still warding off the people with his sword, so I said, “Praise be to Allah who has disgraced you, enemy of Allah!”

He replied, “He is nothing but a man whom his own people have killed.” I then set about finishing him with my sword: I struck his hand, his sword dropped, I picked it up and struck him with it until his body grew cold. After that I left and came to the Prophet ﷺ, feeling as though nothing of the earth weighed upon me.

I told him what had happened, and he said, “By Allah, there is no god but He.” He rose and went out with me, walking until he stood over the corpse and said, “Praise be to Allah who has disgraced you, enemy of Allah! This man was the Pharaoh of this nation.” (1)

Wakīʿ said: My father added in his report, from Abū ʿUbaydah, that ʿAbd Allāh said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted me his sword as booty.”

Aḥmad ibn Yūnus reported: Abū Shihāb al-Ḥannāṭ narrated to us, from Muḥtasib al-Baṣrī, from Muḥammad ibn Wāsiʿ, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Abū al-Dardāʾ, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a brief sermon. When he finished, he said, “Abu Bakr, stand and address the people.” Abu Bakr rose and spoke, but he was shorter than the Prophet ﷺ. He then said, “ʿUmar, stand and speak.” ʿUmar rose and was shorter than Abu Bakr. Then he said, “So-and-so, stand and speak.” That man became elaborate in his words, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told him, “Be silent or sit down, for over-elaboration is from Satan, and eloquence is a kind of sorcery.” Then he said, “Son of Umm ʿAbd, stand and speak.” He rose, praised Allah, and extolled Him,