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bayhaqi:6818Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī > Abū al-Haytham from his father > Rasūl Allāh ﷺ > Fī Masīrih > Khaybar Liʿāmir b. al-Akwaʿ And Kān Āsm al-Akwaʿ Sinān Ānzil

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say during his campaign to Khaybar, to 'Amir ibn al-Akwa' whose real name was Sinan: "Descend, O son of al-Akwa', and bring us some of your provisions." So he descended and began to recite the verses of the poetic ode: "By Allah, if not for you, we would not have been guided, nor believed, nor prayed. So send down tranquility upon us and make our footsteps firm. Surely, we will meet the disbelievers who have transgressed against us, and if they seek to harm us, we will retaliate." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "May your Lord have mercy on you." 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: "By Allah, it is obligatory. If we are granted victory through him, he will be killed during the Battle of Khaybar as a martyr." And it was reported to me that his own sword turned against him, so he spoke harshly to it while fighting, and it caused his death. The Muslims doubted him and said: "Only his own weapon killed him." So Salamah ibn 'Amr asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of what the people were saying about him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, he is a martyr." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him, and the Muslims prayed for him.  

البيهقي:٦٨١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺيَقُولُ فِي مَسِيرِهِ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ وَكَانَ اسْمُ الْأَكْوَعِ سِنَانًا انْزِلْ يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ فَاحْدُ لَنَا مِنْ هَنَاتِكَ فَنَزَلَ يَرْتَجِزُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺوَيَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] وَاللهِ لَوْلَا أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَأَنْزِلَنَّ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا إِنَّ بَنِي الْكُفَّارِ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا وَإِنْ أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺرَحِمَكَ رَبُّكَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَجَبَتْ وَاللهِ لَوْ مُتِّعْنَا بِهِ فَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ شَهِيدًا وَكَانَ قَتْلُهُ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ سَيْفَهُ رَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ فَكَلَمَهُ كَلْمًا شَدِيدًا وَهُوَ يُقَاتِلُ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ فَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ شَكُّوا فِيهِ وَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا قَتَلَهُ سِلَاحُهُ حَتَّى سَأَلَ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺوَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ النَّاسِ فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺإِنَّهُ لَشَهِيدٌ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺعَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ  


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ahmad:16503ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik al-Anṣārī > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

"On the day of Khaibar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then his sword recoiled upon him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, complaining about that, said: 'A man has died by his own weapon.'" Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Khaibar and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you permit me to recite some lines of Rajaz verse to you?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him permission but 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Think what you are saying." "I said: 'By Allah, if Allah had not guided us we would not have been guided We would not have given in charity nor prayed' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'You have spoken the truth.' (I continued:) 'Send down tranquility upon us, And make us steadfast when we meet the enemy. For the idolators have transgressed against us.' When I completed my Rajaz verse, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who said that?' I said: 'My brother.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'May Allah have mercy on him.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, and they are saying that he is a man who died by his own weapon.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He died striving as a Mujahid.'" Ibn Shihab said: "Then I asked a son of Salamah bin Al-Akwa', and he narrated a similar report to me from his father, except that he said: 'When I said: Some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They lied. He died striving as Mujahid, and he will have a twofold reward, and he gestured with two of his fingers.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3150)  

أحمد:١٦٥٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ قَاتَلَ أَخِي قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ وَشَكُّوا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ شَكُّوا فِي بَعْضِ أَمْرِهِ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَرْجُزَ بِكَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُوَاللهِ لَوْلَا اللهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَافَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَدَقْتَ [البحر الرجز]فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَاوَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَافَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ رَجَزِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَالَ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ أَخِي قَالَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُونَ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ كَذَبُوا مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ