Some men came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Send with us men who can teach us the Quran and the Sunnah." So he sent them seventy men from the Ansar, who were called the Reciters. Among them was my maternal uncle Haram. They would recite the Quran and study together by night, learning from one another. By day, they would bring water and place it in the mosque, and they would gather firewood and sell it, using the proceeds to buy food for the people of the Suffah and for the poor.The Prophet ﷺ sent them to those people, but they were ambushed and killed before reaching their destination. They said, "O Allah, convey to our Prophet on our behalf that we have met You, and we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us."A man came up behind Haram, the uncle of Anas, and stabbed him with a spear, running it through him.Haram said, "I have triumphed, by the Lord of the Kaabah!"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his Companions, "Your brothers have been killed, and they said, 'O Allah, convey to our Prophet on our behalf that we have met You, and we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us.'"
حدثنا محمد بن حاتم حدثنا عفان حدثنا حماد أخبرنا ثابت
جاء ناس إلى النبي ﷺ فقالوا أن ابعث معنا رجالا يعلمونا القرآن والسنة فبعث إليهم سبعين رجلا من الأنصار يقال لهم القراء فيهم خالي حرام يقرءون القرآن ويتدارسون بالليل يتعلمون وكانوا بالنهار يجيئون بالماء فيضعونه في المسجد ويحتطبون فيبيعونه ويشترون به الطعام لأهل الصفة وللفقراء فبعثهم النبي ﷺ إليهم فعرضوا لهم فقتلوهم قبل أن يبلغوا المكان فقالوا اللهم بلغ عنا نبينا أنا قد لقيناك فرضينا عنك ورضيت عنا قال وأتى رجل حراما خال أنس من خلفه فطعنه برمح حتى أنفذه فقال حرام فزت ورب الكعبة فقال رسول الله ﷺ لأصحابه إن إخوانكم قد قتلوا وإنهم قالوا اللهم بلغ عنا نبينا أنا قد لقيناك فرضينا عنك ورضيت عنا