Sacrificing his teeth for the Holy Prophet (sa)
On the day of the Battle of Uhud, Abdullah bin Qami‘ah forcefully threw a rock at the Holy Prophet (sa), which injured his blessed countenance and broke his teeth. Upon this, he raised a slogan saying, ‘Take this, as I am the son of Qami‘ah!’ Wiping the blood from his blessed countenance, the Holy Prophet (sa) said, “May Allah disgrace you!”
The narrator states, “It so happened that God Almighty caused a mountain goat to overpower him, and it continued to strike him with its horns to the extent that he was severed in pieces.”
(al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir li al-Tabarani, Vol. 8, p. 154, Hadith 7596, Maktabat Ibn Taimiyyah, Cairo, 1994)
There is an account of Hazrat Aisha (ra) in relation to this incident. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) states, “When the Holy Prophet (sa) was struck in the face with a stone during the Battle of Uhud, he was hit with so much force that two rings of the helmet broke and pierced his blessed countenance.” Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) then states, “I ran towards the Holy Prophet (sa) but saw another person making his way to the Holy Prophet (sa) so swiftly, as though he was flying. Thereupon I prayed, ‘O Allah make this person a means of joy’ (i.e. make the one who was racing ahead a source of joy for the Holy Prophet (sa) and for them). When we reached the Holy Prophet (sa), I saw that it was Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (ra) who had preceded me. He said, ‘O Abu Bakr (ra), for the sake of Allah allow me to remove these rings from the blessed countenance of the Messenger (sa) of Allah!’ (i.e. permit him to remove the parts of the helmet that had pierced into his jaw). So I allowed him to do so. Then, Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (ra) took hold of one of the two rings of the helmet in between his teeth and pulled so hard that he fell to the ground on his back. They had been lodged so deep [into the jaw] that one of his front teeth broke. He then grasped the second ring in his teeth and pulled it out so forcefully that another one of his front teeth broke.”