It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the people returned from the fighting, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) searched for Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him). A man said: "I saw him near those trees, and he was saying: 'I am the lion of Allah and of His Messenger. O Allah, I declare myself innocent before You of the evil that these (Abu Sufyan and his companions) have brought, and I apologise to You for the cowardice (defeat) of these (Muslims).'" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his side, he wept, and when he saw the mutilation (muthlah) that had been done to his body, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sobbed. Then he said: "Is there no shroud for him?" A man from the Ansar threw one of his sheets over him, then another man from the Ansar threw his sheet over him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Jabir, this cloth is for your father (Abdullah bin Haram), and this one is for my uncle Hamzah." Then Sayyiduna Hamzah was brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed his funeral prayer. Then the other martyrs would be brought and placed beside Hamzah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray over them all; then those martyrs would be lifted away while Hamzah remained there, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed the funeral prayer over all the martyrs (together with Hamzah). Jabir says: I returned with a very heavy heart, because my father had left debts and dependants upon me. When night came, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for me and said: "O Jabir, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has brought your father to life and spoken to him directly." I asked: "Did He really speak to him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah said to him: '(O My servant,) make a wish.' He said: 'My wish is that You return my soul to me, recreate my body as it was, and send me back to Your Prophet, so that I may fight in Your cause and be martyred once again.' Allah said: 'I have decreed that they will not return (to the world).'" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the leader of the martyrs in the sight of Allah will be Hamzah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.