English translation
4323. Narrated Abū Mūsā رضي الله عنه: When the Prophet ﷺ had finished from the battle of Hunain, he sent Abū ‘Āmir as the head of an army to Auṭās. He (i.e., Abū ‘Āmir) met (in a combat against) Duraid bin Aṣ-Ṣimma and Duraid was killed and Allāh defeated his companions. The Prophet ﷺ sent me with Abū ‘Āmir. Abū ‘Āmir was shot at his knee with an arrow which a man from Jusham had shot and the arrow got fixed into his knee. I went to him and said, “O Uncle! Who shot you?” He pointed me out (that man) saying, “That is the man who shot me (with an arrow).” So, I headed towards him and overtook him, and when he saw me, he fled, and I followed him and started saying to him, “Won’t you be ashamed? Won’t you stop?” So that person stopped, and we exchanged two hits with the swords and I killed him. Then I said to Abū ‘Āmir, “Allāh has killed your assailant.” He said, “Take out this arrow.” So I removed it, and water oozed out of the wound. He then said, “O son of my brother! Convey my compliments to the Prophet ﷺ and request him to ask Allāh’s Forgiveness for me.” Abū ‘Āmir made me his successor in commanding the people (i.e., troops). He survived for a short while and then died. (Later), I returned and entered upon the Prophet ﷺ at his house, and found him lying in a bed made of stalks of date-palm leaves knitted with ropes, and on it there was bedding. The strings of the bed had their traces over his back and sides. Then I told the Prophet ﷺ about our and Abū ‘Āmir’s news and that he (Abū ‘Āmir) had said: “Tell him (the Prophet ﷺ) to ask for Allāh’s Forgiveness for me (Abū ‘Āmir).” The Prophet ﷺ asked for water, performed ablution and then raised his hands, saying, “O Allāh! Forgive ‘Ubaid Abū ‘Āmir.” At that time I saw the whiteness of the Prophet’s armpits. The Prophet ﷺ then said, “O Allāh, make him (i.e., Abū ‘Āmir) on the Day of Resurrection, superior to many of Your human creatures.” I said, “Will you ask Allāh’s Forgiveness for me?” (On that) the Prophet ﷺ said, “O Allāh, forgive the sins of ‘Abdullāh bin Qais (the name of Abū Mūsā Al-Ash‘arī) and admit him to a nice entrance (i.e., Paradise) on the Day of Resurrection.” [Abū Burda said, “One of the invocations was for Abū ‘Āmir and the other was for Abū Mūsā (i.e., ‘Abdullāh bin Qais).”]