The Prophet of Allah ﷺ gave orders on the day of Badr concerning twenty-four men from the chieftains of Quraysh, and they were thrown into one of the foul, filthy wells of Badr. Whenever he prevailed over a people, he would remain at the battle site for three nights. On the third day at Badr, he ordered that his mount be prepared, and his saddle was fastened upon it. Then he set out walking, and his companions followed him, saying, "We think he is only going off to attend to some need of his."He stopped at the edge of the well and began calling out to them by their names and the names of their fathers, "So-and-so, son of so-and-so, and so-and-so, son of so-and-so, would it have pleased you had you obeyed Allah and His Messenger? We have indeed found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised you to be true?"Umar said, "Messenger of Allah, why do you speak to bodies that have no souls in them?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, you do not hear what I am saying any better than they do."Qatada said, Allah brought them back to life so that He made them hear his words as a rebuke, a humiliation, a retribution, a source of regret, and a cause of remorse.
حدثني عبد الله بن محمد سمع روح بن عبادة حدثنا سعيد بن أبي عروبة عن قتادة قال ذكر لنا أنس بن مالك
أن نبي الله ﷺ أمر يوم بدر بأربعة وعشرين رجلا من صناديد قريش فقذفوا في طوي من أطواء بدر خبيث مخبث وكان إذا ظهر على قوم أقام بالعرصة ثلاث ليال فلما كان ببدر اليوم الثالث أمر براحلته فشد عليها رحلها ثم مشى واتبعه أصحابه وقالوا ما نرى ينطلق إلا لبعض حاجته حتى قام على شفة الركي فجعل يناديهم بأسمائهم وأسماء آبائهم يا فلان بن فلان ويا فلان بن فلان أيسركم أنكم أطعتم الله ورسوله فإنا قد وجدنا ما وعدنا ربنا حقا فهل وجدتم ما وعد ربكم حقا قال فقال عمر يا رسول الله ما تكلم من أجساد لا أرواح لها فقال رسول الله ﷺ والذي نفس محمد بيده ما أنتم بأسمع لما أقول منهم قال قتادة أحياهم الله حتى أسمعهم قوله توبيخا وتصغيرا ونقيمة وحسرة وندما