Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2307b

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"From Ali, he said: On the night of Badr, we were afflicted with fever and some rain, so the people scattered, sheltering under the trees. I did not see anyone praying except the Prophet ﷺ, until dawn broke. He called out: \"Servants of Allah!\" So the people came from under the trees, and he led them in prayer. Then he turned to the fighting and encouraged them to it, saying to them: \"The Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib are a people who were brought out against their will; they did not want to fight. So whoever among you meets any of them, let him not kill him, but take him captive.\" Then he said to them: \"The gathering of Quraysh is at that projecting part of the mountain.\" When the two sides lined up, the Prophet ﷺ saw a man riding a red camel, and he said: \"If there is any good among the people, it is with the owner of this red camel.\" Then he said: \"O Ali, go to Hamzah, and Hamzah was the nearest of the people to them; ask him about the owner of the red camel and what he says.\" So he asked him, and Hamzah said: \"This is 'Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, and he is forbidding the fighting.\" Ali said: \"The bravest of us that day was the one who stood opposite the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.\" When Allah defeated the people and I turned around, I saw 'Aqil with his hands tied to his neck with a rope, and he was being held back from me. He called out to me: \"O son of Umm Ali! By Allah, I saw my position, but are you deliberately keeping me away from me?\" Ali said: \"I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Would you like Abu Yazid, whose hands are tied to his neck with a rope?' He said: 'Take us to him.' So we walked. When 'Aqil saw us, he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! If you have killed Abu Jahl, then you have won; otherwise, pursue the people while they are still shaken by their misfortune.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Allah has already killed him.'\""

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