The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some men from the Ansar against Abu Rafi the Jew, placing Abdullah bin Atik in command over them. Abu Rafi used to harm the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and aid others against him, and he lived in a fortress of his in the land of Hijaz.When they drew near to it, the sun had set and the people had returned with their grazing animals. Abdullah said to his companions, "Stay where you are. I am going ahead to try to slip past the gatekeeper, hoping I may enter."He went forward until he came near the gate, then wrapped himself in his garment as though he were relieving himself. The people had already entered. The gatekeeper called out to him, "Servant of Allah, if you want to come in, come in now, for I wish to lock the gate."Abdullah continued, "So I went in and hid myself. When the people had all entered, he shut the gate and hung the keys on a peg. I rose and took the keys, then opened the gate. Abu Rafi used to sit up in conversation with people at night, and he was in an upper chamber of his. When his evening companions left him, I went up to him. Every door I opened I locked behind me from the inside, saying to myself, 'If the people become aware of me, they will not reach me before I have killed him.'I came to him at last, and there he was in a dark room among his family. I could not tell where in the room he was, so I called, 'Abu Rafi.'He said, 'Who is that?'I lunged toward the voice and struck him a blow with the sword, but I was flustered and accomplished nothing. He cried out, so I left the room and waited a short distance away. Then I went back in and asked, 'What was that cry, Abu Rafi?'He said, 'May your mother be bereaved! A man in this room just struck me with a sword.'So I struck him a blow that left him gravely wounded, but did not kill him. Then I drove the point of the sword into his belly until it came out through his back, and I knew I had killed him. I began to open the doors one after another until I came to a staircase of his. I put my foot down thinking I had reached the ground, and on that moonlit night I fell and broke my leg. I bound it up with my turban, then walked on until I sat down at the gate, saying to myself, 'I will not leave tonight until I know whether I killed him.'When the cock crowed, the announcer of death stood on the wall and proclaimed, 'I announce the death of Abu Rafi, the merchant of the people of Hijaz.'I went off to my companions and said, 'Hurry away! Allah has killed Abu Rafi.'I came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what had happened. He said, 'Stretch out your leg.' I stretched it out, and he passed his hand over it, and it was as though I had never suffered any injury at all."
بعث رسول الله ﷺ إلى أبي رافع اليهودي رجالا من الأنصار، فأمر عليهم عبد الله بن عنيك، وكان أبو رافع يؤذي رسول الله ﷺ ويعين عليه، وكان في حصن له بأرض الحجاز، فلما دنوا منه، وقد غربت الشمس، وراح الناس بسرحهم فقال عبد الله لأصحابه: اجلسوا مكانكم، فإني منطلق، ومتلطف للبواب، لعلي أن أدخل. فأقبل حتى دنا من الباب، ثم تقنع بثوبه كأنه يقضي حاجة، وقد دخل الناس، فهتف به البواب: يا عبد الله إن كنت تريد أن تدخل فادخل، فإني أريد أن أخلق الباب. فدخلت فكمنت، فلما دخل الناس أغلق الباب ثم علق الأغاليق على وتد قال فقمت إلى الأقاليد، فأخذتها ففتحت الباب، وكان أبو رافع يسمر عنده، وكان في علالي له، فلما ذهب عنه أهل سمره صعدت إليه، فجعلت كلما فتحت بابا أغلقت علي من داخل، قلت إن القوم نذروا بي لم يخلصوا إلي حتى أقتله. فانتهيت إليه، فإذا هو في بيت مظلم وسط عباله، لا أدري أين هو من البيت فقلت: يا أبا رافع. قال: من هذا؟ فأهويت نحو الصوت، فأضربه ضربة بالسيف، وأنا دهض فما أغنيت شيئا، وصاح فخرجت من البيت، فأمكث غير بعيد ثم دخلت إليه فقلت: ما هذا الصوت يا أبا رافع؟ فقال: لأمك الويل، إن رجلا في البيت ضربني قبل بالسيف، قال: فأضربه ضربة أنختته ولم أقتله، ثم وضعت ضبيب السيف في بطنه حتى أخذ في ظهره، فعرفت أني قتلته، فجعلت أفتح الأبواب بابا بابا حتى انتهيت إلى درجة له، فوضعت رجلي وأنا أرى أني قد انتهيت إلى الأرض فوقعت في ليلة مقمرة، فانكسرت ساقي، فعصبتها بعمامة، ثم انطلقت حتى جلست على الباب فقلت لا أخرج الليلة حتى أعلم أفتلته؟ فلما صاح الديك قام الناعي على السور فقال: أنعى أبا رافع تاجر أهل الحجاذ. فانطلقت إلى أصحابي فقلت النجاء، فقد قتل الله أبا رافع، فانتهيت إلى النبي ﷺ فحدثته فقال: ابسط رجلك فبسطت رجلي، فمسحها، فكأنها لم أشتكها قط.