IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA?L IBN KATH~R 29 1said, 'Well then, I and he will die together. 1'11 not have the womenfolk of Mecca
say of me that I abandoned my friend because of my own will to live!'
"Abn al-Bakhtari spoke the following verse as he began to battle
al-Mujadhdhir,
'No free man abandons his comrade until he dies or sees
his way.'
"They fought, and al-Mujadhdhir b. Dhiy%d killed him. On this subject he
spoke the verses,
'Should you have not known or forgotten my lineage, be
sure that I descend from Bali,
Men who fight using Yazani spears, striking down the
high and mighty,
Either tell Ahn al-Bakhtari's son that he's an orphan
now, or tell my son the same of me.
I am he whose lineage is known to he from Bali; I
thrust home my spear so hard it almost folds over.
I slaughter my foe with a sharp Mashrafi blade, racing
to death like a milch-camel to milking,
You will never see Mujadhdhir inventing a lie.'"A-Mujadhdhir then went to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and told him, 'I
swear by Him who sent you with the truth, I did try to take him prisoner to bring
him to you, hut he insisted on fighting me. So I fought back and killed him."'
Chapter: On the death of Umayya b. Khalaf:Ibn Ishzq stated, "Yahy b. 'Abbzd b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr related to me,
from his father, and 'Abd All& b. Abn Bakr and others related to me, from 'Abd
al-Ralpnzn b. 'Awf, who said, 'Umayya b. Khalaf had been a friend of mine at
Mecca. My name at that time was 'Abd 'Amr, and when I became a Muslim I
renamed myself 'Ahd al-Ralpan. When we met in Mecca, he addressed me by
saying, "Hey, 'Abd 'Amr, don't you like the name your father gave you?"
"That's right," I replied. He then said, "Well, I don't know this 'al-Ra!mm'
name; let's give you some name just for you and me that I can call you. You don't
respond to your first name and I can't call you by what I don't recognize." When
he addressed me by 'Abd 'Amr, I did not respond. So I told him, "Abn 'Mi,
name me whatever you want." "Then you can be 'Abd al-Il%h", he said, and I
agreed to this.
"'Thereafter, when I passed him, he would address me as 'Abd al-Il&, and I
would respond and talk with him.
'"At the battle of Badr, I passed by him as he was standing with his son 'Ali,
holding his hand. I was carrying some coats of chain-mail I had got as spoils and
when he saw me he called out, "'Ahd 'Amr!" I made no reply, so he then called