When the Prophet ﷺ finished the battle of Hunayn, he sent Abu Amir at the head of an army to Awtas. There he met Durayd bin al-Simma. Durayd was killed and Allah routed his companions.Abu Musa said, "He sent me along with Abu Amir. Abu Amir was struck in the knee by an arrow shot at him by a man from the Jusham tribe, which lodged in his knee. I came up to him and said, 'Uncle, who shot you?'"Abu Amir pointed toward the man and said, "That is my killer, the one who shot me."So I made for him and overtook him. When he saw me, he turned to flee, and I pursued him, calling out to him, "Have you no shame? Will you not stand your ground?" He stopped, and we exchanged two sword blows, and I killed him.Then I said to Abu Amir, "Allah has killed your man."He said, "Pull out this arrow."I pulled it out, and water gushed from the wound. He said, "Nephew, convey my greetings of peace to the Prophet ﷺ and tell him to ask forgiveness for me."Abu Amir appointed me as his successor over the men. He lingered only a short while, then died.I returned and went in to the Prophet ﷺ in his house. He was on a rope-bed with a mattress on it, and the cords of the bed had left their marks on his back and sides. I told him our news and the news of Abu Amir, and said, "He asked you to seek forgiveness for him."He called for water, performed his ablution, then raised his hands and said, "O Allah, forgive Ubayd Abu Amir." I saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said, "O Allah, on the Day of Resurrection place him above many of Your creation among mankind."I said, "And for me too, ask forgiveness."He said, "O Allah, forgive Abdullah bin Qays his sin, and admit him on the Day of Resurrection through an honored entrance."Abu Burda said, "One of the two supplications was for Abu Amir, and the other was for Abu Musa."
حدثنا محمد بن العلاء حدثنا أبو أسامة عن بريد بن عبد الله عن أبي بردة
لما فرغ النبي ﷺ من حنين بعث أبا عامر على جيش إلى أوطاس فلقي دريد بن الصمة فقتل دريد وهزم الله أصحابه قال أبو موسى وبعثني مع أبي عامر فرمي أبو عامر في ركبته رماه جشمي بسهم فأثبته في ركبته فانتهيت إليه فقلت يا عم من رماك فأشار إلى أبي موسى فقال ذاك قاتلي الذي رماني فقصدت له فلحقته فلما رآني ولى فاتبعته وجعلت أقول له ألا تستحيي ألا تثبت فكف فاختلفنا ضربتين بالسيف فقتلته ثم قلت لأبي عامر قتل الله صاحبك قال فانزع هذا السهم فنزعته فنزا منه الماء قال يا ابن أخي أقرئ النبي ﷺ السلام وقل له استغفر لي واستخلفني أبو عامر على الناس فمكث يسيرا ثم مات فرجعت فدخلت على النبي ﷺ في بيته على سرير مرمل وعليه فراش قد أثر رمال السرير بظهره وجنبيه فأخبرته بخبرنا وخبر أبي عامر وقال قل له استغفر لي فدعا بماء فتوضأ ثم رفع يديه فقال اللهم اغفر لعبيد أبي عامر ورأيت بياض إبطيه ثم قال اللهم اجعله يوم القيامة فوق كثير من خلقك من الناس فقلت ولي فاستغفر فقال اللهم اغفر لعبد الله بن قيس ذنبه وأدخله يوم القيامة مدخلا كريما قال أبو بردة إحداهما لأبي عامر والأخرى لأبي موسى