[Machine] "And by Allah, you have raised me well," they said. "Are you Abdullah bin Khabbab, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He replied, "Yes." They asked, "Have you heard any narrations from your father about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that you could narrate to us?" He answered, "Yes, I have heard him mention a trial where those who remain sitting are better than those who stand, those who stand are better than those who walk, and those who walk are better than those who run." They said, "If you witness such a trial, then be Abdullah the one who is killed." Ayyub said, "I do not know him except to say that he is Abdullah bin Khabbab." They said, "And do not be Abdullah the one who kills." They asked, "Did you hear this from your father, who narrated it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He replied, "Yes." They then placed him by the side of the river, and they severed his neck. His blood flowed as if it were the slit of a shoe. And they slaughtered his pregnant wife, ripping her womb open."
وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رُعْتُمُونِي قَالُوا أَنْتَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ أَبِيكَ حَدِيثًا يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تُحَدِّثُنَاهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ فِتْنَةً الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي قَالَ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ ذَاكَ فَكُنْ عَبْدَ اللهِ الْمَقْتُولَ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ وَلَا تَكُنْ عَبْدَ اللهِ الْقَاتِلَ قَالُوا أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ أَبِيكَ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقَدَّمُوهُ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهَرِ فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَسَالَ دَمُهُ كَأَنَّهُ شِرَاكُ نَعْلٍ مَا ابْذَقَرَّ وَبَقَرُوا أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ عَمَّا فِي بَطْنِهَا