It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from the Battle of Uhud, he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the sound of the women of Banu Abd al-Ashhal weeping over their slain. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But Hamzah has no women to weep for him."

It is narrated from Urwah that among those who took part in the Battle of Badr were the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, and Hamzah was martyred at the Battle of Uhud when he was fifty-four years old.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the cloth from the blessed body of Sayyiduna Hamzah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) wept, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this state of his body (mutilated), he (peace and blessings be upon him) sobbed aloud.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Sayyiduna Hamzah when he had been martyred and his body mutilated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a sight so painful that never before had his heart been so grieved and shaken. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May the mercy of Allah be upon you. You used to maintain the ties of kinship and do a great deal of good. Were it not for fear of the grief of those after you, it would have pleased me to leave you like this until you were raised from the bellies of the birds and the beasts." Then, standing in that very place, he (peace and blessings be upon him) swore: "By Allah, I will mutilate seventy of them in the same way in return for you." And while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was still standing there, this verse of the Qur'an was revealed: "And if you punish, then punish with the like of that with which you were harmed; but if you are patient, it is indeed better for those who are patient" [Surah al-Nahl: 126] , until the end of the surah. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) expiated his oath and refrained from what he had intended.