The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some men from the Ansar to Abu Rafi the Jew, and he placed Abdullah bin Ateek in command over them. Abu Rafi used to harm the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and assist 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 were returning home with their flocks. Abdullah said to his companions, "Stay where you are. I will go and try to outwit the gatekeeper so that I might get inside."He went forward until he was close to the gate, then wrapped himself in his cloak as though 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 want to close the gate."Abdullah said, "So I went in and hid. When the people had all entered, he shut the gate and hung the keys on a peg. I went over to the keys, took them, and opened the gate.Abu Rafi used to have people stay up talking with him in the evening, and he was in an upper chamber of his. When his evening companions left him, I went up to him. Every time I opened a door, I locked it behind me from the inside, saying to myself, 'If the people become aware of me, they will not be able to reach me until I have killed him.'I came to him and found him in a dark room in the middle of his family. I did not know where in the room he was, so I said, 'Abu Rafi.'He answered, '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 not far away. Then I went back in to him and said, 'What was that sound, Abu Rafi?'He said, 'May your mother be bereaved! A man in the house just struck me with a sword.'So I struck him a blow that wounded him gravely but did not kill him. Then I placed the point of the sword on his belly and pressed until it came out his back, and I knew that I had killed him.I began opening the doors one by one until I came to a staircase. I put my foot down thinking I had reached the ground, but I fell on a moonlit night and broke my leg. I bandaged it with a turban, then went on until I sat down at the gate. I said, 'I will not leave tonight until I know whether I have killed him.'When the rooster crowed, the announcer of death stood on the wall and said, 'I announce the death of Abu Rafi, the merchant of the people of Hijaz.'I went off to my companions and said, 'Hurry away, for Allah has killed Abu Rafi.'I came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what had happened. He said, 'Stretch out your leg.'So I stretched out my leg, and he wiped it, and it was as if I had never suffered any injury in it at all."
حدثنا يوسف بن موسى حدثنا عبيد الله بن موسى عن إسرائيل عن أبي إسحاق
بعث رسول الله ﷺ إلى أبي رافع اليهودي رجالا من الأنصار فأمر عليهم عبد الله بن عتيك 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 أغلق 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 عياله لا أدري أين هو من البيت فقلت يا أبا رافع قال من هذا فأهويت نحو الصوت فأضربه ضربة بالسيف وأنا دهش 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 أثخنته ولم أقتله ثم وضعت ظبة 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 أقتلته فلما صاح الديك قام الناعي على السور فقال أنعى أبا رافع تاجر أهل الحجاز 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