Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 2934 — Ubaydullah bin Adi bin al-Khiyar and I

Hafs bin Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ubaydullah bin Adi bin al-Khiyar and I set out and entered the pass of the Romans. Then we passed through Hims, where Wahshi (may Allah be pleased with him) was. I said: "Why do we not go to him and ask him how he killed Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him)?" So we headed towards him. On the way a man met us while we were asking about him, and he said: "He is a man who has been overcome by wine. If you find him sober, you will find him an Arab man who will tell you whatever you wish; but if you find him otherwise, turn back from him." So we came to him and found him in the courtyard of his house. He looked at Ubaydullah bin Adi and said: "The son of Adi bin al-Khiyar?" He said: "Yes." He said: "I have not seen you since your mother, who was from Banu Sa'd, handed you to me, and it is only the gleam of your feet that let me recognise you now." I said to him: "We have come to you so that you may tell us how you killed Hamzah." He said: "I was a slave of Jubayr bin Mut'im, and his uncle Tu'aymah bin Adi had been killed on the day of Badr. He said: 'If you kill Muhammad's uncle in return for my uncle, you are free.' So on the day of Uhud I went out with the people, taking my spear, and my only concern was to be freed. I made Hamzah my target and headed for him, but Siba' bin Abd al-Uzza went ahead of me towards him. I stayed a little away from him while he was striking the people down fiercely with his sword, as though he were an ash-coloured camel. When Siba' went towards him, Hamzah said: 'Come here, O son of the woman who circumcises!' He drew near him and struck him, but it was as if he missed him. I was hiding behind something; I balanced my spear until, when I was satisfied with it, I hurled it, and it struck him below the navel. He tried to rise but could not. I withdrew and returned with the people to Makkah, and I was freed. Then when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, I went out to Ta'if and stayed there. Then when the people of Ta'if resolved to make peace with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), every way was closed to me, and I began to think: where shall I go? While I was in this worry, a man came before me and said: 'What is the matter with you that I see you in this state?' I said: 'The matter is that I killed this man's uncle, and now I see that these people have resolved to make peace with him, and I do not know where to go.' He said: 'By Allah! He does not have anyone killed who comes to him and bears his testimony of faith.' So I set out just as I was, and by Allah, I was not aware of anything until I stood at his (peace and blessings be upon him) head in Madinah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head, looked at me and said: 'Wahshi?' I said: 'Yes, Wahshi,' and I bore the testimony of faith. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Woe to you! Tell me how you killed Hamzah.' So I told him, by Allah, the same account that I have told you both. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Woe to you! Keep your face hidden from me.' So I kept away from him (peace and blessings be upon him) until Allah Almighty took him in death. Then when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent the army to Yamamah, I went out with the people and made Musaylimah my target. A man of the Ansar and I attacked him, and I had with me the same spear with which I had killed Hamzah. I struck him with the spear, and the Ansari also attacked him, so your Lord knows best which of us killed him. If I killed him, then I have killed both the best of people and the worst of people."