He used to say, "Tell me about a man who entered Paradise without ever having performed a single prayer." When people did not recognize who this was, they would ask him, and he would reply, "Usayrim of Banu Abd al-Ashhal, Amr bin Thabit bin Waqsh."Husayn said, I asked Mahmud bin Labeed, "What was the story of Usayrim?"He replied, "He used to refuse Islam when his people called him to it. But on the day of Uhud, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to Uhud, Islam suddenly appealed to him, so he embraced it. He took his sword and set out until he reached the army, slipping into the ranks of the people, and he fought until his wounds brought him down.While Some men from Banu Abd al-Ashhal were searching for their dead on the battlefield, they came upon him. They said, 'By Allah, this is Usayrim! What brought him here? We left him refusing this matter.'So they asked him what had brought him there. They said, 'What brought you here, Amr? Was it zeal for your people, or a desire for Islam?'He answered, 'Rather, a desire for Islam. I believed in Allah and His Messenger and Aslam. Then I took my sword and set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and fought until what has befallen me befell me.'He did not linger long before he died in their hands. They mentioned him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, 'Indeed, he is among the people of Paradise.'"
حدثنا يعقوب بن إبراهيم حدثنا أبي عن ابن إسحاق حدثني الحصين بن عبد الرحمن بن عمرو بن سعد بن معاذ عن أبي سفيان مولى ابن أبي أحمد
كان يقول حدثوني عن رجل دخل الجنة لم يصل قط فإذا لم يعرفه الناس سألوه من هو فيقول أصيرم بني عبد الأشهل عمرو بن ثابت بن وقش قال الحصين فقلت لمحمود بن لبيد كيف كان شأن الأصيرم قال كان يأبى الإسلام على قومه فلما كان يوم أحد وخرج رسول الله ﷺ إلى أحد بدا له الإسلام فأسلم فأخذ سيفه فغدا حتى أتى القوم فدخل في عرض الناس فقاتل حتى أثبتته الجراحة قال فبينما رجال بني عبد الأشهل يلتمسون قتلاهم في المعركة إذا هم به فقالوا والله إن هذا للأصيرم وما جاء لقد تركناه وإنه لمنكر هذا الحديث فسألوه ما جاء به قالوا ما جاء بك يا عمرو أحربا على قومك أو رغبة في الإسلام قال بل رغبة في الإسلام آمنت بالله ورسوله وأسلمت ثم أخذت سيفي فغدوت مع رسول الله ﷺ فقاتلت حتى أصابني ما أصابني قال ثم لم يلبث أن مات في أيديهم فذكروه لرسول الله ﷺ فقال إنه لمن أهل الجنة