English translation
رَضِيَ 3632. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd رضِيَّ: Sa'd bin Mu'ād came to Makkah with the intention of performing Umra, and stayed at the house of Umaiyya bin Khalaf Abī Ṣafwān, for Umaiyya himself used to stay at Sa'd's house whenever he passed by Al-Madīna on his way to Sham. Umaiyya said to Sa'd, "Will you wait till midday when the people are (at their homes), then you may go and perform the Tawāf round the Ka'bah?" So, while Sa'd was going around the Ka'bah, Abū Jahl came and asked, "Who is that who is performing Tawāf?" Sa'd replied, "I am Sa'd." Abū Jahl said, "Are you circumambulating the Ka'bah safely although you have given refuge to Muḥammad and his companions?" Sa'd said, "Yes," and they started quarrelling. Umaiyya said to Sa'd, "Don't shout at Abul-Ḥakam (i.e., Abū Jahl), for he is chief of the valley (of Makkah)." Sa'd then said (to Abū Jahl), "By Allāh, if you prevent me from performing the Tawāf of the Ka'bah, I will spoil your trade with Sham." Umaiyya kept on saying to Sa'd, "Don't raise your voice," and kept on taking hold of him. Sa'd became furious and said (to Umaiyya), "Keep away from me, for I have heard Muḥammad ﷺ saying that he will kill you." Umaiyya said, "Will he kill me?" Sa'd said, "Yes." Umaiyya said, "By Allāh! When Muḥammad says a thing, he never tells a lie." Umaiyya went to his wife and said to her, "Do you know what my brother from Yathrib (i.e., Al-Madīna) has said to me?" She said, "What has he said?" He said, "He claims that he has heard Muḥammad claiming that he will kill me." She said, "By Allāh! Muḥammad never tells a lie." So, when the infidels started to proceed for Badr (battle) and declared fighting (against the Muslims), his wife said to him, "Don't you remember what your brother from Yathrib told you?" Umaiyya decided not to go but Abū Jahl said to him, "You are from the nobles of the valley (of Makkah), so you should accompany us for a day or two." He went with them and thus Allāh got him killed.