Volume 5, Book 59, Number 340:
Narrated ‘Ali:
I had a she-camel which I got in my share from the booty of the battle of Badr, and the Prophet
had given me another she camel from the Khumus which Allah had bestowed on him that day. And
when I intended to celebrate my marriage to Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, I made an ar –
rangement with a goldsmith from Bani Qainuqa ‘that he should go with me to bring Idhkhir (i.e. a
kind of grass used by gold-smiths) which I intended to sell to gold-smiths in order to spend its price
on the marriage banquet. While I was collecting ropes and sacks of pack saddles for my two she-
camels which were kneeling down beside an Ansari’s dwelling and after collecting what I needed, I
suddenly found that the humps of the two she-camels had been cut off and their flanks had been cut
open and portions of their livers had been taken out. On seeing that, I could not help weeping. I
asked, “Who has done that?” They (i.e. the people) said, “Hamza bin ‘Abdul Muttalib has done it. He is
present in this house with some Ansari drinkers, a girl singer, and his friends. The singer said in her
song, “O Hamza, get at the fat she-camels!” On hearing this, Hamza rushed to his sword and cut of
the camels’ humps and cut their flanks open and took out portions from their livers.” Then I came to
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the Prophet, with whom Zaid bin Haritha was present. The Prophet noticed my state and asked,
“What is the matter?” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle, I have never experienced such a day as today! Hamza
attacked my two she-camels, cut off their humps and cut their flanks open, and he is still present in
a house along some drinkers.” The Prophet asked for his cloak, put it on, and proceeded, followed by
Zaid bin Haritha and myself, till he reached the house where Hamza was. He asked the permission to
enter, and he was permitted. The Prophet started blaming Hamza for what he had done. Hamza was
drunk and his eyes were red. He looked at the Prophet then raised his eyes to look at his knees and
raised his eves more to look at his face and then said, “You are not but my father’s slaves.” When the
Prophet understood that Hamza was drunk, he retreated, walking backwards went out and we left
with him.