Abu Jahl said when the two parties met, "Allah, whoever among us has most severed ties of kinship and brought us something unrecognized, destroy him this morning." So he was the one who called for judgment.
أن أبا جهل قال حين التقى القوم: اللهم أقطعنا للرحم، وآتانا بما لا يعرف فأحنه الغداة، فكان المستفتح.
Imam Ahmad narrated it (23661) from Yazid, who said, Muhammad, meaning Ibn Ishaq, informed us, saying, Zuhri narrated to me, from Abdullah bin Thalaba bin Sughayr, and he mentioned it.Its chain of transmission is sahih. Muhammad bin Ishaq's hadith is hasan when he states his source explicitly, but this hadith was also narrated by Salih bin Kaysan, who is trustworthy and a precise memorizer, from Zuhri, with the same wording. Nasai narrated it through his route in al-Kubra (11137), and so did Hakim (2/328), who said, "sahih according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs."Abdullah bin Thalaba was a young companion, born four years before the Hijrah, though some say he was born after the Hijrah. So the hadith is a mursal report from a companion, which is accepted by the majority of scholars.His saying "aqtaana" is a superlative form derived from cutting. His saying "atana" is a superlative form derived from coming. His saying "fa-ahinhu" comes from "ahanahu Allah," meaning "may Allah destroy him."Suddi said, "When the polytheists set out from Makkah to Badr, they took hold of the curtains of the Kaaba and sought Allah's help, saying, 'O Allah, grant victory to the superior of the two armies, honor the nobler of the two groups, and favor the better of the two tribes.' So Allah said, "If you sought victory, the victory has indeed come to you" [Anfal 8:19], meaning, 'I have granted victory to what you said, and that is Muhammad ﷺ.'"