310 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADkilled on my expedition, then this is for my sons al-Fadl, 'Abd Allah and
Qathm?'
'LAl-cAbba~ responded, 'By God, I certainly know you're the Messenger of
God; no one except myself and Umm al-Fad1 knew that.'"
Ibn Ishaq related this from Ibn Abii Najih, from CAta', from Ibn 'Abbas.
It is established in the phih of al-Bukhm, through Miisa b. Wqba that Al-
Zuhri stated, "Anas b. Malik related to me as follows, 'Some Helpers requested
to see the Messenger of God (SAAS). They asked him, "Give us permission and
we will leave the ransom money for our sister's son al-'Abbs." He replied, "No,
by God, you won't leave a single dirham for him!""'
Al-Bukhai stated, "Ibrhim b. Tahmm said, from 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Suhayb,
from Anas, that the Prophet (SAAS) was brought money from al-Bahrayn and
ordered that it be distributed in the mosque. It was the largest sum of money that
was ever brought to him. AlLCAbbas came to him and said, '0 Messenger of God,
give me some; I paid ransom for myself and for Wqayl.' 'Take some,' he told
him. AlLCAbbas stuffed money into his gown, then moved away, dragging it, but
was unable to do so. He asked, 'Tell someone to lift it up for me!' 'No, I won't,'
he replied. 'Then you lift it upon me,' he asked. 'No, I won't,' he repeated. Al-
'Abbas then scattered some of the money and made to go, again dragging it, but
he could not. Again he asked, 'Tell someone to lift it up on me!' 'No, I won't,'
be said. AlLCAbbas scattered some more of the money then lifted it up on his
shoulders and left. The Messenger of God (SAAS) gazed after him until he was
lost to our sight, amazed at his cupidity. And the Messenger of God (SAAS) did
not rise to collect a single dirham of the money."
Al-Bayhaqi stated, "Al-Hzkii told us, quoting al-Asamm, from Ahmad b.
'Abd al-Jabbzr, from Yanus, from Asbat b. Navr, from Ismacil b. 'Abd
al-Ralpn~n al-Suddi, who said, 'The ransom for al-'Abb~s and his two cousins
'Aqil b. Abii Talib and Nawfal b. al-Hitrith b. CAbd al-Mu@b amounted to 400
dinars for each man. Then the Almighty threatened the rest, saying, "If they
want to betray you, tbey have previously betrayed God. And so He took control
of them. And God is knowledgeable, wise"'" (sarut al-Anfafi VIII, v.71).
It is well known that the prisoners at Badr numbered 70, while the number of
polytheists killed was also 70, as was related in more than one ahadith that have
been given above and will be given hereafter, if God wills it. This is also stated
in a hadith of &Bar%' b. 'Azib, in the ~ahih collection of al-Bukh~ri, namely that
at Badr tbey killed 70 and captured 70.
Masa b. Wqba stated, "At the battle of Badr 6 Muslims of Quraysh were
killed and 8 of the Helpers, while 49 of the polytheists were killed and 39 were
taken prisoner."
Al-Bayhaqi related it thus from him and went on to state that Ibn Lahi'a