Umar bin Abu Salama and I were with the women in the fortress of Hassan on the day of the Trench.
كنت أنا وعمر بن أبي سلمة يوم الخندق مع النسوة في أطم حسان.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Virtues (2416) through several routes from Ali bin Mushir, from Hisham bin Urwa, from his father, from Abdullah bin Zubayr, mentioning it within a longer narrative. Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (3720) from the hadith of Hisham bin Urwa, from his father, from Abdullah bin Zubayr, who said, "On the day of the Confederates, Umar bin Abu Salama and I were placed among the women," within a longer narrative.Ibn Saad said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to send Salama bin Aslam with two hundred men, and Zayd bin Haritha with three hundred men, to guard Madinah and openly proclaim the takbir, because he feared for the children on account of Banu Qurayza. Tabaqat (3/67).On this subject there is also what has been narrated from Hurayr bin Abdul-Rahman bin Rafi bin Khadij, from his father, from his grandfather, who said, "On the day of the Trench, there was no fortress more secure than the fortress of Banu Haritha, so the Prophet ﷺ placed the women, children, and young ones in it, and said, 'If anyone is harmed, then strike with the sword.'" Then a man from Banu Thalaba bin Saad, called Bujdan, one of Banu Jahash, came to them on a horse until he reached the base of the fortress, and began saying to the women, "Come down to me, it is better for you." So they brandished the sword, and the Prophet's companions caught sight of him, and a group rushed toward the fortress, among them a man from Banu Haritha called Zuhayr bin Rafi, who said to him, "O Bujdan, come out." So he came out to face him, and Zuhayr charged at him on his horse and killed him, then took his head and brought it to the Prophet ﷺ.Tabarani narrated it in Mujam al-Kabir (4/318) from Muhammad bin Abdullah Qirmiti Baghdadi, who said, Uthman bin Yaqub Uthmani told us, who said, Muhammad bin Talha Taymi told us, from Muhammad bin Sahl bin Abu Khuthayma, from Hurayr bin Abdul-Rahman bin Rafi bin Khadij, from his father, from his grandfather, who said, and then he mentioned it.Its chain of transmission is daif because of Abdul-Rahman bin Rafi, for he is unknown, as Abu Hatim said (5/232). As for Hurayr bin Abdul-Rahman, he is not "acceptable," as the Hafiz said in Taqrib, for Ibn Main, Darimi, and Ibn Hibban all deemed him reliable. Haythami's statement in Majma (6/133) that "its narrators are trustworthy" involves some laxity.