Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/382)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

We know of no hadith transmission from him. He was famed for courage and skill in mounted combat. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away he was about thirty years old.

Ibn Saʿd relates: “Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar informed us; Hishām ibn ʿUmārah narrated to me from Abū al-Ḥuwayrith, who said:

‘The first man killed on the day of Ajnadīn was a Byzantine patrician who rode out challenging for single combat. ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib went out to face him; after exchanging a few blows, ʿAbd Allah slew him. Then another warrior emerged. ʿAbd Allah struck him on the shoulder and said, “Take this—from the son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib!” The blow pinned him down; his sword cut through the armor and lodged in the man’s shoulder, whereupon the Roman turned and fled (1).

ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ urged him not to engage in further single combat, but he replied, “I cannot hold back.”

When the armies closed, he was later found lying amid a cluster of ten dead Romans who had surrounded him, his sword still gripped in his hand, crusted with blood (2); his face bore some thirty wounds.

Al-Wāqidī said: I reported this to al-Zubayr ibn Saʿīd al-Nawfalī, who remarked:

“I heard our elders say that after the Byzantines were routed that day, al-Faḍl ibn ʿAbbās set out with a hundred men for roughly a mile. He found ʿAbd Allah slain among ten Romans whom he had killed; so they buried him there (3).”

Al-Wāqidī added: “The battle of Ajnadīn (4) occurred on a Monday, with twelve days remaining of…"

= Ibn ‘Asakir, History of Damascus, vol. 7, p. 396; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 1, p. 380; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya, vol. 8, pp. 238, 239, 332; al-Fasi, al-Iqd al-Thamin, vol. 5, p. 140; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, vol. 2, p. 308. (1) Ibn ‘Asakir, vol. 9, pp. 115b–116a, and his Tadhhib. (2) Gharib term: lazq (to stick); misprinted in the published edition as ‘ari. (3) Ibn ‘Asakir, vol. 9, p. 116b. (4) A well-known site in Syria, located between Ramla and Bayt Jibrin. The author writes in al-Ibar, 1/16: “A number of Companions were martyred that day; then victory came—praise be to Allah—in what was a momentous battle.”

لاَ نَعْلَمُ لَهُ رِوَايَةً. كَانَ مَوْصُوَفاً بِالشَّجَاعَةِ وَالفُرُوْسِيَّةِ. وَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ لِهَذَا نَحْوٌ مِنْ ثَلاَثِيْنَ سَنَةً. قَالَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بنُ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أَجْنَادِيْنَ بَطْرِيقٌ، بَرَزَ يَدْعُو إِلَى البِرَازِ، فَبَرَزَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بنِ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ، فَاختَلَفَا ضَرَبَاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ، ثُمَّ بَرَزَ آخَرُ، فَضَرَبَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ، وَقَالَ: خُذْهَا وَأَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ. فَأَثْبَتَهُ، وَقَطَعَ سَيْفُهُ الدِّرْعَ، وَأَشْرَعَ فِي مَنْكِبِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّى الرُّوْمِيُّ مُنْهَزِماً (١) . وَعَزمَ عَلَيْهِ عَمْرُو بنُ العَاصِ أَنْ لاَ يُبَارِزَ، فَقَالَ: لاَ أَصبِرُ. فَلَمَّا اخْتَلَطَتِ السُّيُوفُ، وُجِدَ فِي رِبْضَةٍ مِنَ الرُّوْمِ عَشْرَةٍ مَقْتُولاً، وَهُمْ حَوْلَهُ، وَقَائِمُ السَّيْفِ فِي يَدِهِ قَدْ غرِيَ (٢) ، وَإِنَّ فِي وَجْهِهِ لَثَلاَثِيْنَ ضَرْبَةً. قَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الزُّبَيْرَ بنَ سَعِيْدٍ النَّوْفَلِيَّ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شُيُوْخَنَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ: لَمَّا انْهَزَمَتِ الرُّوْمُ يَوْمَئِذٍ، انْطَلَقَ الفَضْلُ بنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي مائَةٍ نَحْواً مِنْ مِيْلٍ، فَيَجِدُ عَبْدَ اللهِ مَقْتُولاً فِي عَشْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّوْمِ قَدْ قَتَلَهُم، فَقَبَرُوْهُ (٣) . قَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ: وَأَجْنَادِيْنُ (٤) كَانَتِ يَوْمَ الاَثْنَيْن، لاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ بَقِيَتْ مِنْ

= عساكر ٧ / ٣٩٦ تاريخ الإسلام ١ / ٣٨٠، البداية والنهاية ٨ / ٢٣٨ و٢٣٩ و٣٣٢، العقد الثمين ٥ / ١٤٠، الإصابة ٢ / ٣٠٨. (١) ابن عساكر ٩ / ١١٥ ب، ١١٦ آ، و" تهذيبه ". (٢) غري: لزق، وقد تصحف في المطبوع إلى " عري ". (٣) ابن عساكر ٩ / ١١٦ ب. (٤) موضع معروف بالشام: بين الرملة وبيت جبرين. قال المؤلف في " العبر " ١ / ١٦: واستشهد يومئذ طائفة من الصحابة، ثم كان النصر ولله الحمد، وكان ملحمة عظيمة.