When the rest of the Quraysh went to Badr to protect their merchant-caravan from an expected attack, Abu Lahab remained in Mecca, sending in his place Abu Jahl's brother al-‘Āṣ ibn Hishām ibn al-Mughīra who owed him four thousand dirhams that he could not pay.
The bridge cost 800 million dirhams and has a capacity of 26,000 vehicles per hour.
The bridge, which cost 155 million dirhams to build and has a capacity of 6,000 vehicles an hour, was opened on 16 July 2007 with much fanfare.
In February 2013 it was announced Nakheel would build two new projects on Palm Jumeirah at a combined cost of 3.3 billion dirhams ($902 million).
In July 2008 he was transferred to Al Ain FC For A Reported 12 million Dirhams making him the second most expensive player to be transferred in the UAE League the first being his teammate at Al Ain FC Abdullah Malallah for 15 million Dirhams.