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the Banu Salama.
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked him, “Abu al-Yasar, how did you take him prisoner?”
He replied, “A man helped me—someone I had never seen before or since, and his appearance was such-and-such.”
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A noble angel aided you.”
Then he turned to al-‘Abbas and said, “‘Abbas, ransom yourself, your nephew ‘Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Nawfal ibn al-Harith, and your ally ‘Utbah ibn Juhdam of the Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr.”
Al-‘Abbas said, “But I had already accepted Islam…"
بَنِي سَلَمَةَ.
فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
كَيْفَ أَسَرْتَهُ يَا أَبَا الْيَسَرِ؟
فَقَالَ:
لَقَدْ أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ، وَلَا قَبْلُ، هَيْئَتُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
لَقَدْ أَعَانَكَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ.
وَقَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ:
يَا عَبَّاسُ، افْدِ نَفْسَكَ، وَابْنَ أَخِيكَ عَقِيلَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَنَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، وَحَلِيفَكَ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ جَحْدَمٍ أَخُو بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ.
قَالَ:
فَإِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ مُسْلِمًا