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Such a destiny for Hamzah was what we wanted,
I won't forget you if I stayed or departed.
I moan for a lion by whom Islam was protected.
O brother, may Allah for what you did
Make you rewarded.
But the best words said about him were those of the Prophet (PBUH) when he first saw him among
the martyrs: "May Allah have mercy on you. You were, as far as I knew, always uniting blood relations
and doing all sorts of goodness."
The loss of Hamzah was great and nothing could console the Prophet (PBUH) for it. But to his
surprise, Allah offered him the best consolation. When he was walking home from Uhud, he saw a
woman from the Bani Diinaar whose husband, father, and brother had been killed in the battle. She asked
the returning Muslim soldiers about the battle. When they told her of the death of her father, husband,
and brother, she soon asked them anxiously, "What about the Prophet of Allah?" They said, "He is very
well as you wish him to be." She said, "Show me, let me look at him." They stayed beside her till the
Prophet (PBUH) came and when she saw him she said, "if you are safe, all other disasters will be of no
importance."
Yes, this was the best condolence for the Prophet (PBUH). He smiled at this unusual situation
which had no similitude in loyalty and devotion. A poor, helpless woman lost in an hour father, brother,
and husband. Her reaction to that news - which if it had fallen on a mountain would have made it
collapse - was, "What about the Prophet of Allah?" It was such a well-timed situation that it is evident
that Allah planned to console His Prophet (PBUH) for the death of Allah's Lion and martyr of all
martyrs.