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One year and one month after the battle of Badr, the battle of Uhud
took place. In this battle, seventy of the Prophet's most prominent
companions were martyred among them being Hamza, the Prophet's
uncle and the most notable hero. In this battle, the Prophet was injured by two rocks on his forehead
and mouth. As a result of his injury, the Prophet lost some teeth and
blood clotted on his beard as if it was henna. At that moment, Satan
shouted in such a manner that all Muslims heard him; he said:
"Muhammad has been killed." This created disarray among the
Muslims, and many men, save the true faithful, fled the battlefield. Confusion also overtook the Muslim families residing in Medina. Safiah Bint Abdul Muttalib, the Prophet's aunt, accompanied Fatima
When Fatima heard of her father's injuries, she started crying and the
Hashemite women rushed to help her. Fatima's arrival at the scene of the battle, coincided with the Prophet's
inspection of his soldiers, to find out how many had been martyred and
wounded. When he reached Hamza, he found him in an indescribable
situation; the infidels had badly mutilated his body; they had cut off his
fingers, hands, legs, nose, ears, and ruptured his abdomen to get his
liver out. They had also cut off his sexual organ and left him in that
The scene of Hamza's defaced body brought sadness and pain to the
Prophet's heart. The infidel had not abandoned any ugly method of
mutilation, which they did not commit against the strong and steadfast
supporter of Allah's Apostle, (Peace be upon him and Ahlul-Bayt). While the Prophet was deeply saddened by this infliction, his Aunt and
Fatima were rushing towards the scene. As Soon as he noticed them,
he covered Hamza's body with one of his garments. Safia and Fatima
arrived and began crying and condemning the infidels for their crimes. They noticed that the Prophet's forehead was badly cut and that blood
had become clotted on his face and beard; thus, Fatima Zahra started
cleaning his face and said: "Allah's punishment will be severe on him
who caused the Messenger's face to bleed."
Ali poured water on the Prophet's face, but this did not stop the
bleeding, so Fatima burnt some rope and put its ashes on the cut,
which stopped the bleeding. Fatima spent these moments in sadness
and great anxiety.
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