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(1). 3363. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "One day the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ascended Aṣ-Ṣafā and called out: 'O people! Come at once!' So the Quraish gathered before him.
He said: 'I am a warner for you before the coming of a severe punishment. Do you think that if I informed you that the enemy was preparing to attack you in the evening, or in the morning, would you believe me?' So Abū Lahab said: 'Is it for this that you gathered us? May you perish!' So Allāh, Blessed is He and Most High, revealed: Perish the hands of Abū Lahab, perish he."[1] (Ṣāḥih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣāḥih.
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[1] An-Naṣr 110:1.
Commentary
This Sūrat declares clearly that Abū Lahab who is zealously opposing the Prophet ﷺ he will fail very badly, his supporters and allies will face destruction and devastation, and he himself too. Many leading chiefs of the Quraish were killed in the battle of Badr, and he did not take part in it out of his cowardice. But he died suffering from small-pox some days after the battle of Badr.
