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53I. Others say Abu Dujana did so.
532. Abu 'Ubayda from AbU 'Amr told me that the polytheists lost 70
killed and an equal number of prisoners. This agrees with what Ibn'Abbas
and Sa'id b. al-Musayyab said; and in God's book (we read) 'and is it not a
fact that when a disaster befell you you had brought twice as great a disaster on
them'; this He said in reference to those who took part in the battle of Badr.
Those of them who were martyred number 70 men. He says : 'You brought
disaster at Badr on twice as many as you lost as martyrs at UQ.ud, 70 dead
and 70 prisoners.' Abu Zayd al-An~ari quoted to me the line of Ka'b b.
Malik:
There remained where the camels rest (by the trough)
Seventy dead, among them 'Utba and al-Aswad.
He means the slain at Badr. God willing, I shall mention this ode of his
later on.
Here are some of the names which I.I. does not mention of the slain at
Badr:
Of B. 'Abdu Shams: Wahb b. al-J:Iarith of B. Anmar: an ally; and 'Arnir
b. Zayd an ally from the Yarnan. Total 2.
Of B. Asad b. Abdu'I-'Uzz5: 'Uqba b. Zayd an ally from the Yarnan and
'Umayr a freedman of theirs. Total 2.
Of B. 'Abdu'l-Dar: Nubayh b. Zayd and 'Ubayd b. Salit an ally from
Qays. Total 2.
From B. Taym b. Murra: Malik b. 'Ubaydullah, brother of Tall,la, who
was taken prisoner and died in captivity and so is counted among the
slain; and some add 'Amr b. 'Abdullah b. ]ud'an. Total2.
Of B. Makhzum: l;Iudhayfa b. AbU l;Iudhayfa whom Sad b. Abu
Waqqas killed; and Hisham b. Abu l;Iudhayfa whom ;>uhayb killed;
and Zuhayr b. Abu Rifa'a whom Abu Usayd killed; and AI-Sa'ib b.
Abu llifa'a whom 'Abdu'l-Ra\>man b. 'Auf killed; and 'A:idh b. al­
Sa'ib who was taken prisoner, then redeemed, and then died on the way
home from a wound which J:Iamza had given him; and 'Umayr an ally
from Tayyi'; and Khiyar an ally from al-Qara. Total 7.
Of B. Juma\> b. 'Amr: Sabra b. Malik an ally. Total 1.
Of B. Sahm b. 'Amr: al-I;Iarith b. Munabbih whom ;>uhayb killed;
'Amir b. Abu 'Auf b. I;lubayra whom 'Abdullah b. Salama al-'Ajlani
killed; others say Abu Dujana. Total 2.
533. Others say Ibn AbU Wa\>ra.
The Life of Muhammad
534. He was al-l;Iarith b. 'A'idh b. 'Uthman.
535. There is a variant reading for backs, namely 'heels'.. Khalid was from
Khuza'a; according to others an 'UqaylL
536. One name is missing from I.1.'s list to make up the total number he
gives. I Among the prisoners he does not mention are the following:
From B. Hashim b. 'Abdu Manaf: 'Utba, an ally of theirs from B.
Fihr. I.
I This remark is interesting for more than one reason. Abu Dharr says of the Hashimite
list: 'He does not mention al.'Abbas b. 'Abdu'l-Munalib with the other two because he had
. Ibn Hishiim's Notes
From B. al-Mutta1ib: