Salama bin Akwa reported,

Salama bin Akwa reported, "We came to Hudaybiyah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we were fourteen hundred in number. There were fifty sheep at the well, but they could not get enough water from it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat at the edge of the well. He either prayed or spat into it, and the water gushed forth. We drank, and we drew water for our animals."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called us to give him the pledge of allegiance at the foot of the tree. I was the first of the people to pledge allegiance to him. Then person after person pledged. When he was halfway through the people, he said, 'Pledge, Salama!'"I said, 'I have already pledged to you, Messenger of Allah, with the first of the people.'"He said, 'And again.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me unarmed, meaning that I had no weapon with me. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me a leather shield or buckler. Then he kept taking pledges. When he was nearing the end of the people, he said, 'Will you not pledge to me, Salama?'"I said, 'I have already pledged to you, Messenger of Allah, with the first of the people, and with those in the middle.'"He said, 'And again.'"So I pledged to him a third time. Then he said to me, 'Salama, where is the shield or buckler I gave you?'"I said, 'Messenger of Allah, my uncle Amir met me unarmed, so I gave it to him.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed and said, 'You are like the one of whom it was said long ago, "O Allah, grant me a beloved friend who is more dear to me than my own self."'"Then the polytheists sent messages to us proposing peace, until we visited one another and made a treaty. I was a servant of Talha bin Ubaydullah. I would water his horse, groom it, and serve him, and I ate from his food. I had left my family and my property as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ."When we and the people of Mecca made peace and mingled with one another, I came to a tree and cleared away its thorns, then lay down at its foot. Four of the polytheists from the people of Mecca came to me and began to insult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I hated them for it, so I moved to another tree. They hung up their weapons and lay down. While they were like that, a caller called from the bottom of the valley, 'O Muhajirun, Ibn Zunaym has been killed!'"I drew my sword, then attacked those four while they were asleep. I took their weapons and gathered them in my hand as a bundle. Then I said, 'By the One who has honored the face of Muhammad, none of you shall raise his head without my striking the place where his eyes are.'"Then I brought them, driving them along, to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."My uncle Amir came with a man from the Ubalat called Mikraz, leading him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an armored horse, along with seventy of the polytheists. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at them and said, 'Leave them. Let them be the ones who began the treachery and repeated it.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pardoned them, and Allah revealed, 'It is He who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them within the area of Mecca after He had enabled you to overcome them' [Fath 48:24], the entire verse."Then we set out returning to Medina. We camped at a place where between us and Banu Lihyan was a mountain. They were polytheists. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought forgiveness for whoever climbed this mountain that night, as if he were a scout for the Prophet ﷺ and his companions."Salama said, "I climbed it that night two or three times. Then we arrived at Medina. The Messenger of Allah sent his riding camels out with Rabah, his servant, and I went with him. I went out with him on Talha's horse, going out to the pasture with the camels."In the morning, suddenly Abdul-Rahman al-Fazari had raided the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camels. He drove them all off and killed their herdsman."I said, 'Rabah, take this horse and bring it to Talha bin Ubaydullah, and inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that the polytheists have raided his pasturing animals.'"Then I stood on a hill facing Medina and called out three times, 'A morning attack! A morning attack!' Then I went out following the tracks of the raiders, shooting arrows at them and chanting,'I am Ibn al-Akwa, and today is the day the lowly perish.'"I would catch up with one of them and strike him with an arrow in his saddle until the arrowhead reached his shoulder. I said, 'Take that, I am Ibn al-Akwa, and today is the day the lowly perish.'"By Allah, I kept shooting at them and hamstringing their mounts. Whenever a horseman turned back toward me, I would come to a tree and sit at its foot, then shoot him and bring him down. When the path through the mountain narrowed and they entered its narrow pass, I climbed up the mountain and began pelting them with stones."I kept following them like that until, by Allah, no camel of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camels remained that I had not left behind my back, and they had abandoned them between me and them. Then I continued following them, shooting at them, until they had thrown down more than thirty cloaks and thirty spears, lightening their loads. They threw nothing down without my placing markers of stones over it so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions would recognize them."Eventually they came to a narrow part of a mountain pass, and so-and-so bin Badr al-Fazari came to them. They sat eating their morning meal, and I sat on the top of a peak."Al-Fazari said, 'What is this I see?'"They said, 'We have suffered hardship from this man. By Allah, he has not left us since dawn, shooting at us until he has stripped everything from our hands.'"He said, 'Let four of you stand up to him.'"Four of them climbed up the mountain toward me. When they came within speaking distance, I said, 'Do you know me?'"They said, 'No. Who are you?'"I said, 'I am Salama Ibn al-Akwa. By the One who has honored the face of Muhammad ﷺ, I do not pursue any man among you except that I overtake him, nor does any of you pursue me and overtake me.'"One of them said, 'I think so too.'"They turned back, and I did not leave my place until I saw the horsemen of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ coming through the trees. The first of them was al-Akhram al-Asadi, followed by Abu Qatada al-Ansari, followed by Miqdad bin Aswad al-Kindi."I took hold of al-Akhram's reins. The raiders turned in flight. I said, 'Akhram, beware of them. Do not let them cut you off until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions catch up.'"He said, 'Salama, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day, and you know that Paradise is real and the Fire is real, then do not stand between me and martyrdom.'"So I let him go. He and Abdul-Rahman met. Abdul-Rahman hamstrung al-Akhram's horse, and al-Akhram speared Abdul-Rahman and killed him. Then Abdul-Rahman shifted to al-Akhram's horse. Abu Qatada, the horseman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, caught up with Abdul-Rahman and speared him, killing him."By the One who has honored the face of Muhammad ﷺ, I followed them on foot until I could see nothing of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ behind me, not even their dust. Then before sunset they turned aside to a ravine in which there was water, called Dhu Qarad, to drink from it, for they were thirsty. They saw me running after them, and I drove them away from the water, meaning I forced them off it, so they did not taste a drop of it."They went out and ran fast through a mountain pass. I ran and caught up with one of them. I struck him with an arrow in the upper part of his shoulder blade. I said, 'Take that, I am Ibn al-Akwa, and today is the day the lowly perish.'"He said, 'May his mother lose him! Is this the Akwa of this morning?'"I said, 'Yes, enemy of yourself, the same Akwa of this morning.'"They left two horses dead on a mountain pass. I brought them, driving them, to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Amir met me with a waterskin containing a small amount of milk and another waterskin with water. I performed ablution and drank."Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at the water from which I had driven them away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taken those camels and everything I had recovered from the polytheists, every spear and cloak. Bilal had slaughtered a she-camel from those camels I had recovered from the people, and he was roasting some of its liver and hump for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."I said, 'Messenger of Allah, let me pick a hundred men from the people, and I will pursue the raiders so that not one survivor remains to bring news of them, except that I will kill him.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed until his back teeth showed in the firelight, and he said, 'Salama, do you think you would have done it?'"I said, 'Yes, by the One who has honored you.'"He said, 'They are now being received as guests in the land of Ghatafan.'"Then a man from Ghatafan came and said, 'A camel was slaughtered for them. When they began to skin it, they saw dust and said, "The people have come upon you," so they fled.'"In the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best of our horsemen today was Abu Qatada, and the best of our footmen was Salama.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me two shares, the share of a horseman and the share of a footman, combining them both for me."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me behind him on al-Adba, returning to Medina. While we were traveling, there was a man from the Ansar who could not be outrun. He began saying, 'Is there no one to race me to Medina? Is there no one to race?' He kept repeating that."When I heard his words, I said, 'Do you not honor the noble or fear the distinguished?'"He said, 'No, unless it be the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'"I said, 'Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom, let me race the man.'"He said, 'If you wish.'"I said, 'I am off to you,' and I bent my leg and leapt forth and ran. I held myself back for one or two stretches to spare my breath, then I ran after him. I held back for one or two stretches, then I exerted myself until I caught him. I struck him between his shoulders. I said, 'I have outrun you, by Allah!'"He said, 'I think so too.'"So I outran him to Medina."By Allah, we stayed only three nights before we set out to Khaybar with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. My uncle Amir began chanting to the people,'By Allah, were it not for Allah, we would not have been guided, nor given charity, nor prayed. We have no independence from Your favor, we have no independence from Your favor, so send down tranquility upon us.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Who is this?'"He said, 'I am Amir.'"He said, 'May your Lord forgive you.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never sought forgiveness for any person specifically except that he was martyred. Umar bin Khattab called out, while he was on a camel of his, 'Prophet of Allah, would that you had let us enjoy Amir longer!'"When we arrived at Khaybar, their king Marhab came out brandishing his sword and saying,'Khaybar knows well that I am Marhab, fully armed, a tested warrior, when wars come blazing.'"My uncle Amir came out to face him and said,'Khaybar knows well that I am Amir, fully armed, a daring warrior.'"They exchanged two strikes. Marhab's sword landed on Amir's shield, and Amir went to strike him low, but his sword turned back on himself and severed his own arm vein, and he died from it."Salama said, "I went out, and there were some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Amir's deeds have been nullified, he killed himself.'"I came to the Prophet ﷺ weeping and said, 'Messenger of Allah, have Amir's deeds been nullified?'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Who said that?'"I said, 'Some of your companions.'"He said, 'Whoever said that has lied. Rather, he has his reward twice over.'"Then he sent me to Ali, who had sore eyes, and said, 'I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger,' or, 'whom Allah and His Messenger love.' I came to Ali and brought him, leading him while his eyes were sore, until I brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He spat in his eyes, and they were healed, and he gave him the banner."Marhab came out and said,'Khaybar knows well that I am Marhab, fully armed, a tested warrior, when wars come blazing.'"Ali said,'I am the one whose mother named him Haydara, like a lion of the forests, terrible to behold. I give them in measure the full measure of the sandara.'"He struck Marhab's head and killed him, and the conquest was at his hands."Ibrahim said, Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to us, Abdul-Samad bin Abdul-Warith narrated to us, from Ikrima bin Ammar, this hadith in its entirety.

عن سلمة بن الأكوع قال

قدمنا الحديبية مع رسول الله ﷺ ونحن أربع عشرة مائة. وعليها خمسون شاة لا ترويها. قال: فقعد رسول الله ﷺ على جبا الركية. فإما دعا وإما بصق فيها. قال: فجاشت. فسقينا واستقينا. قال: ثم إن رسول الله ﷺ دعانا للبيعة في أصل الشجرة. قال: فبايعته أول الناس. ثم بايع وبايع. حتى إذا كان في وسط من الناس قال: بايع يا سلمة! قال: قلت: قد بايعتك يا رسول الله! أول الناس. قال: وأيضا قال: ورآني رسول الله ﷺ عزلا- يعني ليس معه سلاح-. قال: فأعطاني رسول الله ﷺ حجفة أو درقة. ثم بايع. حتى إذا كان في آخر الناس قال: ألا تبايعني يا سلمة؟ قال: قلت: قدبايعتك. يا رسول الله في أول الناس، وفي أوسط الناس. قال: وأيضا قال: فبايعته الثالثة. ثم قال لي: يا سلمة! أين حجفتك أو درقتك التي أعطيتك؟ قال: قلت: يا رسول الله! لقيني عمي عامر عزلا. فأعطيته إياها. قال: فضحك رسول الله ﷺ وقال: إنك كالذي قال الأول: اللهم أبغني حبيبا هو أحب إلي من نفسي. ثم إن المشركين راسلونا الصلح حتى مشى بعضنا في بعض. واصطلحنا. قال: وكنت تبيعا لطلحة بن عبيد الله أسقي فرسه، وأحسه، وأخدمه. وأكل من طعامه. وتركت أهلي ومالي مهاجرا إلى الله ورسوله ﷺ. قال: فلما اصطلحنا نحن وأهل مكة واختلط بعضنا ببعض، أتيت شجرة فكسحت شوكها. فاضطجعت في أصلها. قال: فأتاني أربعة من المشركين من أهل مكة فجعلوا يقعون في رسول الله ﷺ فأبغضتهم. فتحولت إلى شجرة أخرى. وعلقوا سلاحهم. واضطجعوا. فبينما هم كذلك إذ نادى مناد من أسفل الوادي: يا للمهاجرين! قتل ابن زنيم. قال: فاخترطت سيفي. ثم شددت على أولئك الأربعة وهم رقود. فأخذت سلاحهم. فجعلته ضغثا في يدي. قال: ثم قلت: والذي كرم وجه محمد! لا يرفع أحد منكم رأسه إلا ضربت الذي فيه عيناه. قال: ثم جئت بهم أسوقهم إلى رسول الله ﷺ. قال: وجاء عمي عامر برجل من العبلات يقال له مكرز. يقوده إلى رسول الله ﷺ على فرس مجفف. في سبعين من المشركين. فنظر إليهم رسول الله ﷺ فقال: دعوهم. يكن لهم بدء الفجور وثناه فعفا عنهم رسول الله ﷺ. وأنزل الله: {وهو الذى كف أيديهم عنكم وأيديكم عنهم ببطن مكة من بعد أن أظفركم عليهم} [الفتح: ٢٤] الآية كلها. قال: ثم خرجنا راجعين إلى المدينة. فنزلنا منزلا بيننا وبين بني لحيان جبل. وهم المشركون فاستغفر رسول الله ﷺ لمن رقي هذا الجبل الليلة. كأنه طليعة للنبي ﷺ وأصحابه. قال سلمة: فرقيت تلك الليلة مرتين أو ثلاثا. ثم قدمنا المدينة. فبعث رسول الله ﷺ بظهره مع رباح غلام رسول الله. وأنا معه. وخرجت معه بفرس طلحة. أندية مع الظهر. فلما أصبحنا إذا عبد الرحمن الفزاري قد أغار على ظهر رسول الله ﷺ. فاستاقه أجمع. وقتل راعيه. قال: فقلت يا رباح! خذ هذا الفرس فأبلغه طلحة بن عبيد الله وأخبر رسول الله ﷺ أن المشركين قد أغاروا على سرحه. قال: ثم قمت على أكمة فاستقبلت المدينة. فناديت ثلاثا: يا صباحاه ثم خرجت في آثار القوم أرميهم بالنبل. وأرتجز. أقول: أنا ابن الأكوع واليوم يوم الرضع فألحق رجلا منهم. فأصك سهما في رحله حتى خلص نصل السهم إلى كتفه قال: قلت: خذها. أنا ابن الأكوع واليوم يوم الرضع قال: فوالله ما زلت أرميهم وأعقر بهم. فإذا رجع إلي فارس أتيت شجرة فجلست في أصلها ثم رميته فعقرت به. حتى إذا تضايق الجبل فدخلوا في تضايقه علوت الجبل. فجعلت أرديهم بالحجارة. قال: فما زلت كذلك أتبعهم حتى ما خلق الله من بعير من ظهر رسول الله ﷺ إلا خلفته وراء ظهري وخلوا بيني وبينه. ثم اتبعتهم أرميهم. حتى ألقوا أكثر من ثلاثين بردة وثلاثين رمحا. يستخفون ولا يطرحون شيئا إلا جعلت عليه آراما من الحجارة. يعرفها رسول الله ﷺ وأصحابه. حتى إذا أتوا متضايقا من ثنية فإذا هم قد أتاهم فلان بن بدر الفزاري. فجلسوا يضحون يعني يتغدون. وجلست على رأس قرن. قال الفزاري: ما هذا الذي أرى؟ قالوا: لقينا من هذا البرح. والله! ما فارقنا منذ غلس. يرمينا حتى انتزع كل شيء في أيدينا. قال: فليقم إليه نفر منكم، أربعة. قال: فصعد إلي منهم أربعة في الجبل قال: فلما أمكنوني من الكلام قال: قلت: هل تعرفوني؟ قالوا: لا. ومن أنت؟ قال: قلت: أنا سلمة ابن الأكوع والذي كرم وجه محمد ﷺ! لا أطلب رجلا منكم إلا أدركته. ولا يطلبني رجل منكم فيدركني قال: أحدهم: أنا أظن. قال: فرجعوا فما برحت مكاني حتى رأيت فوارس رسول الله ﷺ يتخللون الشجر. قال: فإذا أو لهم الأخرم الأسدي على أثره أبو قتادة الأنصاري. وعلى أثره المقداد بن الأسود الكندي. قال: فأخذت بعنان الأخرم. قال: فولوا مدبرين. قلت: يا أخرم احذرهم. لا يقتطعوك حتى يلحق رسول الله ﷺ وأصحابه. قال: يا سلمة! إن كنت تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر، وتعلم أن الجنة حق والنار حق، فلا تحل بيني وبين الشهادة. قال: فخليته. فالتقى هو وعبد الرحمن قال: فعقر بعبد الرحمن فرسه. وطعنه عبد الرحمن فقتله. وتحول على فرسه ولحق أبو قتادة، فارس رسول الله ﷺ بعبد الرحمن فطعنه فقتله فوالذي كرم وجه محمد ﷺ! اتبعتهم أعدو على رجلي. حتى ما أرى ورائي، من أصحاب محمد ﷺ ولا غبارهم شيئا. حتى يعدلوا قبل غروب الشمس إلى شعب فيه ماء. يقال له ذا قرد. ليشربوا منه وهم عطاش. قال: فنظروا إلي أعدو وراءهم. فحليتهم عنه يعني أجليتهم عنه فما ذاقوا منه قطرة. قال: ويخرجون فيشتدون في ثنية. قال: فأعدوا فألحق رجلا منهم. فأصكه بسهم في نغض كتفه قال: قلت: خذها وأنا ابن الأكوع واليوم يوم الرضع قال: يا ثكلته أمه أكوعه بكرة قال: قلت: نعم. يا عدو نفسه! أكوعك بكرة. قال: وأردوا فرسين على ثنية. قال: فجئت بهما أسوقهما إلى رسول الله ﷺ قال: ولحقني عامر بسطيحة فيها مذقة من لبن. وسطيحة فيها ماء فتوضأت وشربت. ثم أتيت رسول الله ﷺ وهو على الماء الذي حلاتهم منه. فإذا رسول الله ﷺ قد أخذ تلك الإبل. وكل شيء استنقذته من المشركين وكل رمح وبردة. وإذا بلال نحر ناقة من الإبل الذي استنقذت من القوم. وإذا هو يشوي لرسول الله ﷺ من كبدها وسنامها. قال: قلت: يا رسول الله خلني فأنتخب من القوم مائة رجل. فأتبع القوم فلا يبقى منهم مخبر إلا قتلته. قال: فضحك رسول الله ﷺ حتى بدت نواجذه في ضوء النار. فقال: يا سلمة! أتراك كنت فاعلا؟ قلت: نعم. والذي أكرمك فقال: إنهم الآن ليقرون في أرض غطفان قال: فجاء رجل من غطفان فقال: نحر لهم جزورا. فلما كشفوا جلدها رأوا غبارا فقالوا: أتاكم القوم. فخرجوا هاربين. فلما أصبحنا قال رسول الله ﷺ: كان خير فرساننا اليوم أبو قتادة. وخير رجالتنا سلمة قال: ثم أعطاني رسول الله ﷺ سهمين: سهم الفارس وسهم الراجل. فجمعهما لي جميعا ثم أردفني رسول الله ﷺ وراءه على العضباء. راجعين إلى المدينة. قال: فبينما نحن نسير. قال: وكان رجل من الأنصار لا يسبق شدا، قال: فجعل يقول: ألا مسابق إلى المدينة؟ هل من مسابق؟ فجعل يعيد ذلك. قال: فلما سمعت كلامه قلت: أما تكرم كريما، ولا تهاب شريفا؟ قال: لا. إلا أن يكون رسول الله ﷺ قال: قلت: يا رسول الله بأبي أنت وأمي! ذرني فلأسابق الرجل. قال: إن شئت قال: قلت اذهب إليك. وثنيت رجلي فطفرت فعدوت. قال: فربطت عليه شرفا أو شرفين أستبقي نفسي. ثم عدوت في إثره. فربطت عليه شرفا أو شرفي. ثم إني رفعت حتى ألحقه. قال: فأصكه بين كتفيه قال: قلت: قد سبقت. والله قال: أنا أظن. قال: فسبقته إلى المدينة. قال: فوالله ما لبثنا إلا ثلاث ليال حتى خرجنا إلى خيبر مع رسول الله ﷺ قال: فجعل عمي عامر يرتجز بالقوم: تالله لولا الله ما اهتدينا ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا ونحن عن فضلك ما استغنينا ونحن عن فضلك ما استغنينا وأنزل سكينة علينا. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: من هذا؟ قال: أنا عامر. قال: غفر لك ربك. قال: وما استغفر رسول الله ﷺ لإنسان يخصه الاستشهاد. قال: فنادى عمر بن الخطاب، وهو على جمل له: يا نبي الله! لولا ما متعتنا بعامر. قال: فلما قدمنا خيبر قال: خرج ملكهم مرحب يخطر بسيفه ويقول: قد علمت خيبر أني مرحب شاكي السلاح بطل مجرب إذا الحروب أقبلت تلهب قال: فبرز له عمي عامر، فقال: قد علمت خيبر أني عامر شاكي السلاح بطل مغامر قال: فاختلفا ضربتين فوقع سيف مرحب في ترس عامر، وذهب عامر يسفل له، فرجع سيفه على نفسه، فقطع أكحله، فكانت فيها نفسه. قال سلمة: فخرجت فإذا نفر من أصحاب النبي ﷺ يقولون: بطل عمل عامر، قتل نفسه. قال: فأتيت النبي ﷺ وأنا أبكي، فقلت: يا رسول الله! بطل عمل عامر؟ قال رسول الله ﷺ: من قال ذلك؟ قال: قلت: ناس من أصحابك. قال: كذب من قال ذلك، بل له أجره مرتين، ثم أرسلني إلى علي، وهو أرمد، فقال: لأعطين الراية رجلا يحب الله ورسوله، أو يحبه الله ورسوله قال: فأتيت عليا فجئت به أقوده، وهو أرمد، حتى أتيت به رسول الله ﷺ، فبسق في عينيه فبرأ، وأعطاه الراية. وخرج مرحب فقال: قد علمت خيبر أني مرحب شاكي السلاح بطل مجرب إذا الحروب أقبلت تلهب فقال علي: أنا الذي سمتني أمي حيدره كليث غابات كريه المنظره أوفيهم بالصاع كيل السندره قال: فضرب رأس مرحب فقتله، ثم كان الفتح على يديه. قال إبراهيم: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى، حدثنا عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث، عن عكرمة بن عمار، بهذا الحديث بطوله.