Abdullah bin Abbas and Urwa bin Zubayr reported,

Atikah, three nights before Damdam's arrival in Mecca, had a dream that terrified her. She sent for her brother Abbas bin Abdul-Muttalib and said to him, "My brother, by Allah, I had a dream tonight that horrified me, and I fear that some evil and calamity will befall your people from it. Keep what I tell you a secret."He asked her, "What did you see?"She said, "I saw a rider come on a camel of his until he stopped at al-Abtah. Then he cried out at the top of his voice, 'Set out, you treacherous people, to your places of slaughter within three days!' I saw the people gather around him. Then he entered the Mosque while the people were following him. While they were around him, his camel reared up with him onto the roof of the Kaabah, and he cried out the same words, 'Set out, you treacherous people, to your places of slaughter within three days!' Then his camel reared up with him onto the summit of Abu Qubays, and he cried out the same. Then he took a rock and hurled it, and it came tumbling down. When it reached the bottom of the mountain it shattered, and there was not a house in Mecca, nor a dwelling, but a fragment of it entered."Abbas said, "By Allah, this is indeed a dream. Keep it secret and do not mention it to anyone."Then Abbas went out and met Walid bin Utba bin Rabia, who was a friend of his, and told him about it, asking him to keep it secret. But Walid mentioned it to his father Utba, and the news spread through Mecca until the Quraysh were discussing it in their gatherings.Abbas said, "I went out the next morning to circumambulate the House, and Abu Jahl bin Hisham was sitting with a group of Quraysh, talking about Atikah's dream. When Abu Jahl saw me, he said, 'Abu Fadl, when you are done with your circumambulation, come over to us.' When I had finished, I came and sat with them.Abu Jahl said to me, 'Sons of Abdul-Muttalib, when did this prophetess appear among you?'I said, 'What is this about?'He said, 'That dream which Atikah saw.'I said, 'And what did she see?'He said, 'Sons of Abdul-Muttalib, are you not content that your men should claim prophethood, but now your women must also claim it? Atikah has claimed in her dream that he said, Set out within three days. We will wait these three days for you. If what she says proves true, then so be it. But if the three days pass and nothing of the sort happens, we will write a document against you that you are the most lying household among the Arabs.'"Abbas said, "By Allah, I did not respond to him with much, except that I denied it and rejected the notion that she had seen anything. Then we parted.When evening came, every woman of the Banu Abdul-Muttalib came to me and said, 'You allowed this wicked sinner to insult your men, then he went on to attack the women while you listened, and you had no response to what you heard?'I said, 'By Allah, I did indeed do that. I did not respond to him much, but by Allah, I will confront him. If he repeats it, I will deal with him for you.'"He said, "So I went out on the third day after Atikah's dream, sharp and angry, feeling that I had missed an opportunity with him that I wanted to take. I entered the Mosque and saw him. By Allah, I was walking toward him to confront him so that he would repeat some of what he had said and I could fall upon him. He was a quick man, sharp of face, sharp of tongue, sharp of glance.Suddenly he hurried out toward the door of the Mosque. I said to myself, 'What is wrong with him, may Allah curse him? Is he so afraid of me that he flees from being insulted?'But he had heard what I had not heard, the voice of Damdam bin Amr al-Ghifari, who was crying out in the bottom of the valley, standing on his camel. He had cut off his camel's nose, turned its saddle around, and torn his shirt. He was shouting, 'People of Quraysh! The caravan! The caravan! Your wealth with Abu Sufyan has been intercepted by Muhammad and his companions. I do not think you will reach it in time. Help! Help!'What was unfolding distracted me from him and him from me."The people prepared themselves quickly, saying, "Do Muhammad and his companions think this will be like the caravan of Ibn Hadrami? No, by Allah, they will know otherwise!" So each man was either going out himself or sending another in his place. The Quraysh marshaled fully, and not one of their nobles stayed behind, except that Abu Lahab bin Abdul-Muttalib remained behind and sent As bin Hisham bin Mughira in his place. He had a debt of four thousand dirhams owed to him by As, who had gone bankrupt, so he hired him in place of that debt on the condition that he go to fight in his stead. So As went out for him, and Abu Lahab stayed behind.Ibn Ishaq said, Abdullah bin Abu Najeeh told me that Umaya bin Khalaf had decided firmly to stay behind. He was a venerable old man, heavy and corpulent. Uqba bin Abu Muayt came to him while he was sitting in the Mosque among his people, carrying a censer with fire and incense in it. He set it down before him and said, "Abu Ali, perfume yourself with incense, for you are one of the women."Umaya said, "May Allah disgrace you, and disgrace what you have brought!"Then he equipped himself and went out with the people.

عن ابن عباس وعروة بن الزبير قالا

وقد رأت عاتكة قبل قدوم ضمضم مكة بثلاث ليال رؤيا أفزعتها، فبعثت إلى أخيها العباس بن عبد المطلب، فقالت له: يا أخي، والله لقد رأيت الليلة رؤيا أفظعتني، وتخوفت أن يدخل على قومك منها شر ومصيبة، فاكتم عني ما أحدثك به، فقال لها: وما رأيت؟ قالت: رأيت راكبا أقبل على بعير له، حتى وقف بالأبطح، ثم صرخ بأعلى صوته: ألا انفروايا لغدر لمصارعكم في ثلاث، فأرى الناس اجتمعوا إليه، ثم دخل المسجد والناس يتبعونه، فبينما هم حوله مثل به بعيره على ظهر الكعبة، ثم صرخ بمثلها: ألا انفروا يا لغدر لمصارعكم في ثلاث: ثم مثل به بعيره على رأس أبي قبيص، فصرخ مثلها، ثم أخذ صخرة فأرسلها، فأقبلت تهوي، حتى إذا كانت بأسفل الجبل ارفضت، فما بقى بيت من بيوت مكة ولا دار إلا دخلتها منها فلقة، قال العباس: والله إن هذه الرؤيا وأنت فاكتميها، ولا تذكريها لأحد. ثم خرج العباس، فلقى الوليد بن عتبة بن ربيعة، وكان له صديقا فذكرها، له واستكتمه إياها، فذكرها الوليد لأبيه عتبة، ففشا الحديث بمكة، حتى تحدثت به قريش في أنديتها. قال العباس: فغدوت لأطوف البيت وأبو جهل بن هشام في رهط من قريش قعود يتحدثون برؤيا عاتكة، فلما رآني أبو جهل قال: يا أبا الفضل إذا فرغت من طوافك فاقبل إلينا، فلما فرغت أقبلت حتى جلست معهم، فقال لي أبو جهل: يا بني عبد المطلب، متى حدثت فيكم هذه النبية؟ قال: قلت: وما ذاك؟ قال: تلك الرؤيا التي رأت عاتكة، قال: فقلت: وما رأت؟ قال: يا بني عبد المطلب، أما رضيتم أن يتنبأ رجالكم حتى تتنبأ نساؤكم، قد زعمت عاتكة في رؤياها أنه قال: انفروا في ثلاث، فسنتربص بكم هذه الثلاث، فإن يك حقا ما تقول فسيكون، وإن تمض الثلاث ولم يكن من ذلك شيء، نكتب عليكم كتابا أنكم أكذب أهل بيت في العرب، قال العباس: فوالله ما كان مني إليه كبير، إلا أني جحدت ذلك، وأنكرت أن تكون رأت شيئا، قال: ثم تفرقنا. فلما أمسيت، لم تبق امرأة من بني عبد المطلب ألا أتتني، فقالت: أقررتم لهذا الفاسق الخبيث أن يقع في رجالكم، ثم قد تناول النساء وأنت تسمع، ثم لم يكن عندك غير لشيء مما سمعت، قال: قلت: قد والله فعلت، ما كان مني إليه من كبير، وأيم الله لأتعرضن له، فإن عاد لأكفينكه. قال: فغدوت في اليوم الثالث من رؤيا عاتكة، وأنا حديد مغضب أرى أني قد فاتني منه أمر أحب أن أدركه منه. قال: فدخلت المسجد فرأيته، فوالله إني لأمشي نحوه أتعرضه، ليعود بعض ما قال فأقع به، وكان رجلا خفيفا، حديد الوجه، حديد اللسان، حديد النظر، قال: إذ خرج نحو باب المسجد يشتد، قال: فقلت في نفسي: ما له لعنه الله، أكل هذا فرق مني أن أشاتمه! قال: وإذا هو قد سمع ما لم أسمع. صوت ضمضم بن عمرو الغفاري، وهو يصرخ ببطن الوادي واقفا على بعيره، قد جدع بعيره، وحول راحله وشق قميصه، وهو يقول: يا معشر قريش، اللطيمة اللطيمة، أموالكم مع أبي سفيان قد عرض لها محمد في أصحابه، لا أرى أن تدركوها الغوث الغوث، قال: فشغلني عنه وشغله عني ما جاء من الأمر. فتجهز الناس، سراعا وقالوا: أيظن محمد وأصحابه أن تكون كعير ابن الحضرمي، كلا والله ليعلمن غير ذلك، فكانوا بين رجلين إما خارج وإما باعث مكانه رجلا، وأوعبت قريش، فلم يتخلف من أشرافها أحد. إلا أن أبا لهب بن عبد المطلب تخلف، وبعث مكانه العاص بن هشام بن المغيرة وكان قد لاط له بأربعة آلاف درهم كانت له عليه، أفلس بها، فاستأجره بها على أن يجزى عنه، بعثه فخرج عنه، وتخلف أبو لهب. قال ابن إسحاق: وحدثني عبد الله بن أبي نجيح أن أمية بن خلف كان أجمع القعود، وكان شيخا جليلا جسيما ثقيلا، فأتاه عقبة بن أبي معيط، وهو جالس في المسجد بين ظهراني قومه بمجمرة يحملها، فيها نار ومجمر، حتى وضعها بين يديه، ثم قال: يا أبا علي استجمر فإنما أنت من النساء، قال: قبحك الله وقبح ما جئت به، قال: ثم تجهز فخرج مع الناس.