[Machine] Indeed, Amir al-Mu'minin entrusted me during his illness, saying, "If any of the people of Hijaz come to me, guide them to me." And indeed, I found someone from the people of Hijaz, so he said, "As Amir al-Mu'minin suspected, make a pact with me and gather the armies." He then sent them to attack the city three times, then called them to pledge loyalty to Yazid, despite them being worshippers of Qanoot in obedience to Allah and disobedience to Him. They agreed to this except for one man from Quraysh whose mother was 'Umm Walad. He said to him, "Pledge allegiance to Yazid, as you are a slave in obedience to Allah and disobedience to Him." He refused to accept this from him and killed him. His mother then swore that if Allah would enable her to get hold of a live or dead Muslim, she would burn him with fire. When Muslim bin 'Uqba left Medina, his illness intensified and he died. Umm al-Qurashi brought a flint to his grave and ordered that it be dug up from his head. When they reached the grave, they found a snake wrapped around his neck, holding onto his nose. They shouted for her to leave, saying, "Leave, O our lady, for Allah has sufficed you from his evil." They informed her of what had happened, but she said, "I will not fulfill what I promised to Allah." Then she took a stick and moved it around the snake's tail, and it moved away from the back of his head. She performed two rak'ahs, then said, "O Allah, if You know that my anger against Muslim bin 'Uqba today was for Your sake, then create a division between me and him." He said, "Then she took a stick and moved it around the snake's tail, and it moved away from the back of his head. She performed two rak'ahs, then said, 'O Allah, if You know that my anger against Muslim bin 'Uqba today was for Your sake, then create a division between me and him.'"  

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ فِي مَرَضِهِ إِنْ رَابَنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ شَىءٌ أَنْ أُوَجِّهَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَدْ رَابَنِي فَقَالَ إِنِّي كَمَا ظَنَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اعْقِدْ لِي وَعَبِّئِ الْجُيُوشَ قَالَ فَوَرَدَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَبَاحَهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى بَيْعَةِ يَزِيدَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمْ أَعْبُدٌ قِنٌ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ وَمَعْصِيتَهِ فَأَجَابُوهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أُمُّهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَايِعْ لِيَزِيدَ عَلَى أَنَّكَ عَبْدٌ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ وَمَعْصِيتِهِ قَالَ لَا بَلْ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَقَتَلَهُ فَأَقْسَمَتْ أُمُّهُ قَسَمًا لَئِنْ أَمْكَنَهَا اللهُ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ حَيًّا أَوْ مَيِّتًا أَنْ تُحْرِقَهُ بِالنَّارِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ اشْتَدَّتْ عِلَّتُهُ فَمَاتَ فَخَرَجَتْ أُمُّ الْقُرَشِيِّ بِأَعْبُدٍ لَهَا إِلَى قَبْرِ مُسْلِمٍ فَأَمَرَتْ بِهِ أَنْ تُنْبَشَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَأْسِهِ فَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَيْهِ إِذَا ثُعْبَانٌ قَدِ الْتَوَى عَلَى عُنُقِهِ قَابِضًا بِأَرْنَبَةِ أَنْفِهِ يَمُصُّهَا قَالَ فَكَاعَ الْقَوْمُ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا يَا مَوْلَاتَنَا انْصَرِفِي فَقَدْ كَفَاكِ اللهُ شَرَّهُ وَأَخْبَرُوهَا الْخَبَرَ قَالَتْ لَا أَوْ أَوْفِي لِلَّهِ بِمَا وَعَدْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ انْبُشُوا لِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فَنَبَشُوا فَإِذَا الثُّعْبَانُ لَاوٍ ذَنَبَهُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ قَالَ فَتَنَحَّتْ فَصَلَّتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ اللهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا غَضِبْتُ عَلَى مُسْلِمِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الْيَوْمَ لَكَ فَخَلِّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَتْ عُودًا فَمَضَتْ إِلَى ذَنَبِ الثُّعْبَانِ فَحَرَّكَتْهُ فَانْسَلَّ مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ رَأْسِهِ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَتْ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ وَأُحْرِقَ بِالنَّارِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army to Banu al-Anbar. They captured them at Rukbah in the suburbs of at-Ta'if and drove them to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. I rode hurriedly to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and said: Peace be on you, Messenger of Allah, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Your contingent came to us and arrested us, but we had already embraced Islam and cut the sides of the ears of our cattle. When Banu al-Anbar arrived, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said to me: Have you any evidence that you had embraced Islam before you were captured today? I said: Yes. He said: Who is your witness? I said: Samurah, a man from Banu al-Anbar, and another man whom he named. The man testified but Samurah refused to testify. The Holy Prophet ﷺ said: He (Samurah) has refused to testify for you, so take an oath with your other witness. I said: Yes. He then dictated an oath to me and I swore to the effect that we had embraced Islam on a certain day, and that we had cut the sides of the ears of the cattle. The Holy Prophet ﷺ said: Go and divide half of their property, but do not touch their children. Had Allah not disliked the wastage of action, we should not have taxed you even a rope. Zubayb said: My mother called me and said: This man has taken my mattress. I then went to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He said to me: Detain him. So I caught him with a garment around his neck, and stood there with him . Then the Holy Prophet ﷺ looked at us standing there. He asked: What do you intend (doing) with your captive? I said: I shall let him go free if he returns to this (man) the mattress of his mother which he has taken from her. He said: Prophet of Allah ﷺ, I no longer have it. He said: The Holy Prophet ﷺ took the sword of the man and gave it to me, and said to him: Go and give him some sa's of cereal. So he gave me some sa's of barley. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3612)   

سَمِعْتُ جَدِّي الزَّبِيبَ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَيْشًا إِلَى بَنِي الْعَنْبَرِ فَأَخَذُوهُمْ بِرَكِيَّةٍ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الطَّائِفِ فَاسْتَاقُوهُمْ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَكِبْتُ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ أَتَانَا جُنْدُكَ فَأَخَذُونَا وَقَدْ كُنَّا أَسْلَمْنَا وَخَضْرَمْنَا آذَانَ النَّعَمِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ بَلْعَنْبَرٍ قَالَ لِي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّكُمْ أَسْلَمْتُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُؤْخَذُوا فِي هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَنْ بَيِّنَتُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ سَمُرَةُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الْعَنْبَرِ وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ سَمَّاهُ لَهُ فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ وَأَبَى سَمُرَةُ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَبَى أَنْ يَشْهَدَ لَكَ فَتَحْلِفُ مَعَ شَاهِدِكَ الْآخَرِ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاسْتَحْلَفَنِي فَحَلَفْتُ بِاللهِ لَقَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَخَضْرَمْنَا آذَانَ النَّعَمِ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ اذْهَبُوا فَقَاسِمُوهُمْ أَنْصَافَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوا ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ لَوْلَا أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَا يُحِبُّ ضَلَالَةَ الْعَمَلِ مَا رَزَئْنَاكُمْ عِقَالًا قَالَ الزَّبِيبُ فَدَعَتْنِي أُمِّي فَقَالَتْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَخَذَ زِرْبِيَّتِي فَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي احْبِسْهُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِتَلْبِيبِهِ وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ مَكَانَنَا ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَا تُرِيدُ بِأَسِيرِكَ ؟ فَأَرْسَلْتُهُ مِنْ يَدِيَّ فَقَامَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ رُدَّ عَلَى هَذَا زِرْبِيَّةَ أُمِّهِ الَّتِي أَخَذْتَ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّهَا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِيَّ قَالَ فَاخْتَلَعَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ سَيْفَ الرَّجُلِ فَأَعْطَانِيهِ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ اذْهَبْ فَزِدْهُ آصُعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ قَالَ فَزَادَنِي آصُعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ قَوْلُهُ خَضْرَمْنَا آذَانَ النَّعَمِ يُرِيدُ قَطَعْنَا أَطْرَافَ آذَانِهَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ عَلَامَةً بَيْنَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَبَيْنَ مَنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمْ قَالَهُ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ قَالَ وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ اسْتِعْمَالُ الْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ فِي غَيْرِ الْأَمْوَالِ إِلَّا أَنَّ إِسْنَادَهُ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ قَالَ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَيْضًا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْيَمِينُ قُصِدَ بِهَا هَهُنَا الْمَالُ لِأَنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ يَحْقِنُ الْمَالَ كَمَا يَحْقِنُ الدَّمَ