A bedouin man came to the Prophet ﷺ, believed in him, and followed him. Then he said, "I will migrate with you." So the Prophet ﷺ entrusted him to the care of some of his companions.When a battle took place, the Prophet ﷺ gained some captives as spoils, and he distributed them, allotting a share to this man as well. The companions held his share for him while he was tending to their riding animals. When he returned, they handed it over to him.He asked, "What is this?"They replied, "A share that the Prophet ﷺ allotted to you."He took it and brought it to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "What is this?"The Prophet ﷺ said, "I allotted it to you."He said, "It was not for this that I followed you. Rather, I followed you so that I might be struck here," pointing to his throat, "with an arrow, and so die and enter Paradise."The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you are truthful with Allah, He will be truthful with you."They waited a short while, then rose to fight the enemy. He was brought to the Prophet ﷺ being carried, having been struck by an arrow in the very place he had pointed to.The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Is it him?"They said, "Yes."He said, "He was truthful with Allah, so Allah was truthful with him."Then the Prophet ﷺ shrouded him in his own cloak, brought him forward, and prayed over him. Among what was heard of his prayer was, "O Allah, this is Your servant. He went out as an emigrant in Your path and was killed as a martyr. I bear witness to that."
أن رجلا من الأعراب جاء إلى النبي ﷺ فآمن به واتبعه ثم قال: أهاجر معك، فأوصى به النبي ﷺ بعض أصحابه، فلما كانت غزوة غنم النبي ﷺ سبيا فقسم وقسم له، فأعطى أصحابه ما قسم له وكان يرعى ظهرهم، فلما جاء دفعوه إليه فقال: ما هذا؟ قالوا: قسم قسمه لك النبي ﷺ فأخذه فجاء به إلى النبي ﷺ فقال: ما هذا؟ قال: قسمته لك، قال: ما على هذا اتبعتك، ولكني اتبعتك على أن أرمى إلى ههنا. وأشار إلى حلقه بسهم فأموت فأدخل الجنة، فقال: إن تصدق الله يصدقك فلبثوا قليلا، ثم نهضوا في قتال العدو فأتي به النبي ﷺ يحمل وقد أصابه سهم حيث أشار فقال النبي ﷺ: أهو هو؟ قالوا: نعم، قال: صدق الله فصدقه، ثم كفنه النبي ﷺ في جبة النبي ﷺ ثم قدمه فصلى عليه، فكان فيما ظهر من صلاته: اللهم هذا عبدك خرج مهاجرا في سبيلك فقتل شهيدا أنا شهيد على ذلك.
Nasai narrated it (1953) through the route of Ibn Jurayj, who said, "Ikrima bin Khalid informed me, that Ibn Abu Ammar informed him, from Shaddad bin Hadd," and he related it. Hakim also recorded it (3/595) through this same route. Its chain of transmission is sahih, except that there is disagreement about whether Shaddad bin Hadd was a companion.Ibn Qani mentioned him in Mujam Sahaba (412), and Ibn Hibban said in Thiqat (3/186), "It is said that he had companionship [with the Prophet]." This is the correct view. But some scholars said that his status is disputed, and Nawawi stated definitively in Majmu (5/265) that he was a tabii and his hadith is a mursal narration. And Allah, the Most High, knows best.As for his statement, "It was a battle in which the Prophet ﷺ took captives as spoils," and in another narration, "something," it was the Battle of Khaybar or Hunayn.Bayhaqi also recorded the hadith (4/15-16) through this same route, except that he interpreted it as meaning that it is possible this man remained alive until the fighting had ended, then died, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the funeral prayer over him, whereas those over whom he did not pray at Uhud had died before the fighting ended. End [of quote].