Hadith / Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili / 7:33

Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili 7:33

From the Musnad of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (RA)

من مسند عبد الرحمن بن عوف

Hadith 7:33

Bishr ibn al-Walid, Ubayd Allah ibn Umar al-Qawariri, and Surayj ibn Yunus narrated to us, saying: Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Majishun informed us, from Salih ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, who said: "I was standing on the day of Badr in the row, and I looked to my right and my left, and behold, I was between two young boys, recent in their age, from the Ansar. I wished that I were between those who were stronger than them. Then one of them nudged me and said, 'O uncle, do you know Abu Jahl?' I said, 'Yes. And what is your need for him, O son of my brother?' He said, 'I have been informed that he insults the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if I see him, my shadow shall not depart from his shadow until the one of us who is destined to die sooner, dies.' I was amazed at that. Then the other nudged me and said to me the same thing. I had not waited long when I looked at Abu Jahl moving among the people. I said to them, 'Do you not see? This is your companion whom you were asking about.' They both rushed toward him and struck him with their swords until they killed him. Then they went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and informed him. He said, 'Which of you killed him?' Each of them said, 'I killed him.' He said, 'Have you wiped your swords?' They said, 'No.' He looked at the two swords and said, 'Both of you killed him.' He decreed his spoils for Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh, and the name of the other was Mu'adh ibn Afra."

حدثنا بشر بن الوليد وعبيد الله بن عمر القواريري وسريج بن يونس قالوا أخبرنا يوسف بن يعقوب الماجشون عن صالح بن إبراهيم عن أبيه عن عبد الرحمن بن عوف قال * إني لواقف يوم بدر في الصف نظرت عن يميني وشمالي فإذا أنا بين غلامين حديثة أسنانهما من الأنصار فتمنيت أن أكون بين أضلع منهما فغمزني أحدهما فقال يا عم هل تعرف أبا جهل قال قلت نعم وما حاجتك إليه يا بن أخي قال إني خبرت أنه يسب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم والذي نفسي بيده لو رأيته لا يفارق سوادي سواده حتى يموت الأعجل قال فتعجبت من ذلك فغمزني الآخر فقال لي مثلها فلم أنشب أن نظرت إلى أبي جهل يزول في الناس فقلت لهما ألا تريان هذا صاحبكما الذي تسألان عنه فابتدراه فضرباه بسيفيهما حتى قتلاه ثم انصرفا إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فأخبراه فقال أيكما قتله قال كل واحد منهما أنا قتلته قال مسحتما سيفيكما قالا لا فنظر في السيفين قال كلاكما قتله فقضى بسلبه لمعاذ بن عمرو بن الجموح واسم الآخر معاذ بن عفراء