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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed AbuBakr our commander and we fought with some people who were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to death." Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand polytheists belonging to seven houses. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2638)

البيهقي:١٨٠٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَغَزَوْنَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَبَيَّتْنَاهُمْ فَقَتَلَهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَمِتْ أَمِتْ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

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abudawud:2638 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And ʾAbū ʿĀmir > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah from his father > Ammar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed AbuBakr our commander and we fought with some people who were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to death." Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand polytheists belonging to seven houses.

أبو داود:٢٦٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَغَزَوْنَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَبَيَّتْنَاهُمْ نَقْتُلُهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَمِتْ أَمِتْ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْغُزَاةِ، أَنْ يُبَيِّتُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ، لِيَكُونَ قَتْلُهُمْ إِيَّاهُمْ عَلَى غِرَّةٍ

ibnhibban:4744 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] "I participated in a military expedition with Abu Bakr when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him over us. We encountered some people from the polytheists, so we killed them. Our battle cry was 'Ammit Ammit.' I personally killed seven men from the tribe of Abiyat among the polytheists."

ابن حبّان:٤٧٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«غَزَوْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا فَبَيَّتْنَا أُنَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَتَلْنَاهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا أَمِتْ أَمِتْ» قَالَ فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ نَفَى جَوَازَ الشِّعَارِ لِلْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

ibnhibban:4747 – Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed AbuBakr our commander and we fought with some people who were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to death." Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand polytheists belonging to seven houses. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2638)

ابن حبّان:٤٧٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«أَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَغَزَوْنَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَبَيَّتْنَاهُمْ وَقَتَلْنَاهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا أَمِتْ أَمِتْ» قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ

tabarani:6239 – Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah from his father > Ammar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed AbuBakr our commander and we fought with some people who were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to death." Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand polytheists belonging to seven houses. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2638)

الطبراني:٦٢٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَغَزَوْنَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَتَلْنَاهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا «أَمِتْ» قَالَ سَلَمَةُ قَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ تِسْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ