I came upon Abu Jahl when he had been wounded and his leg had been cut off. I began striking him with my sword, but it had no effect on him.Sharik was asked during the narration, "Was he defending himself with his sword?"He replied, "Yes."He continued, "I kept at it until I took his sword and struck him with it until I killed him."Then he said, "I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Abu Jahl has been killed.'"Sharik may have said, "I have killed Abu Jahl."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Did you see him yourself?"I answered, "Yes."He asked twice, "By Allah?"I answered, "Yes."He said, "Then go, so that I may look at him."So he went, and the Prophet ﷺ came to him. The sun had already begun to alter his appearance. He gave orders concerning him and his companions, and they were dragged until they were cast into the well.He said, "The people of the well were pursued with a curse," and he said, "This man was the Pharaoh of this nation."
حدثنا أسود بن عامر حدثنا شريك عن أبي إسحاق
أتيت أبا جهل وقد جرح وقطعت رجله قال فجعلت أضربه بسيفي فلا يعمل فيه شيئا قيل لشريك في الحديث وكان يذب بسيفه قال نعم قال فلم أزل حتى أخذت سيفه فضربته به حتى قتلته قال ثم قال أتيت النبي ﷺ فقلت قد قتل أبو جهل وربما قال شريك قد قتلت أبا جهل قال أنت رأيته قلت نعم قال آلله مرتين قلت نعم قال فاذهب حتى أنظر إليه فذهب فأتاه وقد غيرت الشمس منه شيئا فأمر به وبأصحابه فسحبوا حتى ألقوا في القليب قال وأتبع أهل القليب لعنة وقال كان هذا فرعون هذه الأمة
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Its chain of transmission is daif because it is interrupted. Abu Ishaq is Sabi, and Ibn Kathir quoted something similar in Tarikh 3:289 from Musnad, by way of Waki from Israil, from Abu Ishaq, and he also quoted it by way of Abu Ishaq Fazari from Thawri, from Abu Ishaq. Then he said, Abu Dawud and Nasai narrated it from the hadith of Abu Ishaq Sabi, with the same wording.Al-qalib is a well that has not been lined, meaning it has not been built up with stones. See the story of the killing of Abu Jahl in the hadith of Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, 1673. It will also come up at 4246 and 4247.