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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

the most proficient among them in the Quran; among those he led were ʿUmar and Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Asad. (1)

Usāmah ibn Ḥafṣ also transmitted it from ʿUbaydullāh with the wording: “When the first Emigrants reached al-ʿUsbah before the arrival of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Sālim used to lead them in prayer.”

It is reported from Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Taymī who said: “The Prophet ﷺ established brotherhood between Sālim, the freedman of Abū Hudhayfah, and Abū ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrāḥ.” This chain is disconnected.

Al-Wāqidī relates that Muḥammad ibn Thābit ibn Qays said: “When the Muslims were put to flight on the Day of Yamāmah, Sālim, the freedman of Abū Hudhayfah, declared, ‘This is not how we behaved with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ He then dug a pit for himself, stood in it holding the banner of the Emigrants, and fought until he was killed. (2)”

ʿUbayd ibn Abī al-Jaʿd narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Hād that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb sold Sālim’s estate, which came to two hundred dirhams; he handed the sum to Sālim’s mother and said, “Use it.”

It was also said that Sālim and his master Abū Hudhayfah were found slain, each one’s head at the feet of the other. (3)

Among the virtues of Sālim:

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari, no. 692 (Book of the Adhan, chapter: Leading the prayer by a slave or a freedman) and no. 7175 (Book of Judgments, chapter: Appointing freedmen to judicial or administrative posts); also by Abu Nuaym, Hilyat al-awliya, 1/177, and by Ibn Saad, 3/1/61. Abu Salama b. Abd al-Asad was the husband of Umm Salama—Mother of the Believers—before her marriage to the Prophet. In Bukhari’s second version the list includes Abu Bakr, Umar, and Abu Salama, which is problematic because the hadith specifies that the incident took place before the Prophet’s arrival, and Abu Bakr was travelling with him at that time. (2) See Ibn Saad, 3/1/61; al-Waqidi is considered unreliable (matruk). (3) See al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, 3/225.

أَكْثَرَهُم قُرْآناً، فِيْهِم عُمَرُ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بنُ عَبْدِ الأَسَدِ (١) . وَرَوَاهُ: أُسَامَةُ بنُ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، وَلَفْظُهُ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ المُهَاجِرُوْنَ الأَوَّلُوْنَ العُصْبَةَ قَبْلَ مَقْدَمِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ سَالِمٌ يَؤُمُّهُم. وَرُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، قَالَ: وَآخَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، وَبَيْنَ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بنِ الجَرَّاحِ. هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ. وَجَاءَ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ الوَاقِدِيِّ: أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بنَ ثَابِتِ بنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا انْكَشَفَ المُسْلِمُوْنَ يَوْمَ اليَمَامَةِ، قَالَ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ: مَا هَكَذَا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ مَعَ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَحَفَرَ لِنَفْسِهِ حُفْرَةً، فَقَامَ فِيْهَا، وَمَعَهُ رَايَةُ المُهَاجِرِيْنَ يَوْمَئِذٍ، ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ (٢) . وَرَوَى: عُبَيْدُ بنُ أَبِي الجَعْدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ الهَادِ: أَنَّ سَالِماً بَاعَ مِيْرَاثَهُ عُمَرُ بنُ الخَطَّابِ، فَبَلَغَ مَائتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ، فَأَعْطَاهَا أُمَّهُ، فَقَالَ: كليهَا. وَقِيْلَ: إِنَّ سَالِماً وُجِدَ هُوَ وَمَوْلاَهُ أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ، رَأْسُ أَحَدِهِمَا عِنْدَ رِجْلَي الآخَرِ صَرِيْعَيْنِ ﵄ (٣) -. وَمِنْ مَنَاقِبِ سَالِمٍ:

(١) أخرجه البخاري (٦٩٢) في الاذان: باب إمامة العبد والمولى، و (٧١٧٥) في الاحكام: باب استقضاء الموالي واستعمالهم. وأبو نعيم في " الحلية " ١ / ١٧٧، وابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ٦١. وأبو سلمة بن عبد الاسد هو زوج أم سلمة، أم المؤمنين، قبل النبي، ﷺ، ووقع في الرواية الثانية للبخاري: وفيهم أبو بكر، وعمر، وأبو سلمة. واستشكل ذكر أبي بكر فيهم. إذ في الحديث أن ذلك كان قبل مقدم النبي، ﷺ، وأبو بكر كان رفيقه. (٢) انظر ابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ٦١ والواقدي متروك. (٣) انظر " مستدرك الحاكم " ٣ / ٢٢٥.