IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA?L IBN KATHiR^293their swords while he was beneath me, and one of them cut my leg with his
sword.' And 'Abd al-R&mnn b. CAwf used to show us the mark on the back of
his leg."
Yiisuf heard Snlih relate this, his father being Ibrnhim.
Al-Bnkhwi, alone of all the authorites, gave this account. In the collection of
hadith attributed to Rifaca b. &fir, it was he who killed Umayya b. Khalaf.
THE DEATH OF ABUJAHL, GOD DAMN HIM!Ibn Hishiim stated, "As Abii Jahl advanced that day be spoke the following verse
as he fought,
'Violent warfare will not take revenge on me, spry like
a twuyear old camel; I am young in years.
It was for such as this that my mother bore me."'Ibn Ishaq stated, "When the Messenger of God (SAAS) had finished with his
enemy, he ordered that the body of Abii Jahl be sought among those killed.
"Regarding who was the first to find Aba Jahl, I was told by Thawr b. Zayd,
from Clkrima, from Ibn 'Abbns, and also by CAbd Allnh b. Abii Bakr, as follows,
'Mu5dh b. 'Amr b. al-Jamiih, a brother of the Banii Salama, said, "I heard our
men say that Abii Jahl was amid some bushes, and that he could not be reached."
"'When I heard this, I made him my business and went off for him. When I
could do so, I attacked him and gave him such a blow as to sever his foot and half
his leg. I swear, the only thing I can compare it with as it flew off was like the
kernel of a nut emerging after having been struck by a nutcracker. His son
Clkrima struck me on my shoulder and off came my arm, which remained
attached only by the skim of my side. The battle drew me away from him, and I
spent the whole day fighting while dragging my arm behind me. When it began
hurting, I kept my foot on it as I walked ahead until I had removed it."'
Ibn Ishaq went on, "Mu5dh lived on after that into the reign of Wthman.
"Then Mu'awwidh b. 'Afrii1 passed by Abii Jahl, who was already badly
wounded, and struck him till he disabled him completely. Mn'awwidh left him
on the point of death and fought on until he was killed.
"'Abd All& b. Masciid next passed by Abii Jahl, the Messenger of God
(SAAS) having issued the order that he be sought from among those killed. The
Messenger of God (SAAS) had told them, so 1 have been informed, LIf when you
search he is hidden among the dead, look for someone with a scar on his knee.
He and I, when we were youths, were once sitting crowded together at a feast
given by 'Abd Allah b. Jud%. I was a little slimmer than him, and I gave him a
push making him fall down on his knees, one of which received a wound that left
a permanent scar."'
"Ibn Masciid stated, 'When I found him he was on the point of death. When
I recognized him 1 put my foot on his neck; be had once held me captive in