[Machine] He was sitting with Umar when they mentioned a man who sold himself on the day of Nihawand. Umar said, "By Allah, O Amir al-Mu'minin, my maternal uncle, people claim that he brought about his own destruction with his own hands." Umar replied, "Those people are lying. Rather, he is among those who traded the hereafter for the worldly life," as mentioned in Ya'la's narration.  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَذَكَرُوا رَجُلًا شَرَى نَفْسَهُ يَوْمَ نَهَاوَنْدَ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ خَالِي زَعَمَ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ أَلْقَى بِيَدَيْهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ كَذَبَ أُولَئِكَ بَلْ هُوَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوَا الْآخِرَةَ بِالدُّنْيَا كَذَا فِي رِوَايَةِ يَعْلَى