Poetic elegies for Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib Safiyyah...

Poetic elegies for Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib Safiyyah, the daughter of ‘Abd al-Muttalib and the sister of Hamzah, recited, أسائلةٌ اصحابَ أحدٍ مخافةً بناتِ أبي من أعجمٍ وخبيرِ فقالَ الخبيرُ إنّ حمزةَ قد ثوی وزيرُ رسولِ اللهِ خيرُ وزيرِ دعاهُ الى الحقّ ذوالعرشِ دعوةً الى جنّةٍ يَحيا بها وسرورُ 530 When mourning for Hamzah, Ka‘b ibn Malik used to recite, صفيةُ قومي ولا تَعجزي وبکّي النساءَ علی حمزةِ ولا تسأمي أن تطيلي البُکا على أسدِ اللهِ في الهزّةِ فقد کانَ عزّاً لأ يتامِنا وليثَ الملاحمِ في البزّةِ يريدُ بذاك الرضا احمداً ورضوانُ ذي العرشِ والعزّةِ531 B.

Poetic elegies for ‘Ubaydah ibn Harith ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, one of the martyrs of the Battle of Badr When ‘Ubaydah was killed at Badr, Ka‘b ibn Malik Ansari cried mournfully and recited, ايا عينُ جودي ولا تبخلي بدمعكِ حقاً ولا تنزري على سيدٍ هدّنا هُلَله کريمِ المشاهدِ والعنصرِ 532 C.

Elegies for Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib and those Martyred with him Hassan ibn Thabit recited, فلا يبعدنَّ اللهِ قتلی تتابعوا بمؤتةَ منهم ذو الجناحينِ جعفرُ وزيدُ وعبدُ اللهِ فيمن تتابعوا جميعاً وأصحابُ المنيةِ تخطرّ533 Ka‘b ibn Malik Ansari recited, نامَ العيونُ ودمعُ عينكَ يهملُ سحّاً کما وکفَّ الطبابُ المخضّلُ في ليلةٍ وردتْ عليّ همومُها طوراً أحِنُّ وتارةً أتململُ صبروا بموتةِ للإلهِ نفوسَهُم حذَر الردی ومخافةً ان ينکلوا اذ يهتدونَ بجعفرٍ ولوائهٍ قدّامَ اوّلهِمِ فنعمَ الاوّلُ534 D.

Poetic elegies for those killed on the day of Raji‘ A group of people came to see the Prophet of Allah (S). They requested that a number of people be sent to their area to teach them the laws of Islam. The Prophet (S) sent six of his companions to them. When these six companions arrived at the spring of Raji‘, which was the source of water for the tribe of Hudhayl, those who had made this request from the Prophet attacked these six people with the help of the local people of the tribe of Hudhayl.

The attackers first said, “We do not intend to kill you, but just want to hand you over to the people of Mecca so as to receive a reward from them.” Some of the Prophet’s companions started fighting their attackers and in the process were martyred. However, Khabib and his companion surrendered themselves. Along the way, Khabib’s companion wanted to draw his sword against these people, but they martyred him with a large stone.

In the end, Khabib was given over to the people of Mecca, who hanged him.