English translation
4072. Narrated Ja'far bin 'Amr bin Umaiyya: I went out with 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Adī Al-Khiyār. When we reached Ḥimṣ (i.e., a town in Syria), 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Adī said (to me), "Would you like to see Wahshī so that we may ask him about the killing of Ḥamza?" I replied, "Yes." Wahshī used to live in Ḥimṣ. We enquired about him and somebody said to us, "He is there in the shade of his palace, as if he looked like a full water-skin." So, we went up to him, and when we were at a short distance from him, we greeted him and he greeted us in return. 'Ubaidullāh was wearing his turban and Wahshī could not see except his eyes and feet. 'Ubaidullāh said, "O Wahshī! Do you know me?" Wahshī looked at him and then said, "No, by Allāh! But I know that 'Adī bin Al-Khiyār married a woman called Umm Qitāl, the daughter of Abū Al-'Īs, and she delivered a boy for him at Makkah, and I looked for a wet nurse for that child. (Once) I carried that child along with his mother and then I handed him over to her, and your feet resemble that child's feet." Then 'Ubaidullāh uncovered his face and said (to Wahshī), "Will you tell us (the story of) the killing of Hamza?" Wahshī replied, "Yes, Hamza killed Ṭu'aima bin 'Adī bin Al-Khiyār at Badr (battle) so my master, Jubair bin Muṭ'im said to me, 'If you kill Hamza in revenge for my uncle, then you will be set free.'(1) When the people set out (for the battle of Uḥud) in the year of 'Ainain - 'Ainain is a mountain near the mountain of Uḥud, and between it and Uḥud there is a valley - I went out with the people for the battle. When the army aligned for the fight, Sibā' came out and said, 'Is there any (Muslim) to accept my challenge to a duel?' Hamza bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib came out and said, 'O Sibā', O Ibn Umm Anmār, the one who circumcises other ladies! Do you challenge Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ?" Then Hamza attacked and killed him, causing him to be nonextant like the bygone yesterday. I hid myself under a rock, and when he (i.e., Hamza) came near me, I threw my spear at him, driving it into his umbilicus so that it came out through his buttocks, causing him to die. When all the people returned to Makkah, I too returned with them. I stayed in (Makkah) till Islām spread in it (i.e., Makkah). Then I left for Tā'if, and when the people (of Tā'if) sent their messengers to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, I was told that the Prophet ﷺ did not harm the messengers. So, I too went out with them till I reached Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. When he saw me, he said, 'Are you Wahshī?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Was it you who killed Hamza?' I replied, 'What happened is what you have been told of.' He said, 'Can you hide your face from me?' So I went out when Allāh's Messenger ﷺ died,(1) and Musailima Al-Kadhhdhāb appeared (claiming to be a prophet). I said, 'I will go out to Musailima so that I may kill him, and make amends for killing Hamza. So I went out with the people (to fight Musailima and his followers) and then famous events took place concerning that battle. Suddenly I saw a man (i.e., Musailima) standing near a gap in a wall. He looked like an ash-coloured camel and his hair was dishevelled. So I threw my spear at him, driving it into his chest in between his breasts till it passed out through his shoulders, and then an Anṣārī man attacked him and struck him on the head with a sword." Abdullāh bin 'Umar said, "A slave girl on the roof of a house رضى الله عنهم said: 'Alas! The chief of the believers (i.e., Musailima) has been killed by a black slave.'"