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bukhari:3051 – Abū Nuʿaym > Abū al-ʿUmays > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

"An infidel spy came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was on a journey. The spy sat with the companions of the Prophet ﷺ and started talking and then went away. The Prophet ﷺ said (to his companions), 'Chase and kill him.' So, I killed him." The Prophet ﷺ then gave him the belongings of the killed spy (in addition to his share of the war booty).  

البخاري:٣٠٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهْوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ يَتَحَدَّثُ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهُ وَاقْتُلُوهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَنَفَّلَهُ سَلَبَهُ  

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abudawud:2653 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū ʿUmays > Ibn Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa’ repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet ﷺ said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me.  

أبو داود:٢٦٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَلَبَهُ فَنَفَّلَنِي إِيَّاهُ  

tabarani:6272 – Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū al-ʿUmays > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa’ repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet ﷺ said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2653)   

الطبراني:٦٢٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَلَسَ يَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اطْلُبُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ» فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَلَبَهُ فَنَفَّلَنِي إِيَّاهُ  

bayhaqi:12764 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Ḥurfī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shāfiʿī > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan > Abū Nuʿaym [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Birtī al-Qāḍī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū al-ʿUmays > Ibn Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa’ repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet ﷺ said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2653)   

البيهقي:١٢٧٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْحُرْفِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنِ ابْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَلَسَ فَتَحَدَّثَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَلَبَهُ زَادَ الْبِرْتِيُّ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ فَنَفَّلَنِي إِيَّاهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ
bayhaqi:18436 – Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Iyādī > Abū Bakr al-Shāfiʿī > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarbī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū ʿUmays > Ibn Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa’ repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet ﷺ said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2653)   

البيهقي:١٨٤٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْإِيَادِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ فَتَحَدَّثَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَلَبَهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ