\nNarrated `Ali:\n\n
I had a she-camel which I got in my share from the booty of the battle of Badr, and the Prophet had \ngiven me another she camel from the Khumus which Allah had bestowed on him that day. And when I \nintended to celebrate my marriage to Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, I made an arrangement with \na goldsmith from Bani Qainuqa 'that he should go with me to bring Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass used \nby gold-smiths) which I intended to sell to gold-smiths in order to spend its price on the marriage \nbanquet. While I was collecting ropes and sacks of pack saddles for my two she-camels which were \nkneeling down beside an Ansari's dwelling and after collecting what I needed, I suddenly found that \nthe humps of the two she-camels had been cut off and their flanks had been cut open and portions of \ntheir livers had been taken out. On seeing that, I could not help weeping. \nI asked, \"Who has done that?\" They (i.e. the people) said, \"Hamza bin `Abdul Muttalib has done it. He \nis present in this house with some Ansari drinkers, a girl singer, and his friends. The singer said in her \nsong, \"O Hamza, get at the fat she-camels!\" On hearing this, Hamza rushed to his sword and cut of the \ncamels' humps and cut their flanks open and took out portions from their livers.\" Then I came to the \nProphet, with whom Zaid bin Haritha was present. The Prophet noticed my state and asked, \"What is \nthe matter?\" I said, \"O Allah's Apostle, I have never experienced such a day as today! Hamza attacked \nmy two she-camels, cut off their humps and cut their flanks open, and he is still present in a house \nalong some drinkers.\" The Prophet asked for his cloak, put it on, and proceeded, followed by Zaid bin \nHaritha and myself, till he reached the house where Hamza was. He asked the permission to enter, and \nhe was permitted. The Prophet started blaming Hamza for what he had done. Hamza was drunk and \nhis eyes were red. He looked at the Prophet then raised his eyes to look at his knees and raised his \neves more to look at his face and then said, \"You are not but my father's slaves.\" When the Prophet \nunderstood that Hamza was drunk, he retreated, walking backwards went out and we left with him.","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}