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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Ibn Mahdī said: Ikrimah ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us, from Iyās ibn Salamah, from his father, who said:

“We launched a night raid against the tribe of Hawāzin together with Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, and that night I personally killed, with my own hand, seven men from among the dwellers of their tents. (1)”

Ikrimah ibn ʿAmmār said: Iyās narrated to us, from his father, who said:

“I set out with Rabāḥ, the Prophet’s servant, driving some of the Messenger of Allah’s riding animals, and I was leading a horse that belonged to Ṭalḥah. (2) ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUyaynah then raided the camels, killed their herdsman, and he and a group of men with him on horseback drove the camels away. I said,

‘O Rabāḥ! Mount this horse, take it back to Ṭalḥah, and inform the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.’

I climbed a small hill and cried out three times, ‘O for help at dawn!’ Then I pursued the raiders, shooting arrows at them and hamstringing their mounts, and the place was thick with trees. Whenever a horseman turned back toward me, I would crouch at the foot of a tree and shoot him. As I kept shooting I chanted:

‘I am the son of al-Akwāʿ … today even the sucklings shall drink!’

I struck one man between his shoulders, and whenever the passes grew narrow I would scale the mountain and hurl stones at them. I went on in that fashion until not a single one of the Prophet’s mounts remained ahead of me without my having retrieved it and driven it behind me to safety.

I continued to bombard them until they discarded more than thirty spears and more than thirty cloaks to lighten their load. They would throw nothing away without my marking it with stones, and I gathered everything and placed it on the road of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. When the forenoon had stretched on, ʿUyaynah ibn Badr arrived as reinforcement for them while they were confined in a narrow mountain pass, and I climbed the mountain.

ʿUyaynah said, ‘What is this?’

They replied, ‘We have been worn out by this relentless man—he has been upon us since before dawn.’”

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound (hasan). The report is also found in Ahmad, Musnad, 4/46; Abu Dawud, no. 2638; Ibn Majah, no. 2840; and Ibn Saʿd, 4/305, where the wording adds: “Our password that night was: Amit, amít.” Al-tabyit means to launch a surprise attack at night. The word “amit” is an imperative meaning “put to death.” (2) Muslim relates: “I rode out with him on Talha’s horse, keeping pace with him until noon; when morning came we found it was ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Fazari….” Ibn Saʿd records: “I set out on a horse belonging to Talha ibn ʿUbayd Allah; I intended to….”

ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ: حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بنُ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ إِيَاسِ بنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: بَيَّتْنَا هَوَازِنَ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيْقِ، فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدي لَيْلَتَئِذٍ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبيَاتٍ (١) . عِكْرِمَةُ بنُ عَمَّارٍ: حَدَّثَنَا إِيَاسٌ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَرَبَاحٌ غُلاَمُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِظَهْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَخَرَجْتُ بِفَرسٍ لِطَلْحَةَ (٢) ، فَأَغَارَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَلَى الإِبِلِ، فَقَتلَ رَاعِيْهَا، وَطَرَدَ الإِبِلَ هُوَ وَأَنَاسٌ مَعَهُ فِي خَيْلٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَبَاحُ! اقعُدْ عَلَى هَذَا الفَرَسِ، فَألْحِقْهُ بِطَلْحَةَ، وَأَعْلِمْ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ. وَقُمْتُ عَلَى تَلٍّ، ثُمَّ نَادَيْتُ ثَلاَثاً: يَا صَبَاحَاهُ! وَاتَّبَعْتُ القَوْمَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِم، وَأَعْقِرُ بِهِم، وَذَلِكَ حِيْنَ يَكْثُرُ الشَّجَرُ، فَإِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَارِسٌ، قَعَدْتُ لَهُ فِي أَصلِ شَجَرَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَمَيْتُهُ، وَجَعَلْتُ أَرمِيْهِم، وَأَقُوْلُ: أَنَا ابْنُ الأَكْوَعِ ... وَاليَوْمُ يَوْمُ الرُّضَّعِ وَأَصَبتُ رَجُلاً بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ، وَكُنْتُ إِذَا تَضَايَقَتِ الثَّنَايَا، عَلَوْتُ الجَبلَ، فَرَدَأْتُهُم بِالحِجَارَةِ، فَمَا زَالَ ذَلِكَ شَأْنِي وَشَأْنُهُم حَتَّى مَا بَقِيَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ظَهْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلاَّ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِي، وَاسْتَنْقَذْتُهُ. ثُمَّ لَمْ أَزَلْ أَرْمِيْهِم حَتَّى أَلْقَوْا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثِيْنَ رُمْحاً، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثِيْنَ بُرْدَةً يَسْتَخِفُّونَ مِنْهَا، وَلاَ يُلْقُوْنَ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ جَعَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ حِجَارَةً، وَجَمَعتُهُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا امتَدَّ الضُّحَى، أَتَاهُم عُيَيْنَةُ بنُ بَدْرٍ مَدَداً لَهُم، وَهُم فِي ثَنِيَّةٍ ضَيِّقَةٍ، ثُمَّ عَلَوْتُ الجَبَلَ. فَقَالَ عُيَيْنَةُ: مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: لَقِيْنَا مِنْ هَذَا البَرْحَ، مَا فَارَقَنَا بِسَحَرٍ

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