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Anas ibn Mālik reported:
“On the Day of al-Yamāmah Abu Dujānah flung himself into the enclosure, whereupon his leg was broken; yet he kept on fighting with the broken leg until he was martyred—may Allah be pleased with him. (1)”

It is also said that his name was Simāk ibn Aws ibn Kharashah.

Ṣāliḥ ibn Mūsā—through Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah—narrated:
“When the fighting had come to an end, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to boast about their days of valor, while Talḥah sat in silence, saying nothing, and Simāk ibn Kharashah, Abu Dujānah, likewise remained silent. (2)

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ noticed their silence, he said, ‘On the Day of Uhud I saw myself, and there was no creature on earth closer to me than Jibrīl on my right and Talḥah on my left.’ (3)

Abu Dujānah’s sword was never to be disparaged. The Prophet ﷺ once held up that sword and asked, ‘Who will take this sword with its due right?’ The people hesitated, whereupon Abu Dujānah said, ‘What is its right, O Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘That you fight with it in the cause of Allah until He grants you victory or you are slain.’ Abu Dujānah accepted it on that condition.

Before the setback at Uhud he advanced brandishing the sword, strutting, wearing nothing but a shirt and a red turban wrapped around his head, chanting as he went:

(1) Asad al-Ghaba, vol. 2, p. 452. (2) The printed edition omits the passage running from “and Simak…” to “he does not speak.” (3) The isnad (chain of transmission) is extremely weak because of Salih ibn Musa ibn Ishaq ibn Talha ibn Ubayd Allah al-Talhi al-Kufi; Ibn Maʿin, Abu Hatim, al-Bukhari, and al-Nasai all judged him unreliable, and Ibn ʿAdi added that most of his narrations have no corroboration.

وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: رَمَى أَبُو دُجَانَةَ بِنَفْسِهِ يَوْمَ اليَمَامَةِ إِلَى دَاخِلِ الحَدِيْقَةِ، فَانْكَسَرَتْ رِجْلُهُ، فَقَاتَلَ وَهُوَ مَكْسُوْرُ الرِّجْلِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ﵁ (١) -. وَقِيْلَ: هُوَ سِمَاكُ بنُ أَوْسِ بنِ خَرَشَةَ. صَالِحُ بنُ مُوْسَى: عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وَضَعَتْ الحَرْب أَوْزَارَهَا، افْتَخَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَيَّامِهِم، وَطَلْحَةُ سَاكِتٌ لاَ يَنْطِقُ، وَسِمَاكُ بنُ خَرَشَةَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ سَاكِتٌ لاَ يَنْطِقُ (٢) . فَقَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ حِيْنَ رَأَى سُكُوْتَهُمَا: (لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ قُرْبِي مَخْلُوْقٌ غَيْرَ جِبْرِيْلَ عَنْ يَمِيْنِي، وَطَلْحَةَ عَنْ يَسَارِي (٣)) . وَكَانَ سَيْفُ أَبِي دُجَانَةَ غَيْرَ ذَمِيْمٍ. وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَرَضَ ذَلِكَ السَّيْفَ حَتَّى قَالَ: (مَنْ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا السَّيْفَ بِحَقِّهِ؟) . فَأَحْجَمَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ. فَقَالَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ: وَمَا حَقُّهُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: (تُقَاتِلُ بِهِ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، أَوْ تُقْتَلَ) . فَأَخَذَهُ بِذَلِكَ الشَّرْطِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ قَبْلَ الهَزِيْمَة يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، خَرَجَ بِسَيْفِهِ مُصْلَتاً وَهُوَ يَتَبَخْتَرُ، مَا عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ قَمِيْصٌ وَعِمَامَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ قَدْ عَصَبَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَرْتَجِزُ، وَيَقُوْلُ:

(١) " أسد الغابة " ٢ / ٤٥٢. (٢) سقط من المطبوع من قوله: " وسماك ... إلى قوله: لا ينطق ". (٣) إسناده ضعيف جدا. لضعف صالح بن موسى بن إسحاق بن طلحة بن عبيد الله الطلحي الكوفي. ضعفه ابن معين، وأبو حاتم، والبخاري، والنسائي. وقال ابن عدي: عامة ما يرويه لا يتابعه عليه أحد.