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bayhaqi:18162Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Yūnus b. Bukayr

[Machine] He was in a fight, then suddenly he saw a man, so he approached him. The man turned out to be an elderly person and he was strong. The young boy didn't recognize him, so the elderly man asked, "What do you want?" The boy replied, "I want to kill you." The elderly man asked, "Who are you?" The boy said, "I am Rabee'ah bin Rufai Al-Sulami." Then he struck him with his sword, but it didn't help him. So the elderly man said, "Your mother armed you poorly. Take my sword from the back of the fight, then strike with it and aim high on bones and low on the brain. That's how I used to kill men." And he killed him.  

البيهقي:١٨١٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ فِي قِصَّةِ أَوْطَاسٍ قَالَ فَأَدْرَكَ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ رُفَيْعٍ دُرَيْدَ بْنَ الصِّمَّةِ فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِ جَمَلِهِ وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَذَلِكَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي شِجَارٍ لَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ فَأَنَاخَ بِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ وَإِذَا هُوَ دُرَيْدٌ وَلَا يَعْرِفُهُ الْغُلَامُ فَقَالَ دُرَيْدٌ مَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ قَتْلَكَ قَالَ وَمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ رُفَيْعٍ السُّلَمِيُّ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهُ بِسَيْفِهِ فَلَمْ يُغْنِ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ دُرَيْدٌ بِئْسَ مَا سَلَّحَتْكَ أُمُّكَ خُذْ سَيْفِي هَذَا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ الشِّجَارِ ثُمَّ اضْرِبْ بِهِ وَارْفَعْ عَنِ الْعِظَامِ وَاخْفِضْ عَنِ الدِّمَاغِ فَإِنِّي كَذَلِكَ كُنْتُ أَقْتُلُ الرِّجَالَ فَقَتَلَهُ