It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah that he said regarding the Quranic verse { یَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَۃَ الْکُبْرَی }: that this is the day of Badr.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Tha'laba 'Uzri that Abu Jahl said on the day of Badr: "O Allah! Whichever of us is more guilty of severing ties of kinship and committing more acts of evil, destroy him." The narrator says: This was Abu Jahl's way of seeking victory. Upon this, the following verse was revealed: {إِنْ تَسْتَفْتِحُوا فَقَدْ جَائَ کُمُ الْفَتْحُ، وَإِنْ تَنْتَہُوا فَہُوَ خَیْرٌ لَکُمْ }

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to Abu Jahl on the day of Badr while there was still a slight breath left in him. So Ibn Masood said: Indeed, Allah Almighty has humiliated you. Abu Jahl said: Among those whom you have killed, I am the most important.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf that on the day of Badr, I was standing in the row. I looked to my right and left and saw two young boys. I disliked their standing there. One of these boys secretly said to me from his companion, "O uncle! Please show me Abu Jahl." Abdur Rahman bin Auf says, I asked, "What do you want with him?" The boy replied, "I have vowed in the name of Allah that if I see him, I will kill him." Abdur Rahman bin Auf says, the other boy also secretly said to me from his companion, "O uncle! Please show me Abu Jahl." Abdur Rahman says, I asked, "What do you want with him?" This boy replied, "I have vowed in the name of Allah that if I see him, I will kill him." Abdur Rahman says, (upon hearing this) I did not like anyone else to be in their place. He says, I said, "That is Abu Jahl." He says, I pointed out Abu Jahl to both of them. So both of them rushed at him as if they were falcons. And both of them were the sons of Afraa. Until they killed Abu Jahl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: O Allah! Seize the Quraysh. Three times. Seize Abu Jahl bin Hisham, seize Utbah bin Rabi’ah, seize Shaybah bin Rabi’ah, seize Walid bin Utbah, seize Umayyah bin Khalaf, and seize Uqbah bin Abi Mu’it. The narrator says: Hazrat Abdullah states that I saw these disbelievers killed in the well of Badr.

The freed slave of Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Hazrat Ikrimah, narrates that when the Muslims camped at Badr and the polytheists appeared before them, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Utbah bin Rabi’ah. He was mounted on his red camel. So he said: If there is any good (in the matter) among the disbelievers, it is with the one who owns that red camel. If these disbelievers accept his word, they will be well off. Utbah said (to the people): Listen to me and do not fight these people (the Muslims), because if you fight, this matter will remain in your hearts forever. That is, a man will see the killer of his brother and his father (alive) before him. Put the blame of cowardice for this battle on me and return. The narrator says: This reached Abu Jahl, so he said: By God! Utbah has become a coward ever since he saw Muhammad and his companions. By God! (What he is saying) is not the case. Rather, the matter is that his son is with them. Even though he knows that if we fight Muhammad and his companions, they are few in number. The narrator says: Utbah said: Soon the one who will make his buttocks yellow will know who among his people is the real coward and the one who causes corruption. By God! I am seeing beneath those garments a people who will surely strike you in such a way that they will call Baqi’ for you. Do you not see that their heads are raised like the heads of snakes and their faces are like swords? The narrator says: Then he called his brother and his son and began to walk between them until, when he left the ranks, he called for single combat.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when we came to Madinah and ate the fruits there, they did not suit us and we suffered from severe fever. And the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was inquiring about Badr. The narrator says: When news reached us that the polytheists were coming, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out towards Badr. Badr is the name of a well. So we reached Badr before the polytheists and found two men there from among the polytheists. One man was from the Quraysh and the other was a freed slave of Uqbah bin Abi Mu’ait. The one from the Quraysh ran towards the Quraysh, and the freed slave was captured by us. We began to ask him: How many people are there? He replied: By Allah! They are very many in number, and their grip is very strong. When he said this, the Muslims began to beat him until they brought him to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: How many people are there? The man replied: By Allah! They are very many in number and very severe in their grip. So the people tried hard to make him tell the number of the polytheists, but the man persistently refused.

2. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: How many camels do you slaughter? The man replied: Every day they slaughter ten camels. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These people are a thousand in number. Each camel suffices for about a hundred people.

3. Then at night we felt a light rain, so we walked towards the trees and shields to protect ourselves from the rain. The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept praying that night. When dawn broke, he announced: O servants of Allah! Be mindful of prayer. So the people came out from among the trees and shields, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer and encouraged us towards battle. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The group of Quraysh is present near that red triangle of the mountains.

4. Then when these people came near us and we arranged our ranks, one man among them, riding a red camel, was moving among the polytheists. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)! Call Hamzah on my behalf. They were closer to the polytheists. Who is this man on the red camel and what is he saying? Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people: If there is any good among the people (the polytheists), perhaps it is this man on the red camel. Then Hazrat Hamzah came and said: This man is Utbah bin Rabi’ah, and he is forbidding the people from fighting and saying to them: O my people! I see a people who desire death, and you cannot reach them in such a state that there is any good (i.e., victory) for you. O my people! Put the blame on me and say: Utbah has become a coward, although you know that I am not more cowardly than you.

5. When Abu Jahl heard this, he said: Are you saying this? If anyone other than you had said this, I would have had him killed. Surely your lungs and belly are filled with fear. Utbah said: O you who make your buttocks yellow! You taunt me. Soon, today you will know which of us is more cowardly.

6. The narrator says: Then Utbah, his brother Shaybah, and his son Walid, out of pride, came forward and said: Who will come out to face us? So six young men from the Ansar came out, but Utbah said: We have nothing to do with these people. Rather, let someone from our cousins, from Banu Abd al-Muttalib, come out against us. The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)! Stand up. O Hamzah! Stand up. O Ubaydah bin al-Harith! Stand up.”So Allah Almighty destroyed Utbah bin Rabi’ah, Shaybah bin Rabi’ah, and Walid bin Utbah, and Ubaydah bin al-Harith was wounded. And we killed seventy of the polytheists and captured seventy.

7. The narrator says: Then a short-statured man from the Ansar brought Abbas as a prisoner. Abbas said: By Allah! This Ansari did not capture me. Rather, I was captured by a bald man with a very handsome face, riding a horse with white and black spots. I do not see this man in your army. The Ansari said: O Messenger...

Hazrat Mus'ab bin Sa'd narrates from his father that on the day of Badr, I found a sword and I liked it. I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Please give it to me as a gift." Upon this, the following verse was revealed: { یَسْأَلُونَک عَنِ الأَنْفَالِ }.

Narrated from Hazrat Zuhri: Abu Jahl was the one who demanded victory on the day of Badr and said: O Allah! Among us, whoever is more sinful and more one who severs ties of kinship, destroy him today (on the day of Badr). Upon this, Allah Almighty revealed these verses. {إِنْ تَسْتَفْتِحُوا، فَقَدْ جَائَ کُمُ الْفَتْحُ }.

Hazrat Iyzar bin Harith narrates that on the day of Badr, the announcer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a proclamation: None among the people (the polytheists) has safety except Abu al-Bukhtari. So whoever has captured Abu al-Bukhtari should release him, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has granted him protection. Then the people found him killed.