English translation
3141. Narrated 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Auf: While I was standing in the row on the day (of the battle) of Badr, I looked to my right and my left and saw two young Anṣārī boys, and I wished if I were between some stronger (men) than they. One of them called my attention saying, "O Uncle! Do you know Abū Jahl?" I said, "Yes, what do you want from him, O my nephew?" He said, "I have been informed that he abuses Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, if I should see him, then my body will not leave his body till either of us meet his death." I was astonished at that talk. Then the other boy called my attention saying the same as the other had said. After a while I saw Abū Jahl walking amongst the people. I said (to the boys), "Look! This is the man you asked me about." So, both of them attacked him with their swords and struck him to death and returned to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to inform him of that. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked, "Which of you has killed him?" Each of them said, "I have killed him." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked, "Have you cleaned your swords?" They said, "No." He then looked
at their swords and said, "No doubt, you both have killed him and the spoils of the deceased will be given to Mu'adh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamuh"(1) The two boys were Mu'adh bin 'Afra' and Mu'adh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamuh.
Arabic text
3141 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ المَاجِشُونِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ : بَيْنَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ فِي الصَّفِّ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَنَظَرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِغُلاَمَيْنِ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ - حَدِيثَةٍ أَسْنَانُهُمَا، تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ بَيْنَ أَضْلَعَ مِنْهُمَا - فَغَمَزَنِي أَحَدُهُمَا فَقَالَ: يَا عَمِّ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، مَا حَاجَتُكَ إِلَيْهِ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي؟ قَالَ: أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ يَسُبُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ لاَ يُفَارِقُ سَوَادِي سَوَادَهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ الأَعْجَلُ مِنَّا، فَتَعَجَّبْتُ لِذَلِكَ، فَغَمَزَنِي الآخَرُ، فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَهَا، فَلَمْ أَنْشَبْ أَنْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ يَجُولُ فِي النَّاسِ، قُلْتُ: أَلاَ إِنَّ هَذَا صَاحِبُكُمَا الَّذِي سَأَلْتُمَانِي، فَابْتَدَرَاهُ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا، فَضَرَبَاهُ حَتَّى قَتَلاَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخْبَرَاهُ فَقَالَ: «أَيُّكُمَا قَتَلَهُ؟»، قَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا: أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ مَسَحْتُمَا سَيْفَيْكُمَا؟»، قَالاَ: لاَ، فَنَظَرَ فِي السَّيْفَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: «كِلاَكُمَا قَتَلَهُ، سَلَبُهُ لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الجَمُوحِ»، وَكَانَا مُعَاذَ ابْنَ عَفْرَاءَ، وَمُعَاذَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الجَمُوحِ، " قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: سَمِعَ يُوسُفُ صَالِحًا، وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبَاهُ "
