296 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD"The Prophet (SAAS) responded, 'God is Great! Praise be to God who ful-
filled His promise, and aided His servant and defeated the parties by Himself.'
He then added, 'Go and show him to me.' 1 went and did so and he said, 'This
is the Pharoah of this nation."'
Abij Da'iid and al-Nasii'i related it from a hadith told by Abii Ish~q al-Sabici.
Al-Wsqidi stated, "The Messenger of God (SAAS) stood where the two sons
of CAfra' had died and said, 'God bless the two sons of 'Afra'; they were partners
in the killing of the Pharoah of this nation, the leader-in-chief of the polytheists.'
Someone asked, '0 Messenger of God, who was it who killed him along with
them?' He replied, 'The angels; and also Ibn MasCnd participated in killing him."'
Al-Bayhaqi related this.
Al-Bayhaqi stated, "Al-Ham related to us, quoting al-Asamm, quoting
Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Jabbiir, quoting Ynnus b. Bukayr, from CAnbasa b. al-Azhar
from Abn Ishnq, who said, 'When the Messenger of God (SAAS) received at
Badr the good news of the death of Abn Jahl, he asked (the informant) to swear
thrice that he had indeed seen him dead. He did so whereupon the Messenger of
God (SAAS) prostrated in prayer."'
Al-Bayhaqi then related through Abn Nu'aym, from Salama h. Raja', from
alShacthP, a woman of the Bann Asad, from 'Abd Allah b. Abn 'Awfa, that the
Messenger of God (SAAS), prayed two rak'at (four prostrations) when he was
given the good news of the victory, and when he was brought Abn Jahl's head.
Ibn Mxja stated, "Aba Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf related to us, quoting Salama b.
Raja', who said, Shacth~' related to me, from 'Abd All& b. Abn Awfa, that the
Messenger of God (SAAS) made two prostrations in prayer on the day he was
brought the head of Abii Jahl.'"
Ibn Abi Dunya stated, "My father related to me, quoting Hishnm, quoting
Mujdid from al-Sha'bi, that a man said to the Messenger of God (SAAS), 'As I
passed by Badr, I saw a man coming out of the battle-field being struck by a man
with an iron staff he had until he disappeared into the ground. When he next
appeared, the man would hit him again, and this happened several times."'
The Messenger of God (SAAS) then said, "That was Abn Jahl b. Hishim
being tortured until Judgement Day."
Al-Umawi stated in his work on the military expeditions, "I heard my father
say that al-Mujdid b. Sa'id related to him, from 'Amir, who said, 'A man came
to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and said, "I saw at Badr a man seated while
another man struck him on the head with an iron rod until he disappeared into
the ground." The Messenger of God (SAAS) commented, "That was Abn Jahl;
an angel had been appointed to do that to hi whenever he came up. He is going
to go on sinking down into the ground until Judgement Day."'"
Al-Bukhxri stated, "Wbayd b. Ismacil related to us, quoting Abn Usama,
from Hisham, from his father, who said, 'Al-Zubayr stated, "At Badr I met up
with 'Ubayda b. Sa'id b. alLCAq who was fully accoutred, so that nothing of him
could be seen except his eyes. He was known by the nickname 'Abn al-Kirsh',