Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ consulted his companions when news reached him of the approach of Abu Sufyan.Abu Bakr spoke, but the Messenger turned away from him. Then Umar spoke, and he turned away from him as well.Then Saad bin Ubada said, "It is us he means, Messenger of Allah. By the One in whose hand my soul lies, if you commanded us to plunge our horses into the seas, we would plunge them in. If you commanded us to drive them to the farthest reaches of Bark al-Ghimad, we would do so."Hammad said that Sulaym reported from Ibn Awn from Amr bin Saeed, "al-Baghmad."So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the people to set out, and they marched until they camped at Badr. The water-carriers of Quraysh came upon them, and among them was a black slave belonging to the family of al-Hajjaj. They seized him, and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ began questioning him about Abu Sufyan and his men.He said, "I have no knowledge of Abu Sufyan, but here are Abu Jahl bin Hisham, Utba bin Rabia, Shayba, and Umaya bin Khalaf."When he said this, they would beat him, and when they beat him he would say, "Yes, yes, I will tell you. This is Abu Sufyan."When they stopped and questioned him again, he said, "I have no knowledge of Abu Sufyan, but Abu Jahl, Utba, Shayba, and Umaya are among the people."When he said this, they would beat him again. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was standing in prayer. When he saw what was happening, he finished his prayer and said, "By the One in whose hand my soul lies, you beat him when he tells you the truth, and you leave him alone when he lies to you."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is the spot where so-and-so will fall tomorrow," placing his hand on the ground here and there. Not one of them fell anywhere other than the very place where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had laid his hand.
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أن رسول الله ﷺ شاور حيث بلغه إقبال أبي سفيان قال فتكلم أبو بكر فأعرض عنه ثم تكلم عمر فأعرض عنه فقال سعد بن عبادة إيانا يريد رسول الله والذي نفسي بيده لو أمرتنا أن نخيضها البحار لأخضناها ولو أمرتنا أن نضرب أكبادها إلى برك الغماد لفعلنا قال حماد قال سليم عن ابن عون عن عمرو بن سعيد البغماد فندب رسول الله ﷺ الناس فانطلقوا حتى نزلوا بدرا ووردت عليهم روايا قريش وفيهم غلام أسود لبني الحجاج فأخذوه وكان أصحاب النبي ﷺ يسألونه عن أبي سفيان وأصحابه فيقول ما لي علم بأبي سفيان ولكن هذا أبو جهل بن هشام وعتبة بن ربيعة وشيبة وأمية بن خلف فإذا قال ذاك ضربوه فإذا ضربوه قال نعم أنا أخبركم هذا أبو سفيان فإذا تركوه فسألوه قال ما لي بأبي سفيان علم ولكن هذا أبو جهل وعتبة وشيبة وأمية في الناس قال فإذا قال هذا أيضا ضربوه ورسول الله ﷺ قائم يصلي فلما رأى ذلك انصرف فقال والذي نفسي بيده إنكم لتضربونه إذا صدقكم وتتركونه إذا كذبكم قال وقال رسول الله ﷺ هذا مصرع فلان غدا يضع يده على الأرض هاهنا وهاهنا فما أماط أحدهم عن موضع يد رسول الله ﷺ