Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) began to narrate to us about the people of Badr. He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to inform us of the places where the people of Badr would fall, a day before, and said: "Here such-and-such disbeliever will fall, here such-and-such will fall." Then, by the One Who sent you (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth, they did not go beyond the limit which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had indicated for their falling. Then they were thrown, one on top of another, into a well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards them and began to say: "O so-and-so son of so-and-so! Did you find true what Allah and His Messenger had promised you? I have indeed found true what my Lord promised me." Upon this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! How are you speaking to bodies in which there is no life? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "What I am saying, they hear it better than you do. The only thing is that they cannot reply."