The killing of Abu Jahl at the Battle of Badr
Hazrat Muawiz (ra) had the opportunity to participate in the Battle of Badr alongside his two brothers; Hazrat Muaz (ra) and Hazrat Auf (ra).
(Ali Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah fi Ma‘rifat al-Sahabah, Vol. 5, Muawiz bin Afra [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2003] 231)
During the Battle of Badr, Hazrat Muaz (ra), Hazrat Auf (ra) and Hazrat Muawiz (ra), who were referred to as the Banu Afraa and their freed slave Abul Hamraa, had one camel between them, and they would take turns to ride on it.
(Al-Waqidi, Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, Vol. 1, Badr al-Qital [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah (2013)] 38)
I presented the following narration once before in relation with Hazrat Muaz (ra) but it is also important that it is mentioned here in relation to Hazrat Muawiz (ra), hence, I will narrate it here as well. Hazrat Anas (ra) narrates, “On the day of the Battle of Badr, the Holy Prophet (sa) said, ‘Who will go to see what became of Abu Jahl?’ Hazrat Ibn Mas‘ud (ra) went and saw that both sons of Afraa had attacked him with their swords to such an extent that he was on the brink of death. Hazrat Ibn Masud (ra) went to him and asked, ‘Are you Abu Jahl?’”
Hazrat Anas (ra) further narrates, “Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (ra) grabbed hold of Abu Jahl by the beard. Abu Jahl said, ‘Have you killed a greater man than this?’ or he said ‘has his tribe had killed a greater man?’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Maghazi, Bab Qatl Abi Jahl, Hadith 3962)
This is a narration from Sahih Bukhari.
In the commentary to this narration, Hazrat Sayyid Zain-ul-Abideen Waliullah Shah Sahib (ra) states:
“In some narrations, it is mentioned that the two sons of Afraa, Muaz (ra) and Muawiz (ra) attacked Abu Jahl to the extent that he was on the brink of death and that Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (ra) severed his head later on. Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani has expressed the possibility of Muawiz (ra) bin Afraa having also attacked him [i.e. Abu Jahl] after Muaz (ra) bin Amr and Muaz (ra) bin Afraa had already done so.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab Fard al-Khumus, Bab man lam Yakhmus al-Aslab, Hadith 3141, Vol. 5, p. 491, footnote, Urdu translation, published by Nazarat-e-Ishaat Rabwah)