that his father said, "I participated in Al-Usra (i.e. Tabuk) along with the Prophet." Yaʿla added, "(My participation in) that Ghazwa was the best of my deeds to me." Yaʿla said, "I had a laborer who quarrelled with somebody, and one of the two bit the hand of the other (ʿAta', the sub-narrator, said, "Safwan told me who bit whom but I forgot it"), and the one who was bitten, pulled his hand out of the mouth of the biter, so one of the incisors of the biter was broken. So we came to the Prophet ﷺ and he considered the biter's claim as invalid (i.e. the biter did not get a recompense for his broken incisor). The Prophet ﷺ said, "Should he leave his hand in your mouth so that you might snap it as if it were in the mouth of a male camel to snap it?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعُسْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ يَعْلَى يَقُولُ تِلْكَ الْغَزْوَةُ أَوْثَقُ أَعْمَالِي عِنْدِي قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ قَالَ يَعْلَى فَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا يَدَ الآخَرِ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَلَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي صَفْوَانُ أَيُّهُمَا عَضَّ الآخَرَ فَنَسِيتُهُ قَالَ فَانْتَزَعَ الْمَعْضُوضُ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِي الْعَاضِّ فَانْتَزَعَ إِحْدَى ثَنِيَّتَيْهِ فَأَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ وَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَأَنَّهَا فِي فِي فَحْلٍ يَقْضَمُهَا  

I participated in the expedition to Tabuk with Allah's Apostle ﷺ. And Ya'la used to say: That was the most weighty of my deeds, in my opinion. Safwan said that Ya'la had stated: I had a servant; he quarrelled with another person, and the one bit the hand of the other. ('Ata' said that Safwan had told him which one had bitten the hand of the other.) So he whose hand was bitten drew ill from (the mouth) of the one who had bitten it and (in this scuffle) one of his foreteeth was also drawn out. They both came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and he declared his (claim for the compensation of) tooth as invalid.  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَعْلَى يَقُولُ تِلْكَ الْغَزْوَةُ أَوْثَقُ عَمَلِي عِنْدِي فَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ قَالَ صَفْوَانُ قَالَ يَعْلَى كَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا يَدَ الآخَرِ قَالَ لَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي صَفْوَانُ أَيُّهُمَا عَضَّ الآخَرَ فَانْتَزَعَ الْمَعْضُوضُ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِي الْعَاضِّ فَانْتَزَعَ إِحْدَى ثَنِيَّتَيْهِ فَأَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ  

"I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah in the Army of Hardship, and this was the deed of which I was most sure. I had a hired man who fought with another person. One of them bit the finger of the other, who pulled his finger away and a front tooth fell out. He went to the Prophet who considered the tooth to be in vain, and said: "Would he put his hand in your mouth for you to bite it?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ أَوْثَقَ عَمَلٍ لِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا أُصْبَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فَانْتَزَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا  

[Machine] I participated in the battle with the Prophet ﷺ with the army of Al-Usrah. It was one of my most powerful deeds in my own perspective. I had a slave who fought against a man, and the man bit his companion's finger and broke it. He then said, "Would you let your hand devour him?" He (the slave) replied, "I assume that it would devour him as a female camel devours (grass)."  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضِمُهَا؟ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ كَمَا يَقْضِمُ الْفَحْلُ  

"I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah in the Army of Hardship, and this was the deed of which I was most sure. I had a hired man who fought with another person. One of them bit the finger of the other, who pulled his finger away and a front tooth fell out. He went to the Prophet who considered the tooth to be in vain, and said: "Would he put his hand in your mouth for you to bite it?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4769)   

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَتْ أَوْثَقَ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَسَقَطتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ قَالَ وَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ فَتَقْضِمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ؟ »  

[Machine] I participated in the battle of Al-'Usrah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . It was one of my most diligent efforts and I had a companion who was fighting against another man. The companion bit his opponent, causing him to let go of his finger, and his thumb fell off. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and he criticized his action, saying that he feared that Sa'd would say something. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Does he have his hand in your mouth, so you bite it off like a male camel?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَتْ أَوْثَقَ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَخَشِيتُ أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكِ فَتَقْضِمَهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ  

" عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ أميَّةَ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِى ﷺ غَزْوَةَ العُسْرَةِ، وَتِلكَ الغَزْوَةُ أوثَقُ عَمَلِى، وَكَانَ لِى أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ، فَانْتَزعَ المعَضُوضُ يَدَهُ مِن فِى العَاضِّ فَانْتَزع إِحْدَى ثنيتيه فَأتَيَا النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَأهْدَرَ ثنيتَهُ، قَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَيَدع يَدَهُ فِى فِيكَ تقْضِمُهَا كَأَنَّهَا في فِي فَحْلٍ يَقضِمُهَا".