Sahih al-Bukhari 4196

Translation

We went out to Khaibar in the company of the Prophet. While we were proceeding at night, a man from the group said to 'Amir, "O 'Amir! Won't you let us hear your poetry?" 'Amir was a poet, so he got down and started reciting for the people poetry that kept pace with the camels' footsteps, saying:-- "O Allah! Without You we Would not have been guided On the right path Neither would be have given In charity, nor would We have prayed. So please forgive us, what we have committed (i.e. our defects); let all of us Be sacrificed for Your Cause And send Sakina (i.e. calmness) Upon us to make our feet firm When we meet our enemy, and If they will call us towards An unjust thing, We will refuse. The infidels have made a hue and Cry to ask others' help Against us." The Prophet ﷺ on that, asked, "Who is that (camel) driver (reciting poetry)?" The people said, "He is 'Amir bin Al-Akwaʿ." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him." A man amongst the people said, "O Allah's Prophet! has (martyrdom) been granted to him. Would that you let us enjoy his company longer." Then we reached and besieged Khaibar till we were afflicted with severe hunger. Then Allah helped the Muslims conquer it (i.e. Khaibar). In the evening of the day of the conquest of the city, the Muslims made huge fires. The Prophet ﷺ said, "What are these fires? For cooking what, are you making the fire?" The people replied, "(For cooking) meat." He asked, "What kind of meat?" They (i.e. people) said, "The meat of donkeys." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Throw away the meat and break the pots!" Some man said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall we throw away the meat and wash the pots instead?" He said, "(Yes, you can do) that too." So when the army files were arranged in rows (for the clash), 'Amir's sword was short and he aimed at the leg of a Jew to strike it, but the sharp blade of the sword returned to him and injured his own knee, and that caused him to die. When they returned from the battle, Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me (in a sad mood). He took my hand and said, "What is bothering you?" I replied, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you! The people say that the deeds of 'Amir are lost." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever says so, is mistaken, for 'Amir has got a double reward." The Prophet raised two fingers and added, "He (i.e. Amir) was a persevering struggler in the Cause of Allah and there are few 'Arabs who achieved the like of (good deeds) 'Amir had done."

Notes

• حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ قَالَ نَشَأَ بِهَا

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Sahih al-Bukhari 3155Sahih al-Bukhari 5115Sahih Muslim 1938aSahih Muslim 1938eSunan an-Nasa'i 69al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 738

Narrators

1. 1
   Salamah b. ʿAmr b. al-Akwaʿ al-Aslamī

   present at the Pledge of Riḍwānd. 64 AH or 74 AH; Ibn Saʿd said: at the end of the caliphate of Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān
   سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ الْأَسْلَمِيُّشهد بيعة الرضوان
   عن
2. 2
   Yazīd b. Abī ʿUbayd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 146 AH, or: 147 AH, also said: 140-odd AH
   يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl

   His book is sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), truthful (ṣadūq) but makes errors (yahim)d. 186 AH or 187 AH
   حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَصحيح الكتاب ، صدوق يهم
   حدثنا
4. 4
   al-Qaʿnabī

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 220 AH, or 221 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَثقة عابد
   حدثنا
5. 5
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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