ʿUmar to share a saying of the Prophet with us to which he replied...

ʿUmar to share a saying of the Prophet with us to which he replied: ‘While Abu Sufyan was on his steed and Muʿawiyah and his brothers were in front and behind their father (Abu Sufyan) riding on their animals, the Prophet said the following (in regards to them): ‘O God! Remove your mercy from the one who is riding [on the animal] at the front, the one who is following him and the one who is behind him.’ We asked him [ʿAbdullah b.

ʿUmar]: ‘You heard this directly from the Messenger of God?’ He replied: ‘Yes and if I lie, may both of my ears go deaf and my I lose my sight.’”[^7] In another event, ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar said: “The Messenger of God (S) once imprecated in the following fashion during the Battle of Uhud by saying: ‘O God! Remove your mercy from Abu Sufyan…’[^8] In addition, Ibn Barra’ has narrated from his father, Barraʾ b.

ʿAzib that Abu Sufyan, along with his son Muʿawiyah, came to the Messenger (S), who said to them: “O God! Remove your mercy from the one who is following [Muʿawiyah] and the one whom he is following [Abu Sufyan]. O God! I leave ‘ al-Aqyas ’ to you [to deal with].’ Ibne Barra’ asked his father, “Who is al-Aqyas ?” The father replied, “This is Muʿawiyah.”[^9] [^1]: Al-Musnad of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal, vol. 2, pg. 152-225 [^2]: Sunan of Abi Dawud, vol. 3, pg. 366; Al-Musnad of Imam Ahmad b.