. Bild would make the call to prayer on top of it early
each morning. He would come just before dawn and sit above the house waiting
for daybreak. When he saw it he would stretch out and say, "0 God, I praise You
and seek Your help for Quraysh to adopt Your religion."' She concluded, 'And
then he would make the call to prayer. I never knew hi to miss one night."'
That is, to miss saying those words.
Aha Daltid was the only other to relate this.Chapter: On the expedition of Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib, may God be pleased
with him.Ibn Jarir stated, "Al-Waqidi claimed that in the month of Ramadan of that year
the Messenger of God (SAAS) appointed Harnza b. 'Abd al-Muc@lib over 30 of
the Emigrants, having presented him with a white standard, to interfere with
Quraysh caravans. Al-W~qidi states that Hamza confronted Aba Jahl at the head
of 300 Quraysh men, hut that Majd~ h. 'Amr intervened between them, and so
they did not engage in battle.
"He also said that it was Aha Marthad al-Ghanawi who carried the flag for
Hamza."
Chapter: On the expedition of'ubayda b. al-Hzrith b. 'Abd al-Mug~alib.Ibn Jarir stated, "Al-Waqidi also claimed that the Prophet (SAAS) in ShawwS,
at the beginning of the eighth month of that year, entrusted a white banner to
Whayda b. al-Hsith and ordered him to proceed into the Rzbigh valley.
- A denomination of the Zaydiyya Sht'a founded by him and known by his name