Volume 4, Book 53, Number 324:
Narrated Ali:
I got a she-camel in my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and the Prophet
had given me a she-camel from the Khumus. When I intended to marry Fatima, the daughter of Al –
lah’s Apostle, I had an appointment with a goldsmith from the tribe of Bani Qainuqa’ to go with me
to bring Idhkhir (i.e. grass of pleasant smell) and sell it to the goldsmiths and spend its price on my
wedding party. I was collecting for my she-camels equipment of saddles, sacks and ropes while my
two she-camels were kneeling down beside the room of an Ansari man. I returned after collecting
whatever I collected, to see the humps of my two she-camels cut off and their flanks cut open and
some portion of their livers was taken out. When I saw that state of my two she-camels, I could not
help weeping. I asked, “Who has done this?” The people replied, “Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib who is
staying with some Ansari drunks in this house.” I went away till I reached the Prophet and Zaid bin
Haritha was with him. The Prophet noticed on my face the effect of what I had suffered, so the
Prophet asked. “What is wrong with you.” I replied, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have never seen such a day
as today. Hamza attacked my two she-camels, cut off their humps, and ripped open their flanks, and
he is sitting there in a house in the company of some drunks.” The Prophet then asked for his cover –
ing sheet, put it on, and set out walking followed by me and Zaid bin Haritha till he came to the
house where Hamza was. He asked permission to enter, and they allowed him, and they were drunk.
Allah’s Apostle started rebuking Hamza for what he had done, but Hamza was drunk and his eyes
were red. Hamza looked at Allah’s Apostle and then he raised his eyes, looking at his knees, then he
raised up his eyes looking at his umbilicus, and again he raised up his eyes look in at his face. Hamza
then said, “Aren’t you but the slaves of my father?” Allah’s Apostle realized that he was drunk, so Al –
lah’s Apostle retreated, and we went out with him.