Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) is reported by Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd, who said: I asked Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, “On what did you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ on the day of al-Ḥudaybiyah?” He said, “We pledged to him upon death.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 281
حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ بَايَعْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I swore allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, then I moved to the shade of a tree. When the crowd around the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ thinned out, he said, “Ibn al-Akwaʿ, why do you not swear allegiance?” I said, “I have already sworn allegiance, Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Do it again.” So I swore allegiance a second time. [Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd] said: I asked Salamah, “Abū Muslim, what did you give the pledge of allegiance for that day?” He said, “We gave the pledge of allegiance to death.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 282
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ عَدَلْتُ إِلَى ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَمَّا خَفَّ النَّاسُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ أَلَا تُبَايِعُ قُلْتُ قَدْ بَايَعْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَأَيْضًا قَالَ فَبَايَعْتُهُ الثَّانِيَةَ قَالَ يَزِيدُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ تُبَايِعُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ when a bier was brought forward. He asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “No.” He asked, “Did he leave any wealth?” They said, “No.” So he offered the funeral prayer for him. Then another bier was brought. He asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “No.” He asked, “Did he leave any wealth?” They said, “Yes, three dinars.” He gestured with his fingers, indicating three brandings. Then a third bier was brought. He asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “Yes.” He asked, “Did he leave any wealth?” They said, “No.” He said, “Pray over your companion.” A man from the Anṣār said, “I will bear his debt, Messenger of Allah.” So he led the funeral prayer for him.
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 283
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِأُخْرَى فَقَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا نَعَمْ ثَلَاثَةَ دَنَانِيرَ قَالَ فَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ ثَلَاثَ كَيَّاتٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَيَّ دَيْنُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ when a bier was brought, and they said, “Prophet of Allah, pray over him.” He asked, “Did he leave anything?” They said, “No.” He asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “No.” So he prayed over him. Then another bier was brought afterward, and he asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “No.” He asked, “Did he leave anything?” They said, “Three dinars.” He said, “Three brandings.” Then a third was brought, and he asked, “Did he leave any debt?” They said, “Yes.” He asked, “Did he leave anything?” They said, “No.” He said, “Pray over your companion.” A man from the Anṣār named Abū Qatādah said, “Messenger of Allah, I will bear his debt.” So he prayed over him.
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 284
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ شَيْئًا قَالُوا لَا قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا قَالُوا لَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِجَنَازَةٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دَيْنٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا ثَلَاثَ دَنَانِيرَ قَالَ ثَلَاثُ كَيَّاتٍ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دَيْنٍ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَيَّ دَيْنُهُ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: ʿĀmir was a poet. He dismounted and began to chant while driving the camels: “O Allah, were it not for You, we would not have been guided, nor given charity, nor prayed. So forgive what wrong we have done, offering ourselves in ransom for You, and make our feet firm if we meet the enemy, and send down tranquility upon us. Indeed, when the call to arms is raised, we answer it, and to the cry [of battle] they have turned for support.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ asked, “Who is this driver?” They said, “Ibn al-Akwaʿ.” He said, “May Allah have mercy on him.” A man said, “It has become binding upon him, Messenger of Allah, if only you had let us enjoy him longer.” Then he was struck: he had gone to strike a Jewish man, but the tip of the sword recoiled and struck his own knee, and he died from it. The people began saying, “His deeds have been nullified; he killed himself.” So I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ after he had returned to Madīnah, while he was in the mosque, and said, “Messenger of Allah, they claim that ʿĀmir’s deeds have been nullified.” He said, “Who says that?” I said, “Some men from the Anṣār, so-and-so and so-and-so.” He said, “Whoever said that has lied. He indeed has a double reward”, indicating this with two of his fingers, “he was a striver and a warrior, and few Arabs walk the earth with the like of what he had.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 285
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ كَانَ عَامِرٌ رَجُلًا شَاعِرًا فَنَزَلَ يَحْدُو قَالَ وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ لَوْلَا أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَاغْفِرْ فِداءً لَكَ مَا أَتَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا وَأَلْقِيَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا إِذَا صِيحَ بِنَا أَتَيْنَا وَبِالصِّيَاحِ عَوَّلُوا عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ هَذَا الْحَادِي قَالُوا ابْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ وَجَبَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَمْتَعْتَنَا بِهِ قَالَ فَأُصِيبَ ذَهَبَ يَضْرِبُ رَجُلًا يَهُودِيًّا مِنْ إِلٍّ فَأَصَابَ ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ عَيْنَ رُكْبَتِهِ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ عَامِرًا حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ وَمَنْ يَقُولُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْهُمْ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ قَالَ كَذَبَ مَنْ قَالَهُ إِنَّ لَهُ لَأَجْرَيْنِ ـ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ ـ وَإِنَّهُ لَجَاهِدٌ مُجَاهِدٌ وَقَلَّ عَرَبِيٌّ مَشَى بِهَا يَزِيدُكَ عَلَيْهِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: We set out with the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ toward Khaybar. A man from the army said, “ʿĀmir, let us hear some of your verses.” So he dismounted and began chanting for them, saying: “By Allah, were it not for Allah, we would not have been guided...” and he recited other verses which I did not memorize. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ asked, “Who is this driver?” They said, “ʿĀmir ibn al-Akwaʿ.” He said, “May Allah have mercy on him.” A man said, “Prophet of Allah, if only you had let us enjoy him longer.” When the army formed ranks and fought the enemy, ʿĀmir ibn al-Akwaʿ was struck by the pommel of his own sword and died. That evening, [the Muslims] lit many fires, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ asked, “What is this fire, and for what is it being lit?” They said, “For domesticated donkeys.” He said, “Pour out what is in [the pots] and break them.” A man said, “Shall we instead pour out what is in them and wash them?” He said, “Or that.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 286
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَيْ عَامِرُ لَوْ أَسْمَعْتَنَا مِنْ هُنَيَّاتِكَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ يَحْدُو بِهِمْ وَيَذْكُرُ تَالَلَّهِ لَوْلَا اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَذَكَرَ شِعْرًا غَيْرَ هَذَا وَلَكِنْ لَمْ أَحْفَظْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ هَذَا السَّائِقُ قَالُوا عَامِرُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ فَقَالَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَوْلَا مَتَّعْتَنَا بِهِ فَلَمَّا اصَّافَّ الْقَوْمُ قَاتَلُوهُمْ فَأُصِيبَ عَامِرُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ بِقَائِمِ سَيْفِ نَفْسِهِ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَوْا أَوْقَدُوا نَارًا كَثِيرَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا هَذِهِ النَّارُ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ تُوقَدُ قَالُوا عَلَى حُمُرٍ إِنْسِيَّةٍ قَالَ أَهْرِيقُوا مَا فِيهَا وَكَسِّرُوهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَا نُهَرِيقُ مَا فِيهَا وَنَغْسِلُهَا قَالَ أَوْ ذَاكَ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When we arrived at Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ saw fires being lit and asked, “For what is this fire being lit?” They said, “For the meat of domesticated donkeys.” He said, “Break the pots and pour out what is in them.” A man among the people stood and said, “Messenger of Allah, shall we pour out what is in them and wash them?” He said, “Or that.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 287
حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا خَيْبَرَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِيرَانًا تُوقَدُ فَقَالَ عَلَامَ تُوقَدُ هَذِهِ النِّيرَانُ قَالُوا عَلَى لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ قَالَ كَسِّرُوا الْقُدُورَ وَأَهْرِيقُوا مَا فِيهَا قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُهْرِيقُ مَا فِيهَا وَنَغْسِلُهَا قَالَ أَوَ ذَاكَ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd reported: I used to go with Salamah [ibn al-Akwaʿ] to the mosque, and he would pray by the pillar that is next to where the muṣḥaf was kept. I said to him, “Abū Muslim, I see you are keen to pray by this pillar.” He said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ keen to pray there.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 288
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ آتِي مَعَ سَلَمَةَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَيُصَلِّي مَعَ الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ الَّتِي عِنْدَ الْمُصْحَفِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ أَرَاكَ تَتَحَرَّى الصَّلَاةَ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَحَرَّى الصَّلَاةَ عِنْدَهَا
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) was keen to pray at the place where the muṣḥaf was kept, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ was keen to pray in that same place; and there was, between the pulpit and the qiblah wall, a gap through which a sheep could pass.
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 289
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَحَرَّى مَوْضِعَ الْمُصْحَفِ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَحَرَّى ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْمِنْبَرِ وَالْقِبْلَةِ مَمَرُّ شَاةٍ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd reported: I saw the mark of a wound on the shin of Salamah [ibn al-Akwaʿ] and asked him, “Abū Muslim, what is this wound?” He said, “This is a wound I sustained on the day of Khaybar. The day I was struck, people said, ‘Salamah has been wounded.‘ I was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, who blew on it three times, and I have not complained of it since.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 290
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ ضَرْبَةٍ فِي سَاقِ سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ مَا هَذِهِ الضَّرْبَةُ قَالَ هَذِهِ ضَرْبَةٌ أُصِبْتُهَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ يَوْمَ أُصِبْتُهَا قَالَ النَّاسُ أُصِيبَ سَلَمَةُ فَأُتِيَ بِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَفَثَ فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ نَفَثَاتٍ فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُهَا حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ used to pray Maghrib the moment the sun set, as soon as its upper edge had disappeared.
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 291
حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ سَاعَةَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ إِذَا غَابَ حَاجِبُهَا
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: We used to pray Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ when the sun had vanished behind the veil [of the horizon].
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 292
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I fought seven military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ. He mentioned al-Ḥudaybiyah, the day of Ḥunayn, the day of al-Qarad, and the day of Khaybar. Yazīd said, “I have forgotten the rest.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 293
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ وَيَوْمَ الْقَرَدِ وَيَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَنَسِيتُ بَقِيَّتَهُنَّ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: My paternal uncle ʿĀmir came to me and said, “Give me your weapon.” So I gave it to him. Then I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ and said, “Messenger of Allah, give me a weapon of yours.” He asked, “Where is your weapon?” I said, “I gave it to my uncle ʿĀmir.” He said, “You are just like the one who said, ‘Grant me a brother dearer to me than myself.‘” And he gave me his bow, his shield, and three arrows from his quiver.
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 294
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ جَاءَنِي عَمِّي عَامِرٌ فَقَالَ أَعْطِنِي سِلَاحَكَ قَالَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِنِي سِلَاحَكَ قَالَ أَيْنَ سِلَاحُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَعْطَيْتُهُ عَمِّي عَامِرًا قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ شَبَهَكَ إِلَّا الَّذِي قَالَ هَبْ لِي أَخًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي قَالَ فَأَعْطَانِي قَوْسَهُ وَمَجَانَّهُ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَسْهُمٍ مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ came upon a group from [the tribe of] Aslam who were competing in archery in the marketplace, and said, “Shoot, sons of Ismāʿīl, for your father was an archer. Shoot, and I am with the clan of so-and-so”, meaning one of the two teams. The other team then held back their hands, so he said, “Shoot.” They said, “Messenger of Allah, how can we shoot when you are with the clan of so-and-so?” He said, “Shoot, and I am with all of you.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 295
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ وَهُمْ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ـ لِأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ ـ فَأَمْسَكُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ قَالَ ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “No one attributes falsehood to me, or something I have not said, except that he takes his seat in the Hellfire.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 296
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَقُولُ أَحَدٌ عَلَيَّ بَاطِلًا أَوْ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ إِلَّا تَبَوَّأَ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Musnad Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I went out from Madīnah heading toward al-Ghābah, and when I reached the mountain pass of al-Ghābah, a young slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf met me. I said, “Woe to you, what is wrong?” He said, “The Messenger of Allah’s milk-camels have been seized.” I asked, “Who took them?” He said, “Ghaṭafān and Fazārah.” So I let out three cries that could be heard between the two lava plains [of Madīnah]: “Yā ṣabāḥāh! Yā ṣabāḥāh!” Then I rushed off until I caught up with them, having already seized the camels, and began shooting arrows at them, saying, “I am the son of al-Akwaʿ, and today the base ones will be destroyed.” I recovered the camels from them before they could drink, and drove them back. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ met me on the way, and I said, “Messenger of Allah, the people are thirsty, and I hurried them along before they could drink; shall I go after them?” He said, “Ibn al-Akwaʿ, you have gained mastery over them, so be gentle; the people are now nearing their own kin.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 297
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاهِبًا نَحْوَ الْغَابَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ بِثَنِيَّةِ الْغَابَةِ لَقِيَنِي غُلَامٌ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَيْحَكَ مَا لَكَ قَالَ أُخِذَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَخَذَهَا قَالَ غَطَفَانُ وَفَزَارَةُ قَالَ فَصَرَخْتُ ثَلَاثَ صَرَخَاتٍ أَسْمَعَتْ مَنْ بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا يَا صَبَاحَاهْ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ ثُمَّ انْدَفَعْتُ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذُوهَا قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ وَأَقُولُ أَنَا ابْنُ الْأَكْوَعْ وَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمٌ أَقْرَعْ قَالَ فَاسْتَنْقَذْتُهَا مِنْهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا فَأَقْبَلْتُ بِهَا أَسُوقُهَا فَلَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ عِطَاشٌ وَإِنِّي أَعْجَلْتُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا فَأَذْهَبُ فِي أَثَرِهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ مَلَكْتَ فَأَسْجِحْ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ يُقْرَبُوْنَ فِي قَوْمِهِمْ
Musnad ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr al-Māzinī
Ḥarīz ibn ʿUthmān reported: We were young boys sitting with ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, and we did not know how to properly ask him questions. I asked, “Was the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ an old man?” He said, “He had a few white hairs in the tuft of hair below his lower lip (ʿanfaqah).”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 298
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ كُنَّا غِلْمَانًا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ نَكُنْ نُحْسِنُ نَسْأَلُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَشَيْخًا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ
Musnad ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr al-Māzinī
Ḥarīz [ibn ʿUthmān] reported: I asked ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr al-Māzinī, Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, “Tell me, was the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ an old man?” He said, “He had a few white hairs in his ʿanfaqah.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 299
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزٌ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ بُسْرٍ الْمَازِنِيَّ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشَيْخًا كَانَ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ
Musnad ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr al-Māzinī
Ḥarīz [ibn ʿUthmān] reported: I said to ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr, while we were young boys not yet grasping knowledge, “Was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ an old man?” He said, “He had, in his ʿanfaqah, a few white hairs.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 300
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ وَنَحْنُ غِلْمَانٌ لَا نَعْقِلُ الْعِلْمَ أَشَيْخًا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ كَانَ بِعَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ