IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA~L IBN KATHIR 329"The Messenger of God (SAAS) gave permission. to him and he did go to
Mecca.
"Safwm had been saying, following Wmayr h. Wahh's departure, 'Rejoice at
an event soon to happen that will make you forget Badr!'
"He would ask riders about Wmayr, and eventually one came who told him of
Wmayr's acceptance of Islam. He swore that he would never say another word
to him and never do him any favour."
Ibn Ishaq continued, "When Wmayr arrived hack in Mecca he set about
preaching for Islam and persecuting those who opposed it. Many people
accepted Islam due to him.
"And it was Wmayr b. Wahh, or al-Hzrith b. Hishm, who saw the enemy of
God, Satan, when he turned on his heels and fled, saying, 'I'll have nothing to
do with you, I see what you do not.' Satan was then in the form of Suriiqa h.
Malik h. Ju'shum, the leader of Mudlij."
Hereafter Im%n Ibn Ishaq, God bless him, wrote on the revelations in the
Qur'an that relate to the battle of Badr. This is the passage from the first to the
last of siirat al-Anfzl (The Spoils; VIII). He wrote well and at length. We have
examined this in detail in our work of exegesis and those wishing to read this
should look at it there. And all praise and credit are due to God.
He then begins giving the names of those Muslims who participated at Badr. He
listed these names in the order of the Emigrants and then the Helpers, beginning
with those of Aws and going on to those of Khazraj. He concludes with the state-
ment, "The total number of Muslims, whether Emigrants or Helpers, who
either witnessed Badr or who were credited with a share of the spoils from it,
totalled 314 men.
"The Emigrants totalled 83 men.
"From Aws there were 61 men.
"From Khazraj there were 170 men."
Al-Bukhari listed them in his xahih compendium in alphabetical order follow-
ing the names of the Messenger of God (SAAS), Ahii Bakr, Wthmm and 'Ali,
may God be pleased with them all.
What follows is a list of the names of the Muslims who were present at Badr
arranged alphabeticaly. This is derived from the hook al-Ahkm al-Kabir (The
Major Statutes) by the hdfis Diya' al-Din Muhammad h. 'Abd al-Wahid
al-Maqdisi and others. This alphabetical listing is preceded by the name of their
chief and their pride, the leader of all the progeny of Adam, Muhammad,
Messenger of God (SAAS).