Musnad Ahmad 24009-65

Translation

✧ Ka'b b. al-Ashraf used to satirize the Prophet ﷺ, so the Prophet ﷺ commanded Sa'd b. Mu'adh to send five men against him. They came to him while he was in a gathering of his people in al-'Awali. When he saw them, he was alarmed and said: What has brought you? They said: We have come to you for a need. He said: Let one of you come near and tell me his need. One of them came near and they said: We have come to sell you some coats of mail of ours. He said: By God, if you do that, you have been in hardship since this man settled among you—or he said: with you. So they made an appointment with him to come after a part of the night. He said: They came to him, and he rose to meet them. His wife said to him: These people have not come to you at this hour for anything you would like. He said: They have told me their need. When he came near them, Abu 'Abs embraced him, and Muhammad b. Maslamah struck him with the sword and stabbed him in his side, so they killed him. When morning came, the Jews went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Our chief has been killed treacherously. The Prophet ﷺ reminded them of his satirizing him in his poetry and his harming him. Then the Prophet ﷺ invited them to write a document between him and them. He said: That document was with 'Ali.

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