سنن نسائی · Hadith 3158

Salamah bin Al-Akwa’ said: “On the day of Khaibar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم then his sword recoiled upon him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم complaining about that, said: ‘A man has died by his own weapon.” Salamah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم returned from Khaibar and I said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, do you permit me to recite some lines of Rajaz verse to you?’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم gave him permission but ‘Umar bin Al Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Think what you are saying.” “I said: ‘By Allah, if Allah had not guided us we would not have been guided We would not have given in charity nor prayed’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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 Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Who said that?’ I said: ‘My brother.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘May Allah have mercy on him.’ I said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, 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 Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘He died striving as a Mujahid.” Ibn Shihab 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 Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم : said: They lied. He died striving as a Mujahid, and he will have a twofold reward, and he gestured with two of his fingers.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020