I was present at Khaybar with my masters. They spoke to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about me, and he spoke to them, since I was a slave. He ordered that I be given a sword to hang on me, but when I put it on, I found myself dragging it along the ground. So he ordered that I be given some humble household goods.I also showed him an incantation I used to recite over the insane, and he instructed me to discard part of it and keep part of it.In another narration, "He gave me some humble household goods, but did not allot me a share of the spoils."
شهدت خيبر مع سادتي فكلموا في رسول الله ﷺ وكلموه أني مملوك قال: فأمرني فقلدت السيف فإذا أنا أجره فأمر لي بشيء من خرثي المتاع، وعرضت عليه رقية كنت أرقي بها المجانين، فأمرني بطرح بعضها، وحبس بعضها. وفي رواية: وأعطاني خرثي متاع، ولم يسهم لي.
Tirmidhi (1557), Nasai in Sunan al-Kubra (7493), and Hakim (1/327) narrated it through Qutayba, who said, Bishr bin Mufaddal narrated to us, from Muhammad bin Zayd (that is, Ibn Muhajir bin Qunfudh), from Umayr, the freed slave of Abu Lahm, and he mentioned it. Tirmidhi said, This is a hasan sahih hadith.Abu Dawud (2730), Ibn Majah (2855), Ahmad (21940), Ibn Jarud (1087), Ibn Hibban (4831), and Hakim (1/131) all narrated it through various routes from Muhammad bin Zayd bin Muhajir with similar wording, but without the story of the ruqya. In the versions of Ibn Hibban and Hakim, it says "Hunayn" instead of "Khaybar."Ahmad (21941) narrated it through another route from Muhammad bin Zayd with similar wording, including the story of the ruqya. Hakim said, This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission. Bayhaqi (6/332) said, Muslim narrated another hadith with this chain concerning zakat, and this text too is sahih according to his criterion.His saying, "I was girded with the sword," is passive in form, from girding, meaning he ordered me to carry the weapon and be with the fighters. His saying, "I dragged it," means I dragged the sword along the ground because of my short stature. His saying, "khirthiyy al-mataa," with the dotted kha carrying a damma and the plain ra carrying a sukun, refers to the poorest quality goods.Baghawi said in Sharh al-Sunnah (11/104), "The practice according to most scholars is that if slaves, children, and women are present at the fighting, they are given a token share, but not allotted a full share."As for what was narrated from Hashraj bin Ziyad, from his grandmother, the mother of his father, that she went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the expedition of Khaybar, the sixth of six women. Word reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he sent for us. We came and saw anger in him. He said, "With whom did you go out, and by whose permission did you go out?" We said, "Messenger of Allah, we went out to spin wool and help in that for the sake of Allah, and we had with us medicine for the wounded, we handed over arrows, and we gave out sawiq to drink." He said, "Get up." Then, when Allah granted him victory over Khaybar, he gave us a share just as he gave the men a share.He said, "I said to her, 'Grandmother, what was that?' She said, 'Dates.'"Its chain of transmission is daif. Abu Dawud (2729), Ahmad (22332), and Nasai in Sunan al-Kubra (828) narrated it through various routes from Rafi bin Salama bin Ziyad, who said, Hashraj bin Ziyad narrated to me, from his grandmother, and he mentioned it.In its chain is Rafi bin Salama bin Ziyad, from whom a number of people narrated. Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy narrators, while Ibn Hazm and Ibn Qattan considered his status unknown. Ibn Hajar mentioned all of this in Tahdhib, yet he still said in Taqrib, "trustworthy." The correct view is that he is "acceptable," meaning when corroborated.Also in it is Hashraj bin Ziyad, from whom no one narrated except Rafi bin Salama bin Ziyad, and no one declared him trustworthy except that Ibn Hibban mentioned him among his trustworthy narrators. That is why Ibn Hajar said in Taqrib, "acceptable," meaning when corroborated. Ibn Hazm and Ibn Qattan said, Unknown. Dhahabi said, He is not known.Khattabi said, Its chain of transmission is daif, and no argument can be established by the like of it.