13. ✧ 'Uqbah, the freed slave of Jabr b. 'Atik
Musnad Abi Ya'la 910No grade recorded
شَهِدْتُ أُحُدًا مَعَ مَوْلَايَ، فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَلَمَّا قَتَلْتُهُ، قُلْتُ: خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْفَارِسِيُّ، فَبَلَغَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " أَلَا قَالَ: خُذْهَا وَأَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ؟ فَإِنَّ مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
✧ I witnessed Uhud with my master. I struck a man from the polytheists, and when I killed him, I said: 'Take it from me, and I am the Persian man.' This reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'Why did he not say: Take it from me, and I am the Ansari man? For the freed slave of a people is from themselves.'