He said: So I went to Ali and led him by the hand, as he was suffering from sore eyes, until I brought him to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He spat into his eyes, whereupon he was cured, and he gave him the banner. Then Marhab came forth, saying:

“Khaybar knows that I am Marhab,
fully armed, a proven warrior,
when wars advance, blazing.”

Ali replied:

“I am the one whom my mother named Haydarah,
like a lion of the forest, fierce in appearance;
I deal them their due in the measure of a great bowl.”

He said: Ali struck Marhab on the head and killed him; then the conquest came at his hands.

I say: Muslim recorded it in this complete form through the route of Ikrimah—namely, Ibn Ammar—who said: Iyas ibn Salamah narrated it to me from Salamah. It was likewise narrated by Ibrahim—namely Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan al-Naysaburi, the jurist and transmitter of Sahih Muslim.

Imam Ahmad also recorded it (4/48), in its entirety or for the most part; and al-Bayhaqi recorded it in separate portions in Dala'il al-Nubuwwah (4/138, 182, and 207).

Al-Bayhaqi also recorded it (4/137, 180, 181–206), as did Abu Dawud, nos. 2654 and 2752; Ahmad (4/46, 47, 49–50, 50–51, and 52–53); al-Ruyani in his Musnad (1128, 1130, 1131, 1143, 1149, 1156, and 1172); al-Tabarani in his Mu'jam (7/8–13, and nos. 6233, 6242, 6243, 6246, 6252, 6256, 6268, 6269, 6274, 6278, 628, 6284, 6286, 6287, 6294, 6295, and 6300); and Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (14/440–443). They transmitted passages from it through various chains from Salamah;