276 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD"Wbayda then said, '0 Messenger of God, if Abii Talib could only see me, he
would know that it was to me his words applied, "We will serve him until we are
laid out before him, uncaring even of our sons and our wives."'
"He then, God be pleased with him, died, and the Messenger of God (SAAS)
said, 'I bear witness that you are a martyr!"'
Al-Shxfici, God bless him, related this.
The first Muslim killed in the battle was Mihjac, the freed-man of Wmar b.
al-Kharcab; he was shot with an arrow.
Ibn Ishzq stated, "He was the first man killed. Then Haitha b. Sumqa, one
of the Bana 'Adi h. al-Najja, was shot at as he drank from the cistern. An arrow
hit him in the throat, and so he died."
It is established in the jahih collections, from Anas, that Haitha h.Suraqa was
hilled at Badr. He was in the vanguard and was struck by a stray arrow which
hilled him. His mother later came to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and said,
"0 Messenger of God, tell me about Haritha. If he is in heaven, I will be con-
tent. Otherwise, let God show me what to do." That is, to engage in mourning
for him, a practice not yet forbidden. The Messenger of God (SAAS) replied,
"Have you gone crazy? There are eight gardens there, and your son has earned
the very highest of paradise!"Ibn Ishxq stated, "The forces moved slowly towards one another. The Messenger
of God (SAAS) had told his men not to attack until he gave them the order. He
said, 'If the enemy should surround you, then force them back with arrows.'"
In his jahih collection, d-Bukhari quotes Aba Usayd as saying, "The
Messenger of God (SAAS), told us at the battle of Badr, 'If they close in on you'
-meaning the polytheists - 'then shoot at them and gather up your arrows."'
Al-Bayhaqi stated, "Al-Hakim informed us, quoting al-Asamm, that Ahmad
b. 'Abd al-Jabbar related to us, from Yanus b. Bukayr, from Aba Ish~q, quoting
'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, as follows, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) made the
battle-cry of the Emigrants at Badr, "0 Bana 'Abd al-Rahman!" (that is, "0 tribe
of the worshipper of the All-Merciful") and that of d-Khazraj, L'O Bann of 'Abd
Allah" (that is "0 tribe of the worshipper of God"), that of al-Aws, "0 Bann
Wbayd All&" (that is, "0 tribe of the slaves of God"). He named his cavalry
"God's horsemen."'"
Ibn Hisha stated that the war cry used at Badr by the jahliba, the
Companions, was "One! One!"
Ibn Ishaq stated, "While the Messenger of God (SAAS) was in the shelter
with Aba Bakr, God bless him, he called out to God the Almighty and Glorious
for help. As the Almighty stated, 'When you sought aid from your Lord, and he
answered you, saying, will help you with 1,000 angels, following after one
another. And God made of it nothing but glad tidings, to ease your hearts by it.
And victory comes only from God. God is powerful, wise""' (sarat al-Anfzl;
VIII, v.9, 10).