Sahih al-Bukhari 3988

Hadith text

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf:While I was fighting in the front file on the day (of the battle) of Badr, suddenly I looked behind and saw on my right and left two young boys and did not feel safe by standing between them. Then one of them asked me secretly so that his companion may not hear, "O Uncle! Show me Abu Jahl." I said, "O nephew! What will you do to him?" He said, "I have promised Allah that if I see him (i.e. Abu Jahl), I will either kill him or be killed before I kill him." Then the other said the same to me secretly so that his companion should not hear. I would not have been pleased to be in between two other men instead of them. Then I pointed him (i.e. Abu Jahl) out to them. Both of them attacked him like two hawks till they knocked him down. Those two boys were the sons of 'Afra' (i.e. an Ansari woman)

Abdur-Rahman bin Auf bataate hain: Jabke main Badr ki jung ke din agli saf mein jung kar raha tha, achanak maine peeche mudkar dekha aur apni dahini aur baaeen taraf do jawan ladke dekhe, aur do jawan ladkon ke beech khade hone mein main surakshit mahsoos nahi kar raha tha. Phir unmein se ek ne mujhse dheere se pucha taaki unka sathi na sune, "Aye chacha! Mujhe Abu Jahl dikhaiye." Maine kaha, "Aye bhatije! Tum unke saath kya karoge?" Usne kaha, "Maine Allah se waada kiya hai ke agar main unhe (yaani Abu Jahl ko) dekhta hoon, main ya to unhe qatl karunga ya khud qatl ho jaunga isse pahle ke main unhe qatl karoon." Phir doosre ne bhi mujhse wahi baat dheere se kahi taaki unka sathi na sune. Main donon ke beech ke bajaye kisi aur ke saath khade hone se khush nahi hota. Phir maine unhe (yaani Abu Jahl ko) unhe dikhaya. Donon ne unpar do baazon ki tarah hamla kiya jab tak unhone unhe gira diya. Woh do ladke Afra (yaani ek Ansaari aurat) ke bete the.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3988 · Book 64, Hadith 39