Muhammad bin Umar narrates from his shaykhs that they said: When Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to say in grief: "I will never be afflicted with a loss like yours." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Fatimah and to his paternal aunt Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Rejoice, for Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and informed me that it has been written among the inhabitants of the heavens that Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib is the lion of Allah and the lion of His Messenger."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Call Hamzah (and he was the closest of them to the polytheists): see who the man with the red camel is, and what he is saying to them." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is anyone among those people who enjoins good, perhaps it is the man with the red camel." Then Hamzah told me that it was Utbah bin Rabi'ah, and that he was forbidding fighting, saying: "O my people, I see people whom you will not be able to reach (that is, you will not overcome them) while there is still good in you. O my people, put the blame for this on me today and say: 'Utbah bin Rabi'ah has become a coward,' though you know that I am not the most cowardly among you." Abu Jahl heard this and said: "You are saying this?! If anyone other than you had said it (it would have been one thing); you are filled with fear." Utbah replied: "O you of the yellowed backside (a deeply insulting phrase), is it me you mean?" The narrator says: Then Utbah, his brother Shaybah and his son al-Walid came forward and said: "Who will come out for single combat?" A few young men of the Ansar came out, but Utbah said: "We do not want these; rather, send out our cousins, Banu Abd al-Muttalib, against us." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stand up, O Hamzah; stand up, O Ubaydah; stand up, O Ali." So Hamzah faced Utbah, Ubaydah faced Shaybah, and Ali faced al-Walid. Hamzah killed Utbah, Ali killed al-Walid, and Ubaydah killed Shaybah, but Shaybah had struck Ubaydah's leg and severed it. Then Hamzah and Ali rescued him and brought him away, until he died at al-Safra'. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.