Part 1 : The corrupt narration against him in the Omari books.
Part 2 : Hatred of the family of Abu Sufyan against him.
Welcome to our Blog! In this article, We shall discuss the oppressed personality of Sayyid al-Shuhada, The Uncle of Sayyidna Rasul-Allah ﷺ, Hazrat Hamza Ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
Part 1 : The corrupt narration against him in the Omari books.
عن عَلِيًّا قَالَ …حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مَا جَمَعْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِشَارِفَىَّ قَدْ أُجِبَّتْ أَسْنِمَتُهَا، وَبُقِرَتْ خَوَاصِرُهُمَا، وَأُخِذَ مِنْ أَكْبَادِهِمَا، فَلَمْ أَمْلِكْ عَيْنَىَّ حِينَ رَأَيْتُ الْمَنْظَرَ، قُلْتُ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا قَالُوا فَعَلَهُ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَهْوَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ، فِي شَرْبٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، عِنْدَهُ قَيْنَةٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالَتْ فِي غِنَائِهَا أَلاَ يَا حَمْزَ لِلشُّرُفِ النِّوَاءِ، فَوَثَبَ حَمْزَةُ إِلَى السَّيْفِ، فَأَجَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهُمَا، وَبَقَرَ خَوَاصِرَهُمَا، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ أَكْبَادِهِمَا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَعِنْدَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، وَعَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِي لَقِيتُ فَقَالَ ” مَا لَكَ ”. قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ، عَدَا حَمْزَةُ عَلَى نَاقَتَىَّ، فَأَجَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهُمَا، وَبَقَرَ خَوَاصِرَهُمَا وَهَا هُوَ ذَا فِي بَيْتٍ مَعَهُ شَرْبٌ، فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِرِدَائِهِ، فَارْتَدَى ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ يَمْشِي، وَاتَّبَعْتُهُ أَنَا وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي فِيهِ حَمْزَةُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَأُذِنَ لَهُ، فَطَفِقَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَلُومُ حَمْزَةَ فِيمَا فَعَلَ، فَإِذَا حَمْزَةُ ثَمِلٌ مُحْمَرَّةٌ عَيْنَاهُ، فَنَظَرَ حَمْزَةُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ صَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِ، ثُمَّ صَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ حَمْزَةُ وَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ إِلاَّ عَبِيدٌ لأَبِي فَعَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ ثَمِلٌ، فَنَكَصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ الْقَهْقَرَى، فَخَرَجَ وَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib narrated : I found the humps and liver of two camels had been cut open, When I saw it, I couldn’t stop weeping, I asked who had done that? They said ‘Hamza Ibn Abd al-Muttalib has done it and he is in this house with some Ansari drinkers, a girl singer and his friends and the girl singers provoked him to do this to the camel.’
Then I went to the Prophet ﷺ, He ﷺ asked ‘What is the matter?’ The incident was narrated, then the Prophet ﷺ went to the house where Hamza was at.
The Prophet ﷺ started blaming Hamza but he was drunk and his eyes were red. He looked at the Prophet ﷺ and said ‘You are nothing but my father’s slave.’ Then the Prophet ﷺ understood that Hamza was drunk and He ﷺ went back.
Sahih al-Bukhari, 4003
https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4003
Part 2 : Hatred of the family of Abu Sufyan against him.
1) Ibn Hisham narrated :
قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَوَقَعَتْ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ، كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، وَالنِّسْوَةُ اللَّاتِي مَعَهَا، يُمَثِّلْنَ بِالْقَتْلَى مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، يجدّ عَن الْآذَانَ وَالْأُنُفَ، حَتَّى اتَّخَذَتْ هِنْدُ مِنْ آذَانِ الرِّجَالِ وَآنُفِهِمْ خَدَمًا وَقَلَائِدَ، وَأَعْطَتْ خَدَمَهَا وَقَلَائِدَهَا وَقِرَطَتَهَا وَحْشِيًّا، غُلَامَ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، وَبَقَرَتْ عَنْ كَبِدِ حَمْزَةَ، فَلَاكَتْهَا ، فَلَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تُسِيغَهَا ، فَلَفَظَتْهَا
Saleh ibn Kaysan said ‘When Hind (wife of Abu Sufyan) saw the dead bodies of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, she went near the body of Hamza & took his liver out and she chewed it but not couldn’t swallow it so she spat it out.
~Seerat ibn Hisham vol 2:91
2) Allamah al-Maqrizi mentioned :
وروى أن الأمر لما أفضى إلى عثمان بن عفان رضى الله عنه أتى أبو سفيان قبر حمزة رضى الله عنه فوكزه برجله ثم قال: يا حمزة، إن الأمر الذى كنت تقاتلنا عليه بالأمس قد ملكناه اليوم وكنا أحق به منهم
It was narrated that when Uthman Ibn Affan became the Caliph, Abu Sufiyan went to the grave of Hamza and kicked his grave with his foot and said :
‘O Hamza, the matter over which you fought us yesterday, It has become our possession and we are more deserving of it than they (Bani Hashim) are.
~Rasa’il al-Maqrizi page 57.
3) Ibn Sa’ad narrated :
ﻗﺎﻝ: ﺃﺧﺒﺮﻧﺎ ﺷﻬﺎﺏ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺎﺩ اﻝﻋﺒﺪﻳ. ﻗﺎﻝ: ﺃﺧﺒﺮﻧﺎ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺠﺒﺎﺭ ﺑﻦ ﻭﺭﺩ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺰﺑﻴﺮ ﻋﻦ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻠﻪ. ﻗﺎﻝ: ﻟﻤﺎ ﺃﺭاﺩ ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﺔ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺠﺮﻱ ﻋﻴﻨﻪ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺑﺄﺣﺪ ﻛﺘﺒﻮا ﺇﻟﻴﻪ: ﺇﻧﺎ ﻻ ﻧﺴﺘﻄﻴﻊ ﺃﻥ ﻧﺠﺮﻳﻬﺎ ﺇﻻ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻗﺒﻮﺭ اﻟﺸﻬﺪاء. ﻗﺎﻝ ﻓﻜﺘﺐ: اﻧﺒﺸﻮﻫﻢ. ﻗﺎﻝ: ﻓﺮﺃﻳﺘﻬﻢ ﻳﺤﻤﻠﻮﻥ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺃﻋﻨﺎﻕ اﻟﺮﺟﺎﻝ ﻛﺄﻧﻬﻢ ﻗﻮﻡ ﻧﻴﺎﻡ. ﻭﺃﺻﺎﺑﺖ اﻟﻤﺴﺤﺎﺓ ﻃﺮﻑ ﺭﺟﻞ ﺣﻤﺰﺓ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻤﻄﻠﺐ ﻓﺎﻧﺒﻌﺜﺖ ﺩﻣﺎ
Jaabir Ibn Abd-Allah al-Ansari said : ‘Mu’awiyyah (son of Abu Sufyan) wanted to run a creek but it was wrote to him that in its way are the graves of the martyrs (of uhud) so Mu’awiyyah replied, ‘dig them‘ ….while digging the grave of Hamza Ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an axe hit the leg of Hamza and blood gushed through it.”
~Tabqat Ibn Sa’ad, vol 3:7
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