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TheBattleofBadr, page : 35
Meanwhile, the adrenaline coursed quickly through the veins of the Koraysh and
in their anxiousness to get on with the battle two arrows were fired. The first
struck Mihja, the freeman of Omar who became the next believer to be martyred,
then the second arrow flew through the air and pierced the neck of Haritha, the
son of Suraka and grandson of Al Najjar as he drank from the reservoir.
As the battle was about to commence, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, picked up a handful of small pebbles and said looking at the Koraysh: "May
their faces be defaced," then he threw the pebbles towards them and ordered his
companions saying: "Now stand up and proceed towards Paradise, its width is
that of the heavens and the earth."
When Umair, the son of Hamam, heard his he inquired: "O Messenger of Allah, is
the width of Paradise that of the heavens and the earth?" "Yes," he answered.
Umair exclaimed: "Well, well!" whereupon the Prophet asked: "What has
prompted you to say: 'well, well'" Umair answered: "O Messenger of Allah, by
Allah, I uttered these words to express the hope that I might become an
in their anxiousness to get on with the battle two arrows were fired. The first
struck Mihja, the freeman of Omar who became the next believer to be martyred,
then the second arrow flew through the air and pierced the neck of Haritha, the
son of Suraka and grandson of Al Najjar as he drank from the reservoir.
As the battle was about to commence, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, picked up a handful of small pebbles and said looking at the Koraysh: "May
their faces be defaced," then he threw the pebbles towards them and ordered his
companions saying: "Now stand up and proceed towards Paradise, its width is
that of the heavens and the earth."
When Umair, the son of Hamam, heard his he inquired: "O Messenger of Allah, is
the width of Paradise that of the heavens and the earth?" "Yes," he answered.
Umair exclaimed: "Well, well!" whereupon the Prophet asked: "What has
prompted you to say: 'well, well'" Umair answered: "O Messenger of Allah, by
Allah, I uttered these words to express the hope that I might become an