English translation
4203. Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sā’idi Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ (and his army) met in a battle with Al-Mushrikūn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh and in His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ) and the two armies fought and then Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ returned to his army camp and the others (i.e. the enemy) returned to their army camps. Amongst the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ there was a man who would follow and kill with his sword any Mushrik going alone. Somebody said, “None has benefited the Muslims today more than so-and-so.” On that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Verily, he is from the people of the Hell-fire.” A man amongst the people (i.e., Muslims) said, “I will accompany him (to know the fact).” So, he went along with him, and whenever he stopped, he stopped with him, and whenever he hastened, he hastened with him. The (brave) man then got wounded severely, and seeking to die at once, he planted his sword into the ground and put its point against his chest in between his breasts, and then threw himself on it and committed suicide. On that the person (who was accompanying the deceased all the time) came to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ and said, “I testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh.” The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why is that (what makes you say so)?" He said, "It is concerning the man whom you have already mentioned as one of the dwellers of the Hell-fire. The people were surprised by your statement, and I said to them, 'I will try to find out the truth about him for you.' So, I went out after him and he was then inflicted with a severe wound, and because of that, he hurried to bring death upon himself by planting the handle of his sword into the ground and directing its tip towards his chest between his breasts, and then he threw himself over it and committed suicide." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said, "A man may do what seem to the people as the deeds of the dweller of Paradise but he is from the dwellers of the Hell-fire, and another may do what seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, but he is from the dwellers of Paradise." (See H. 2898)