50. Expeditions
٥٠۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during one of his expeditions. We camped in a flat area when a Bedouin man came riding on a camel and his camel stumbled and fell. He saw that the people had some wealth with them, so he returned to his camel and started loading it with their possessions. A Muslim man followed him on his own camel, and I followed them both. The Muslim man reached the struggling camel before I did, and I reached the slower camel before the Bedouin did. I took hold of the reins of the struggling camel and said, "Brother!" When he extended his hands, I struck him and he was killed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who killed this man?" They said, "Salama ibn al-Akwa' did." He said, "He (the Bedouin) has all his possessions."
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ لَهُ فَنَزَلْنَا بِبَطْحَاءَ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى بَكْرٍ لَهُ فَأنَاخَ وَعَقَلَ بِكْرَهُ فَرَأَى فِي الْقَوْمِ رِقَّةً فَرَجَعَ إِلَى بِكْرِهِ فَحَلَّهُ ثُمَّ رَكِبَهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهُ وَاتَّبَعَتْهُ فَكَانَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ عِنْدَ عَجُزِ الْبِكْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَنَا عِنْدَ عَجُزِ النَّاقَةِ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِخِطَامِ الْبِكْرِ فَقُلْتُ إِخْ فَلَمَّا أَرْسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَ الرَّجُلَ؟» قَالُوا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ «فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ أَجْمَعَ»