The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a reconnaissance party of ten men and placed Asim bin Thabit al-Ansari, the grandfather of Asim bin Umar bin Khattab, in command over them. When they reached al-Hadda, a place between Usfan and Makkah, they were mentioned to a clan of Huzayl called Banu Lihyan, who set out after them with nearly a hundred archers. The pursuers tracked their footprints until they found the date stones of the dates the scouts had eaten at one of their stopping places. They said, "These are the dates of Yathrib," and continued following their tracks.When Asim and his companions sensed them, they took refuge on a high spot, and the pursuers surrounded them. They said to them, "Come down and surrender. You have our solemn pledge and covenant that we will not kill any of you."Asim bin Thabit said, "As for me, I will never come down under the protection of a disbeliever." Then he said, "O Allah, inform Your Prophet ﷺ about us."So they shot arrows at them and killed Asim. Then three of the men came down to them on the basis of the pledge and covenant, among them Khubayb, Zayd bin Dathinna, and another man. When the enemy had taken hold of them, they untied the strings of their bows and bound them with them.The third man said, "This is the first act of treachery. By Allah, I will not accompany you. I have an example in these," meaning the slain. So they dragged him and tried to force him along, but he refused to go with them, so they killed him. Then they took Khubayb and Zayd bin Dathinna away and sold them after the Battle of Badr.The sons of Harith bin Amir bin Nawfal bought Khubayb, for it was Khubayb who had killed Harith bin Amir on the day of Badr. Khubayb remained their captive until they resolved to kill him. He asked one of the daughters of Harith for a razor with which to shave, and she lent it to him. A small son of hers wandered over to him while she was unaware, until she came and found the boy sitting on Khubayb's thigh with the razor in his hand. She was struck with terror, which Khubayb noticed.He said, "Are you afraid I will kill him? I would never do such a thing."She used to say, "By Allah, I never saw a captive better than Khubayb. By Allah, one day I found him eating from a cluster of grapes in his hand while he was bound in iron, and there were no fruits in Makkah at that time." She would say, "It was provision that Allah granted to Khubayb."When they took him out of the sacred precinct to kill him in the open land, Khubayb said to them, "Let me pray two cycles of prayer." They allowed him, and he prayed two cycles. Then he said, "By Allah, were it not that you would think I was afraid, I would have prayed longer." Then he said, "O Allah, count them in number, kill them one by one, and leave not a single one of them." Then he composed these lines,"I do not care, when I am killed as a Muslim, on which side I fall for the sake of Allah. That is in the cause of God, and if He wills, He will bless the limbs of a torn and dismembered corpse."Then Abu Sarua, Uqba bin Harith, stood up and killed him. Khubayb was the one who established the practice for every Muslim killed in captivity of praying two cycles before death. The Messenger of Allah informed his companions on the day they were struck of what had befallen them.Some men of Quraysh, when they were told that Asim bin Thabit had been killed, sent people to bring back something from him by which he could be recognized, for he had killed one of their great chiefs. But Allah sent over Asim something like a canopy of hornets, which protected him from their messengers, and they were unable to cut anything from him.Kaab bin Malik said, "They mentioned Murara bin Rabi al-Amri and Hilal bin Umaya al-Waqifi as two righteous men who had been present at Badr."
حدثنا موسى بن إسماعيل حدثنا إبراهيم أخبرنا ابن شهاب قال أخبرني عمر بن أسيد بن جارية الثقفي حليف بني زهرة وكان من أصحاب أبي هريرة
بعث رسول الله ﷺ عشرة عينا وأمر عليهم عاصم بن ثابت الأنصاري جد عاصم بن عمر بن الخطاب حتى إذا كانوا بالهدة بين عسفان ومكة ذكروا لحي من هذيل يقال لهم بنو لحيان فنفروا لهم بقريب من مائة رجل رام فاقتصوا آثارهم حتى وجدوا مأكلهم التمر في منزل نزلوه فقالوا تمر يثرب فاتبعوا آثارهم فلما حس بهم عاصم وأصحابه لجئوا إلى موضع فأحاط بهم القوم فقالوا لهم انزلوا فأعطوا بأيديكم ولكم العهد والميثاق أن لا نقتل منكم أحدا فقال عاصم بن ثابت أيها القوم أما أنا فلا أنزل في ذمة كافر ثم قال اللهم أخبر عنا نبيك ﷺ فرموهم بالنبل فقتلوا عاصما ونزل إليهم ثلاثة نفر على العهد والميثاق منهم خبيب وزيد بن الدثنة ورجل آخر فلما استمكنوا منهم أطلقوا أوتار قسيهم فربطوهم بها قال الرجل الثالث هذا أول الغدر والله لا أصحبكم إن لي بهؤلاء أسوة يريد القتلى فجرروه وعالجوه فأبى أن يصحبهم فانطلق بخبيب وزيد بن الدثنة حتى باعوهما بعد وقعة بدر فابتاع بنو الحارث بن عامر بن نوفل خبيبا وكان خبيب هو قتل الحارث بن عامر يوم بدر فلبث خبيب عندهم أسيرا حتى أجمعوا قتله فاستعار من بعض بنات الحارث موسى يستحد بها فأعارته فدرج بني لها وهي غافلة حتى أتاه فوجدته مجلسه على فخذه والموسى بيده قالت ففزعت فزعة عرفها خبيب فقال أتخشين أن أقتله ما كنت لأفعل ذلك قالت والله ما رأيت أسيرا قط خيرا من خبيب والله لقد وجدته يوما يأكل قطفا من عنب في يده وإنه لموثق بالحديد وما بمكة من ثمرة وكانت تقول إنه لرزق رزقه الله خبيبا فلما خرجوا به من الحرم ليقتلوه في الحل قال لهم خبيب دعوني أصلي ركعتين فتركوه فركع ركعتين فقال والله لولا أن تحسبوا أن ما بي جزع لزدت ثم قال اللهم أحصهم عددا واقتلهم بددا ولا تبق منهم أحدا ثم أنشأ يقول فلست أبالي حين أقتل مسلما على أي جنب كان لله مصرعي وذلك في ذات الإله وإن يشأ يبارك على أوصال شلو ممزع ثم قام إليه أبو سروعة عقبة بن الحارث فقتله وكان خبيب هو سن لكل مسلم قتل صبرا الصلاة وأخبر أصحابه يوم أصيبوا خبرهم وبعث ناس من قريش إلى عاصم بن ثابت حين حدثوا أنه قتل أن يؤتوا بشيء منه يعرف وكان قتل رجلا عظيما من عظمائهم فبعث الله لعاصم مثل الظلة من الدبر فحمته من رسلهم فلم يقدروا أن يقطعوا منه شيئا وقال كعب بن مالك ذكروا مرارة بن الربيع العمري وهلال بن أمية الواقفي رجلين صالحين قد شهدا بدرا