[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded Asim ibn Thabit ibn Abi al-Aqlah to strike the neck of Uqbah ibn Abi Muayt when he arrived with the prisoners. Uqbah ibn Abi Muayt said, "Oh, disaster! Why will I be killed among these people?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Because of your enmity towards Allah and His Messenger." Uqbah said, "O Muhammad, who will take care of my children if you kill me? Make me as one of your people. If you kill them, you kill me, and if you show kindness to them, you show kindness to me. If you take ransom from them, I will be like one of them." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Asim ibn Thabit, bring him forward and strike his neck." Asim brought him forward and struck his neck.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ بِالْأُسَارَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِعِرْقِ الظُّبْيَةِ أَمَرَ عَاصِمَ بْنَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَقْلَحِ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ عُنُقَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَجَعَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ يَقُولُ يَا وَيْلَاهُ عَلَامَ أُقْتَلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَدَاوَتِكَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنُّكَ أَفْضَلُ فَاجْعَلْنِي كَرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُمْ قَتَلْتَنِي وَإِنْ مَنَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنَنْتَ عَلَيَّ وَإِنْ أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُمُ الْفِدَاءَ كُنْتُ كَأَحَدِهِمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ لِلصِّبْيَةِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّارُ يَا عَاصِمُ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَدِّمْهُ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ فَقَدَّمَهُ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ