Death
Utba was killed in the battle of Badr, as narrated in the hadith collection of Sunan Abi Da'ud. In it, Ali is quoted saying:
- (At the battle of Badr) Utbah ibn Rabi'ah came forward followed by his son and his brother and cried out: "Who will be engaged in a single combat?" Some young men of the Helpers responded to his call. He asked: "Who are you?" They told him they were some young men from the Ansars. He responded: "You are brave Indeed. However, We do not want you; we, in fact, want only our cousins." Muhammad said, "Get up Hamzah. Get up Ali. Get up Ubaydah ibn al-Harith". Hamzah went forward to Utbah. After few blows, Utbah was lying on the ground. I went forward to Shaybah; After few blows, I stroke him down. For Ubaydah and al-Walid, they wounded one another severely after two blows had been exchanged; so we turned against al-Walid and killed him, and we carried Ubaydah away."
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