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The Life of Muhammad The Life of Muhammad 457
one of your uncles who is older than you, my nephew, for I don't want to
shed your blood.' 'Ali answered, 'But I do want to shed your blood.' He
became angry, and drew his sword which flashed like fire, and advanced in
his anger (it is said that he was mounted). 'Ali said to him, 'How can I
fight you when you are on a horse? Dismount and be on a level with me.'
So he got off his horse and came at him and 'Ali advanced with his shield.
'Amr aimed a blow which cut deeply into the shield so that the sword
stuck in it and struck his head. But 'Ali gave him a blow on the vein at the
base of the neck and he fell to the ground. The dust rose and the apostle
S. il. 191 heard the cry, 'Allah Akbar' and knew that 'Ali had killed him. [Suhayli
continues:] As he came towards the apostle smiling with joy 'Umar asked
him if he had stripped him of his armour, for it was the best that could be
found among the Arabs. He answered: 'When I had struck him down he
turned his private parts towards me and I felt ashamed to despoil him and
moreover he h,;id said that he did not want to shed my blood because my
father was a friend of his.']!
T. 1476 [To With 'Amr were killed two men, Munabbih b. 'Uthman b. 'Ubayd
b. al-Sabbaq b. 'Abdu'l-Dar who was hit by an arrow and died in Mecca;
and of B. Makhzum Naufal b. 'Abdullah b. al-Mughira who had stormed
the trench and rolled down into it and they stoned him. He caHed out, '0
Arabs, Death is better than this,' so