[Machine] About the companions of the well of Ma'unah, they saw birds hovering over the remains of their companions. So, one of them said to 'Amr bin Umaiyah, "I will go forward to face these enemies, and they will kill me, but I will not abandon the scene where our companions were killed." He did so, and he was killed. Then 'Amr bin Umaiyah returned and narrated what had happened to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said a good statement about him, and it is said he said to 'Amr, "Why didn't you move forward and fight until you were killed?" Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Amr bin Umaiyah Ad-Damri and a man from the Ansar on a separate mission, and he also sent 'Abdullah bin Unais on a separate mission, and we have mentioned their chains of narration in this book."  

عَنْ أَصْحَابِ بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ فَرَأَى الطَّيْرَ عُكُوفًا عَلَى مَقْتَلَةِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ سَأَتَقَدَّمُ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْعَدُوِّ فَيَقْتُلُونَنِي وَلَا أَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ مَشْهَدٍ قُتِلَ فِيهِ أَصْحَابُنَا فَفَعَلَ فَقُتِلَ فَرَجَعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ فِيهِ قَوْلًا حَسَنًا وَيُقَالُ قَالَ لِعَمْرٍو فَهَلَّا تَقَدَّمْتَ فَقَاتَلْتَ حَتَّى تُقْتَلَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيَّ وَرَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُمَا وَبَعَثَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَا إِسْنَادَهُمَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ