Sirat Ibn Hisham 1300
The departure for Khaybar
[ ارْتِجَازُ ابْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ وَدُعَاءُ الرَّسُولِ لَهُ وَاسْتِشْهَادُهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ نَصْرِ بْنِ دَهْرٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي مَسِيرِهِ إلَى خَيْبَرَ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، وَهُوَ عَمُّ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، وَكَانَ اسْمُ الْأَكْوَعِ سِنَانًا: انْزِلْ يَا بْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ، فَحُدْ لَنَا مِنْ هَنَاتِكَ، قَالَ: فَنَزَلَ يَرْتَجِزُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَوْلَا اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا إنَّا إذَا قَوْمٌ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا وَإِنْ أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتْ الْأَقْدَامَ إنْ لَاقَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ؛ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: وَجَبَتْ وَاَللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَوْ أَمْتَعْتنَا بِهِ فَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ شَهِيدًا، وَكَانَ قَتَلَهُ، فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي، أَنَّ سَيْفَهُ رَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُقَاتِلُ، فَكَلَمَهُ كَلْمًا شَدِيدًا، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ؛ فَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَدْ شَكُّوا فِيهِ، وَقَالُوا: إنَّمَا قَتَلَهُ سِلَاحُهُ، حَتَّى سَأَلَ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ النَّاسِ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنَّهُ لَشَهِيدٌ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ
Translation
✧ [The rajaz verses of Ibn al-Akwaʿ and the Messenger’s supplication for him and his martyrdom] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī related to me from Abū al-Haytham b. Naṣr b. Dahr al-Aslamī that his father related to him: that he heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say during his march to Khaybar to ʿĀmir b. al-Akwaʿ—who was the paternal uncle of Salamah b. ʿAmr b. al-Akwaʿ, and the name of al-Akwaʿ was Sinān—: “Dismount, O son of al-Akwaʿ, and let us hear some of your verses.” He said: So he dismounted, reciting rajaz verses to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and said: By God, were it not for God, we would not have been guided, Nor would we have given charity, nor prayed. We are a people who, when others transgress against us, And if they desire dissension, we refuse. So send down tranquility upon us, And make firm our feet when we meet the foe. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “May God have mercy on you.” ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: “It has become due, by God, O Messenger of God! If only you had let us enjoy him longer.” He was killed on the day of Khaybar as a martyr. The one who killed him, as I have been told, was that his sword recoiled upon him while he was fighting, and inflicted a severe wound upon him, from which he died. The Muslims had been in doubt about him, saying, “It was only his own weapon that killed him,” until his nephew Salamah b. ʿAmr b. al-Akwaʿ asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about that and told him what the people were saying. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “He is indeed a martyr,” and he prayed over him, and the Muslims prayed over him.
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