Some of the leading men of his people reported that Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaysa went out to Khaybar because of hardship that had struck them. Word came to Muhaysa that Abdullah bin Sahl had been killed and thrown into a pit of a well or a spring.Muhaysa went to the Jews and said, "By Allah, you are the ones who killed him."They said, "By Allah, we did not kill him."So he set out and came to his people and told them what had happened. Then he came along with his brother Huwaysa, who was older than him, and Abdul-Rahman.Muhaysa began to speak, since he was the one who had been at Khaybar, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Let the elder speak, let the elder speak," meaning the one older in years.So Huwaysa spoke, and then Muhaysa spoke.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Either they pay the blood money for your companion, or they declare war."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to them about this, and they wrote back, "By Allah, we did not kill him."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Huwaysa, Muhaysa, and Abdul-Rahman, "Will you swear an oath and so establish your claim to your companion's blood?"They said, "No."He asked, "Then shall the Jews swear an oath to you?"They said, "They are not Muslims."So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid the blood money himself and sent them a hundred she-camels, which were brought into their courtyard.Sahl said, "One of them, a red she-camel, kicked me."
حدثني يحيى عن مالك عن أبي ليلى بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن سهل
رجال من كبراء قومه أن عبد الله بن سهل ومحيصة خرجا إلى خيبر من جهد أصابهم فأتي محيصة فأخبر أن عبد الله بن سهل قد قتل وطرح في فقير بئر أو عين فأتى يهود فقال أنتم والله قتلتموه فقالوا والله ما قتلناه فأقبل حتى قدم على قومه فذكر لهم ذلك ثم أقبل هو وأخوه حويصة وهو أكبر منه وعبد الرحمن فذهب محيصة ليتكلم وهو الذي كان بخيبر فقال له رسول الله ﷺ كبر كبر يريد السن فتكلم حويصة ثم تكلم محيصة فقال رسول الله ﷺ إما أن يدوا صاحبكم وإما أن يؤذنوا بحرب فكتب إليهم رسول الله ﷺ في ذلك فكتبوا إنا والله ما قتلناه فقال رسول الله ﷺ لحويصة ومحيصة وعبد الرحمن أتحلفون وتستحقون دم صاحبكم فقالوا لا قال أفتحلف لكم يهود قالوا ليسوا بمسلمين فوداه رسول الله ﷺ من عنده فبعث إليهم بمائة ناقة حتى أدخلت عليهم الدار قال سهل لقد ركضتني منها ناقة حمراء