It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that he said: Ja'dah bin Hubayrah bin Abi Wahb, whose mother was Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib; Hubayrah had married her, and it was Hubayrah who composed these verses about her (Umm Hani') when she accepted Islam: "Has the memory of Hind made you restless, that her request has distanced you? Such are the causes of separation and partings. In a lofty fortress in Najran, her image wanders by night after sleep. So if you have followed the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the ties of kinship between you (and us) have been cut off, then go to some lofty, inaccessible peak which none can reach." Mus'ab said: Ja'dah is the one who used to say with pride: "Who can boast over me by his maternal uncle, when my maternal uncles are Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), the most generous, and Aqil (may Allah be pleased with him)?" Mus'ab said: Hubayrah died in Najran in a state of shirk, while Ja'dah married his maternal cousin Umm al-Hasan bint Ali, and she bore him Abdullah bin Ja'dah, about whom it was said in Khurasan: "Were it not for Ibn Ja'dah, your Quhunduz and Khurasan would not have been conquered until the Trumpet is blown." Mus'ab said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed Ja'dah bin Hubayrah al-Makhzumi as governor of Khurasan; then he went to Iraq, after that he performed Hajj and died in Madinah, and he also narrated hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Ja'dah bin Hubayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The best of people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them; then the last ones will be the worst (in decline)."

It is narrated from Ja'dah bin Hubayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said to (my maternal uncle) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "O uncle, did you kill Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said: "By Allah, I neither killed him nor ordered it, but I was overpowered (that is, matters were taken out of my control)." (Imam al-Hakim says:) Ja'dah bin Hubayrah lived (for a long time) after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); I had confused his death with the death of his father, Hubayrah bin Abi Wahb.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (Abu Sahl) (may Allah be pleased with him) prepared to set out for the Battle of Badr, but he fell ill and passed away. His grave is near the house of Ibn Qariz. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) allotted him his share (of the spoils) and also assigned him his reward.

It is narrated from Urwah that those from Banu Hashim bin Abd Manaf who took part in the Battle of Badr are: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, Ali bin Abi Talib, Zayd bin Harithah, Anasah the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Kabshah, Abu Marthad, and his son Marthad.

It is narrated from Umayr bin Ishaq that Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was fighting in front of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with two swords, and was saying aloud: "I am the lion of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Indeed, the best of all creation, when Allah gathers them (on the Day of Resurrection), are the Messengers, and the best of people after the Messengers are the martyrs, and the best of the martyrs is Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke about this and said: "The chief of the martyrs is Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was under the guardianship of her paternal uncle Uhayb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah. Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim came with his son Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib (the father of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)), and Abdullah married Aminah bint Wahb, and Abd al-Muttalib married Halah bint Uhayb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah, who is the mother of Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib. Both these marriages took place in a single sitting. He (Hamzah) was close in age to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was also his foster brother.

Ibn Ishaq says: A man from the tribe of Aslam, who retained well what he heard, told me that Abu Jahl confronted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Safa, harmed him, abused him, and said harsh words finding fault with his religion. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him no reply. A slave woman of Abdullah bin Jud'an al-Taymi was listening to all this from her dwelling above al-Safa. Then Abu Jahl went from there and sat in the gathering of Quraysh near the Ka'bah. Shortly afterwards, Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib came back from hunting with his bow slung over him. It was his habit that whenever he returned from hunting, he would stop at the gathering of Quraysh, greet them and talk with them. He was the most honoured and the most formidable man of Quraysh, and at that time he was still upon the religion of his people. When he passed by the slave woman, she said: "O Abu Umarah, if only you had seen what your nephew Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) suffered just a little while ago from Abu al-Hakam (Abu Jahl)! He found him here, harmed him, abused him and said hateful things, and then left, while Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him no reply." Hearing this, Hamzah was filled with anger, because of the honour Allah willed for him. He went out quickly without stopping for anyone, intending to perform tawaf of the House and heading deliberately for Abu Jahl to attack him. When he entered al-Masjid al-Haram and saw him sitting among the people, he advanced towards him until he stood over his head, and he struck him a heavy blow on his head with his bow. Men of the tribe of Banu Makhzum stood up to help Abu Jahl and said: "O Hamzah, it seems to us that you too have become a Sabi' (a Muslim)?" Hamzah said: "What can stop me from it, when its truth has become clear to me? I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah and that what he says is the truth. By Allah, I will not turn back from it; stop me if you are truthful." Abu Jahl said: "Leave Abu Umarah alone, for I did abuse his nephew very badly." So Hamzah remained firm upon his Islam and followed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When Hamzah accepted Islam, Quraysh realised that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had now gained strength and that Hamzah would defend him, so they held back from some of the harm they used to inflict on him. Hamzah composed some verses about this when he struck Abu Jahl; (the narrator) mentioned a rajaz poem that is not reliably preserved, which begins: "Taste, O Abu Jahl, the consequence of what you did." Then Hamzah returned home, and Shaytan came to him and whispered: "You, the chief of Quraysh, have followed this Sabi' and abandoned the religion of your forefathers? Death is better for you than this." So Hamzah became troubled and prayed: "O Allah, if this is right guidance, then place its affirmation in my heart; otherwise, make a way out for me from the confusion I have fallen into." He spent that night in severe whisperings, until when morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O my nephew, I have fallen into a confusion from which I do not know the way out. It is very hard for a man like me to remain in a state in which he does not know whether he is upon guidance or error, so speak to me." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to him, admonished him, made him fear Allah and gave him glad tidings. Then Allah placed faith in his heart, and he said: "I bear witness that you are truthful; I bear a witness of truth and of knowledge. O my nephew, now proclaim your religion openly. By Allah, I would not like to have all that the sky shades while remaining upon my former religion." So Hamzah was among those through whom Allah honoured the religion.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after having taken a bath. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How did the two of you do it (regarding covering)?" One of them said: "O Messenger of Allah, I kept him covered with a cloth," and the other said the same. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had you done anything other than that, I myself would have covered you." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.