English translation
[4677] 131 - (1806) Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said: “I went out before the first Adhân, and the milch-camels of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ were grazing at Dhu Qarad. A slave of 'Abdur-Rahmân bin 'Awf met me and said: ‘The milch-camels of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ have been stolen.’ I said: ‘Who took them?’ He said: ‘Ghaṭafân.’ So I shouted three times: ‘Ya Ṣabâhâh!’ (a cry of alarm),’ and I made the whole city between the two lava plains hear me. Then I ran off in pursuit until I caught up with them in Dhu Qarad, and they were watering (the animals). I started shooting them with my arrows, as I was an archer, and saying: ‘I am the son of Al-Akwa' And today is the day when the ignoble meet their doom.' I kept chanting these lines, until I rescued the milch-camels from them, and I snatched thirty cloaks from them too. Then the Prophet ﷺ and the people came, and I said: ‘O Prophet of Allâh, I kept the people away from the water when they were thirsty. Send someone after them now.' He (ﷺ) said: 'O son of Al-Akwa', you have taken (what you have taken); be kind.' Then we came back, and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ seated me behind him on his she-camel, until we entered Al-Madînah."