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The One Who Fights In The Cause Of Allāh And His Sword Recoils Upon Him And Kills Him

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Darussalam · Volume 4

25. The Book Of Jihâd

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الحديث: 3150 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 30

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3152. Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said: "On the day of Khaibar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, then his sword recoiled upon him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, complaining about that, said: 'A man has died by his own weapon.'" Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ returned from Khaibar and I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, do you permit me to recite some lines of Rajaz verse to you?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ gave him permission but 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: "Think what you are saying." "I said: 'By Allāh, if Allāh had not guided us we would not have been guidedWe would not have given in charity nor prayed' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'You have spoken the truth.' (I continued:) 'Send down tranquillity upon us,And make us steadfast when we meet the enemy. For the idolators have transgressed against us.' When I completed my Rajaz verse, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Who said that?' I said: 'My brother.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'May Allāh have mercy on him.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, and they are saying that he is a man who died by his own weapon.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'He died striving as a Mujâhid.'" Ibn Shihâb said: "Then I asked a son of Salamah bin Al-Akwa', and he narrated a similar report to me from his father, except that he said: 'When I said: Some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: They lied. He died striving as a Mujâhid, and he will have a twofold reward, and he gestured with two of his fingers.'" (Sahîh)

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3150 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ، ابْنَا كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ قَاتَلَ أَخِي قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ وَشَكُّوا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ، قَالَ سَلَمَةُ: فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَرْتَجِزَ بِكَ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُ، فَقُلْتُ: [البحر الرجز] وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا ... وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَدَقْتَ» فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا ... وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ رَجَزِي، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ قَالَ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ: أَخِي، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ»، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُونَ: رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا» قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ ابْنًا لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، فَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حِينَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَبُوا، مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا، فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ»، وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ

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The one whose intention is to combat the unbelievers, and he gets killed in the battle, whether at the hands of the enemy, or due to the mistake of his companions, or due to his own mistake by his own hands, he shall be considered a martyr.