Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 333:20
Musnad Ahmad 333:20
Hadith of Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘ (RA)
حديث سلمة بن الأكوع
Hadith 333:20
Hammad narrated to us, from Yazid, from Salamah, who said: Amir was a man who composed poetry, and he dismounted to chant (huda). He said: "O Allah, were it not for You, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given charity, nor would we have prayed. So forgive, may I be sacrificed for You, what we have committed, and make firm our feet if we encounter (the enemy). And cast tranquility upon us; for if we are called, we come." And with the shouting, they relied upon us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Who is this chanter?" They said: "Ibn al-Akwa." He said: "May Allah have mercy on him." A man said: "It has become incumbent (that he be granted Paradise), O Messenger of Allah; if only you had let us enjoy him longer." He said: So he was struck. He went to strike a Jewish man from [the tribe of] Khaybar, but the edge of the sword struck the center of his own knee. The people said: "His deeds have been rendered void; he has killed himself." He said: So I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) after he had arrived in Medina, and he was in the mosque. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, they claim that Amir’s deeds have been rendered void." He said: "Who says that?" I said: "Some men of the Ansar, among them so-and-so and so-and-so." He said: "Whoever said that has lied. Indeed, he has two rewards"—and he gestured with his two fingers—"and he is a striver and a struggler. And rarely has an Arab walked who has surpassed him in that."
حدثنا حماد، عن يزيد، عن سلمة قال: كان عامر رجلا شاعرا فنزل يحدو ، قال: ويقول: [البحر الرجز] اللهم لولا أنت ما اهتدينا ... ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا فاغفر فداء لك ما أتينا ... وثبت الأقدام إن لاقينا وألقين سكينة علينا ... إنا إذا صيح بنا أتينا وبالصياح عولوا علينا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " من هذا الحادي؟ "، قالوا: ابن الأكوع قال: " يرحمه الله "، قال: فقال رجل: وجبت يا رسول الله، لولا أمتعتنا به، قال: فأصيب، ذهب يضرب رجلا يهوديا من إل فأصاب ذباب السيف عين ركبته، فقال الناس: حبط عمله، قتل نفسه، قال: فجئت إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعد أن قدم المدينة وهو في المسجد فقلت: يا رسول الله، يزعمون أن عامرا حبط عمله، قال: " ومن يقوله؟ "، قال: قلت: رجال من الأنصار منهم فلان وفلان، قال: " كذب من قاله، إن له لأجرين بإصبعيه وإنه لجاهد مجاهد، وقل عربي مشى بها يزيدك عليه "