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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ شِعَارَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ، كَانَ ذَلِكَ بِأَمْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:4748Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakkār > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] "Our motto that night when we stayed with Abu Bakr was 'O Hawazin, obey the Prophetﷺ and I will kill with my own hand seven people from the tribe of Abiyat.'  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ شِعَارُنَا لَيْلَةَ بَيَّتْنَا فِيهَا هَوَازِنَ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَمَّرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا أَمِتْ أَمِتْ قَالَ » فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي لَيْلَتَئِذٍ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ «  


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ahmad:16498ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] "Our slogan was the night we spent in Hawazin with Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to lead us, so he united the tribes and I personally killed seven people from the Abyat tribe that night."  

أحمد:١٦٤٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ شِعَارُنَا لَيْلَةَ بَيَّتْنَا فِي هَوَازِنَ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمِتْ أَمِتْ وَقَتَّلْتُ بِيَدَيَّ لَيْلَتَئِذٍ سَبْعَةً أَهْلَ أَبْيَاتٍ  

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

ibnhibban:4744ʿImrān 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:٤٧٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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:4747Abū 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:٤٧٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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