Hadith #90
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ أَيْ عَامِرُ لَوْ أَسْمَعْتَنَا مِنْ هُنَيَّاتِكَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ يَحْدُو بِهِمْ وَيَذْكُرُ تَالَلَّهِ لَوْلَا اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَذَكَرَ شِعْرًا غَيْرَ هَذَا وَلَكِنْ لَمْ أَحْفَظْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ هَذَا السَّائِقُ قَالُوا عَامِرُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ فَقَالَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَوْلَا مَت
َّعْتَنَا بِهِ فَلَمَّا اصَّافَّ الْقَوْمُ قَاتَلُوهُمْ فَأُصِيبَ عَامِرُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ بِقَائِمِ سَيْفِ نَفْسِهِ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَوْا أَوْقَدُوا نَارًا كَثِيرَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا هَذِهِ النَّارُ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ تُوقَدُ قَالُوا عَلَى حُمُرٍ إِنْسِيَّةٍ قَالَ أَهْرِيقُوا مَا فِيهَا وَكَسِّرُوهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَا نُهَرِيقُ مَا فِيهَا وَنَغْسِلُهَا قَالَ أَوْ ذَاكَ
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن سعيد
يزيد بن أبي عبيد
سلمة بن الأكوع
English Translation
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd, he said: Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ narrated to us, who said: We went out with the Prophet ﷺ to Khaybar. A man from the group said: O ʿĀmir, let us hear some of your little songs. So he dismounted and began chanting the ḥidāʾ for them, reciting: "By Allāh, were it not for Allāh we would not have been guided..." — and he mentioned other poetry I did not memorize. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Who is this driver?" They said: ʿĀmir ibn al-Akwaʿ. He said: "May Allāh have mercy on him." A man from the group said: O Prophet of Allāh, if only you had let us benefit from him longer. When the two sides lined up and they fought, ʿĀmir ibn al-Akwaʿ was struck by the pommel of his own sword and died. When evening came, they lit many fires. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "What are these fires? What are they being lit for?" They said: For domestic donkeys. He said: "Pour out what is in them and break the pots." A man said: Shall we pour out what is in them and wash them? He said: "Or that."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 90
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15928
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52318