50 – Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, Sinan ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Aslami * (ʿ)
He is Salamah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Akwaʿ; al-Akwaʿ’s given name was Sinan ibn ʿAbd Allah. He was known as Abu ʿAmir and Abu Muslim.
He is also called Abu Iyas al-Aslami, al-Hijazi, al-Madani.
It is said that he was present at the Battle of Muʿtah (1) and that he was among those who took the Pledge of al-Ridwan.
He transmitted several hadiths.
Those who related from him include: his son Iyas; his freedman Yazid ibn Abi ʿUbayd; ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Kaʿb; Abu Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman; al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah; and Yazid ibn Khusayfah.
His freedman Yazid said, “I saw Salamah dyeing his beard a saffron color.”
He also said, “I pledged my allegiance to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—unto death, and I fought alongside him in seven campaigns.”
(*) Tabaqat Ibn Saʿd 4/305; Tabaqat Khalifah, no. 689; al-Muhabbar 119, 289; al-Tarikh al-Kabir 4/69; al-Maʿarif 323; al-Maʿrifa wa-l-Tarikh 1/336; Mashahir ʿUlamaʾ al-Amsar, no. 80; al-Mustadrak 3/562; Jumhurat Ansab al-ʿArab 240; al-Istiʿab 639; al-Jamʿ bayn Rijal al-Sahihayn 1/190; Tarikh Ibn ʿAsakir 7/245 A; Usd al-Ghabah 2/423; Tahdhib al-Asmaʾ wa-l-Lughat 1/1/229; Tahdhib al-Kamal 525; Tarikh al-Islam 3/158; al-ʿIbar 1/84; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat 15/321; al-Bidayah wa-l-Nihayah 9/6; al-Isabah 2/66; Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid 9/363; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 4/150; Muʿjam al-Tabarani 7/5, 41; Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal 126; Shadharath al-Dhahab 1/81; Tahdhib Ibn ʿAsakir 6/232.
(1) In the printed edition, the phrase has been corrupted to “was killed as a martyr.”
(2) Al-Bukhari 7/346 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter: The Expedition of Hudaybiyyah), Muslim no. 1860 (Book of Governance), al-Tirmidhi no. 1952, and al-Nasaʾi 7/141 transmit—through Yazid ibn Abi ʿUbayd—that he asked Salamah: “On what basis did you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah on the day of Hudaybiyyah?” He replied: “On death.” Al-Bukhari 7/399, Muslim no. 1815, and Ibn Saʿd 4/305 also report—through the same chain—that Salamah said: “I fought alongside the Prophet ﷺ in seven campaigns,” then listed Khaybar, Hudaybiyyah, Hunayn, and the Day of al-Qard; Yazid concludes: “I have forgotten the rest.”