[19] The narrator of the Hadith says that Imam Hassan Askari...

[19] The narrator of the Hadith says that Imam Hassan Askari -asws (11 th Imam -asws ) said: Abu Jahl -la sent his messenger to Prophet Mohammed -saww and, he approached him -saww threateningly and said: ‘O Mohammed -saww ! This madness (nouzobillah) which you -saww have in your -saww head has made your -saww life in Makkah very difficult and has made you -saww reach Yathrab (Madinah), and they (Quraysh) will not ease off from you -saww until you -saww review your -saww affairs.

This message was given to Prophet Mohammed -saww when he -saww was living on the outskirts of Madinah, and there were present with him -saww a group of his -saww companions, and the generality of the infidels and some Jews from the Children of Israel, and this was what the messenger (of Abu Jahl -la ) had been ordered to do, to present this message, to set aside the believers so that the rest of the unbelievers would attack them.

Rasool-Allah -saww said to the messenger: ‘Have you finished your message?’ He said ‘Yes’. He -saww said: ‘Listen to the reply: Abu Jahl -la threatens me -saww with difficulties and destruction, and the Lord -azwj of the worlds Promises me -saww Help and victory, and the News of Allah -azwj is True, and I -saww accept what is from Allah -azwj as Right.

Mohammed -saww has no fear of anyone’s desertion or anger when he -saww has the Help of Allah -azwj the Almighty Who will Grant him ‑saww Preference by His -azwj Grace and Honour’. ‘Say to him -la : O Abu Jahl -la !

You have sent to me -saww a message which Satan -la has inspired you -la with and I -saww am answering you -la with what Allah -azwj has Inspired me -saww with – The battle between us and you -la will be after twenty nine days from now, and Allah -azwj will Have you -la killed by a weak companion of mine -saww , and you will bring with you Otbah, and Sheyba, and Waleed, and such and such’ – Rasool-Allah -saww mentioned a number of the Quraysh people – ‘in the centre of Badar.

Seventy of you will be killed, and seventy of you will be taken as prisoners, who will bear a heavy and great (war) penalty’. Then Rasool-Allah -saww called out to those who were present from the believers, the Jews, the Christians and others: ‘Would you like to see the death place of each one of these?’ They said: ‘Yes’. Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Let us go to Badar, for over there is where the armies will meet and the battle will be, and over there will be the great affliction.