The chiefs of Quraysh gathered at the Hijr and made a pact, swearing by al-Lat, al-Uzza, Manat the third, Nailah, and Isaf, "If we ever see Muhammad, we will rise against him as one man and not part from him until we have killed him."His daughter Fatimah came weeping until she entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "These chiefs of Quraysh have made a pact against you. If they see you, they will rise up and kill you. There is not one of them who has not assigned himself a share in shedding your blood."He said, "Dear daughter, bring me water for ablution."He performed his ablution, then went out to them in the mosque. When they saw him, they said, "There he is," but they lowered their gazes, their chins sank to their chests, they were rooted to their seats, none raised his eyes to him, and not one of them stood up to him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came forward until he stood right over their heads. He took a handful of dust and said, "May the faces be disfigured." Then he flung it at them, and not a single man struck by one of those pebbles failed to be killed as a disbeliever on the day of Badr.
إن الملأ من قريش اجتمعوا في الحجر، فتعاقدوا باللات والعزى ومناة الثالثة الأخرى، ونائلة وإساف لو قد رأينا محمدا، لقد قمنا إليه قيام رجل واحد فلم نفارقه حتى نقتله، فأقبلت ابنته فاطمة رضي الله عنها تبكي، حتى دخلت على رسول الله ﷺ، فقالت: هؤلاء الملأ من قريش قد تعاقدوا عليك، لو قد رأوك، لقد قاموا إليك فقتلوك، فليس منهم رجل إلا قد عرف نصيبه من دمك. فقال: يا بنية، أريني وضوءا فتوضأ، ثم دخل عليهم المسجد، فلما رأوه، قالوا: ها هو ذا، وخفضوا أبصارهم، وسقطت أذقانهم في صدورهم، وعقروا في مجالسهم، فلم يرفعوا إليه بصرا، ولم يقم إليه منهم رجل، فأقبل رسول الله ﷺ حتى قام على رؤوسهم، فأخذ قبضة من التراب، فقال: شاهت الوجوه ثم حصبهم بها، فما أصاب رجلا منهم من ذلك الحصى حصاة إلا قتل يوم بدر كافرا.
Narrated by Ahmad (2672), Ibn Hibban (6502), and graded sahih by Hakim (1/163), all of them through various routes from Abdullah bin Uthman bin Khuthaym, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who related it. Its chain is hasan because of Abdullah bin Uthman bin Khuthaym, for he is hasan al-hadith.Abu Bakr bin Ayyash also narrated it from Abdullah bin Uthman with this chain, but there is disagreement about it. At one time he narrated it from Abdullah bin Uthman, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, as Bayhaqi related it in Dalail (6/240). This version has been corroborated, as mentioned above. At another time he narrated it from Abdullah bin Uthman, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, from Fatimah, as Hakim related it (3/157). This version has not been corroborated, and it may be due to his poor memory, for when he grew old his memory deteriorated.It is said that among those killed on the day of Badr was Amir bin Abdullah bin Jarrah, killed by his own son Abu Ubayda Amir bin Abdullah bin Jarrah, and that it was concerning him that this verse was revealed, "You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers, their sons, their brothers, or their kindred. Those, He has inscribed faith upon their hearts and strengthened them with a spirit from Him, and He will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. Those are the party of Allah. Indeed, the party of Allah, they are the successful ones." [Mujadilah 58:22], except that this account is munkar.It was narrated by Tabarani in Kabir (1/117-118) and Hakim (3/264-265), both through the route of Assad bin Musa, who said, Damra narrated to us, from Ibn Shawzab, who said, "The father of Abu Ubayda began to seek out Abu Ubayda on the day of Badr, and Abu Ubayda kept avoiding him. When he persisted, Abu Ubayda went after him and killed him, so Allah
revealed this verse concerning him."Ibn Shawzab here is Abdullah bin Shawzab Khurasani, whom Ibn Main and Nasai considered reliable, but there is a vast gap between him and Abu Ubayda, for he died in the year one hundred and fifty-six or one hundred and fifty-seven, and he is among the men of Tahdhib. For this reason Hafiz said in Isaba (5/509), "Tabarani narrated it with a jayyid chain from Abdullah bin Shawzab." And he said in Fath (7/93), "Tabarani and others narrated it through the route of Abdullah bin Shawzab as a mursal narration." And he said in Talkhis (4/102), "This is mudal, and Waqidi used to deny it, saying, 'The father of Abu Ubayda died before Islam.'"