Whilst I was standing in the ranks on the day of Badr, I looked to my right and my left, and I saw that I was between two boys of the Ansar who were very young. I wished that I was standing between two who were stronger than them. One of them gestured to me and said: O uncle, do you know Abu Jahl? I said: Yes; what do you want with him. O son of my brother? He said: I have been told that he reviles the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if I see him I will never leave him until the one of us who is destined to die first is dead. Then the other one gestured to me and said something similar. And I was impressed by that. It was not long before I saw Abu Jahl moving about among the people. I said: Do you not see? This is the one you were asking about. They hastened towards him and struck him with their swords until they killed him. Then they went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him. He said: “which of you killed him?” Each of then said: I killed him. He said: “Have you wiped your swords yet?” They said: No. So he looked at their swords then he said: "Both of you killed him.” And he decreed that his belongings should be taken by Mu"adh bin "Amr bin aJ-Jamooh. The two men were Mu"adh bin "Amr bin aJ-Jamooh and Mu"adh Ibn ‘Afra’.