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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 9701

وَعَنْ خُرَيْمِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ : لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَعْدَى لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ هُرْمُزَ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا مِنْ مُسَيْلِمَةَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَأَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَلَقِينَا هُرْمُزَ بِكَاظِمَةَ فِي جَمْعٍ عَظِيمٍ ، فَبَرَزَ لَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَدَعَا إِلَى الْبِرَازِ فَبَرَزَ لَهُ هُرْمُزُ فَقَتَلَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فَنَفَلَهُ سَلَبَهُ فَبَلَغَتْ قَلَنْسُوَةُ هُرْمُزَ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ ، وَكَانَتِ الْفُرْسُ إِذَا شَرُفَ رَجُلٌ جَعَلُوا قَلَنْسُوَتَهُ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ .
Khuraym bin Aws narrates: In my view there was no greater enemy of the Arabs than Hurmuz. When we had finished with Musaylimah and his followers, we turned towards Basrah, and at Kazimah we encountered Hurmuz, who had a large army with him. Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) came forward and called for single combat, and Hurmuz came out to face him. Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) killed him. They wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) about this, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) gave Hurmuz's belongings to Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) as a reward. Hurmuz's cap was worth one hundred thousand dirhams. It was the custom of the Persians that when a man became their ruler, they would make his cap worth one hundred thousand dirhams.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9701
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