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Battle of Uhud — the martyrdom of Hamza and Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib

غزوة أحد — استشهاد حمزة وصفية بنت عبد المطلب

Waqidi details Hamza's martyrdom at Uhud and the scene when Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with her) — the Prophet ﷺ's aunt and Hamza's widow — came seeking his body; the Prophet let her sit by him as she wept, and he wept with her. The same chapter closes with the raid on Hamra' al-Asad.

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«لما أصيب حمزة جاءت صفية بنت عبد المطلب تطلبه، فحالت بينها وبينه الأنصار، فقال رسول الله: دعوها! فجلست عنده فجعلت إذا بكت بكى رسول الله، وإذا نشجت ينشج رسول الله»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib· Muhammad· Banu Hashim· The Battle of Uhud

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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Mecca· The Battle of Uhud· Banu Hashim· Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib· The Battle of Badr· Burial of the Uhud martyrs

Sources

  • Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)
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