The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that the slain be thrown into the well, so they were cast into it, except for Umaya bin Khalaf, whose body had swollen inside his armor and filled it. When they tried to move him, he came apart, so they left him where he was and threw soil and stones over him to cover him.When he had cast them into the well, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood over them and said, "People of the well, have you found what your Lord promised you to be true? For I have indeed found what my Lord promised me to be true."His companions said to him, "Messenger of Allah, are you speaking to a dead people?"He replied, "They know full well that what I promised them is true."Ayesha said, "People say that they actually heard what he said to them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only said, 'They know full well.'"
أمر رسول الله ﷺ بالقتلى أن يطرحوا في القليب، فطرحوا فيه، إلا ما كان من أمية بن خلف، فإنه انتفخ في درعه، فملأها، فذهبوا ليحركوه، فتزايل، فأقروه، وألقوا عليه ما غيبه من التراب والحجارة، فلما ألقاهم في القليب، وقف عليهم رسول الله ﷺ فقال: يا أهل القليب، هل وجدتم ما عدكم ربكم حقا؟ فإني قد وجدت ما وعدني ربي حقا قال: فقال له أصحابه: يا رسول الله، أتكلم قوما موتى؟ فقال لهم: لقد علموا أن ما وعدتهم حق قالت عائشة: والناس يقولون: لقد سمعوا ما قلت لهم، وإنما قال رسول الله ﷺ: لقد علموا.
This was narrated by Ahmad (26361), Ibn Hibban (7088), and Hakim (3/224), all of them from the hadith of Muhammad bin Ishaq, who said, Yazid bin Ruman informed me, from Urwa bin Zubayr, from Ayesha, who said... and then mentioned it, and it is found in Ibn Hisham (1/638). Hakim said, "sahih according to the standard of Muslim." I say, its chain is hasan because of Muhammad bin Ishaq, for his narration is hasan when he states his source explicitly. The wording of Hakim differs from this version, so let me give it in full.Ayesha said, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that the dead be thrown into the pit, they were thrown into it, and Utba bin Rabia was taken and dragged to the pit. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the face of Abu Huzaifa bin Utba and saw that he was sorrowful, his color had changed, so he said, "Abu Huzaifa, perhaps something has affected you regarding your father's situation?" or words to that effect. He said, "No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah, I have no doubt about my father or about how he was killed, but I knew my father to have good judgment, forbearance, and merit, and I used to hope that this would guide him to Islam. When I saw what befell him, and remembered that he died in disbelief after what I had hoped for him, that saddened me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then prayed for him with good words and said to him, "Good." End of narration.The story of Abu Huzaifa was mentioned by Ibn Ishaq with the phrase "according to what has reached me," as found in Sirat bin Hisham (1/638, 640). Allah knows best what is correct.Abu Huzaifa was the son of Utba bin Rabia bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf al-Qurashi. He was among the earliest converts to Islam, emigrated twice, prayed toward both qiblahs, and was present at Badr, Uhud, the Trench, Hudaybiya, and all the battles. He was killed as a martyr on the day of Yamama.He was the one who adopted Salim, just as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had adopted Zayd bin Haritha. Abu Huzaifa considered him to be his son and married him to his niece Fatimah bint Walid bin Utba. When Allah revealed "Call them by their fathers' names" [Ahzab 33:5], everyone who had adopted a son from among them returned him to his father, and whoever's father was not known was returned to his patrons.The story concerning nursing is well known. Sahla bint Suhayl, the wife of Abu Huzaifa, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Salim has reached the age that men reach, and he comes in to see me, and I sense that Abu Huzaifa feels something about that." He said, "Nurse him and you will become forbidden to him." This was narrated by Muslim, as mentioned previously.