Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 5308 — Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him)

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was struck by an arrow on the day of the Trench which severed the vein (akhal) of his arm. People claim that the one who shot him was Hibban bin Qays, one of Banu Amir bin Lu'ayy and then a brother of Banu al-Ariqah, while others say that Abu Usamah al-Jushami shot him. Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) supplicated: O my Lord! Grant me relief from Banu Qurayzah before I die. So the wound, which had burst open, stopped bleeding. The narrator said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained (besieging) Banu Qurayzah until they asked him to appoint an arbitrator between him and them, to whose judgement they would submit. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Choose whomever you wish from among my Companions, and we will listen to what he says." So they chose Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) agreed to him, and they surrendered and came down. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that their weapons be gathered in a house, and ordered that they be tied up, so they were bound with ropes and kept in the house of Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both). the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), and he came riding a Bedouin's donkey; it is said that its saddle-pad was made of palm fibre. A man from Banu Abd al-Ashhal walked along with him, and as he walked with him he began to press the claim of Banu Qurayzah, mentioning their alliance and their deeds on the day of Bu'ath, and saying that they had chosen no one but you, hoping that you would show them kindness and gentleness, so spare them, for they are an adornment for you and an increase in numbers. The narrator said: That man insisted a great deal, but Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him no reply, until they drew near. The man said: Will you not give me any reply? Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! In the matter of Allah I do not care about the blame of any blamer. At that the man left him and went to his people, having despaired that Sa'd would spare them, and he told them what he had said to Sa'd and what reply he had received. Then Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) went on until he reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "O Sa'd! Judge between us and them." Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I judge concerning them that their fighting men be killed, their captives be taken as spoils, their wealth be taken, and their children and women be taken captive. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sa'd bin Mu'adh has judged concerning them according to the judgement of Allah." Some people claim that they submitted to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he entrusted the judgement concerning them to Sa'd bin Mu'adh. They were brought out group by group and beheaded. Huyayy bin Akhtab was also brought out, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Has Allah disgraced you?" He said: You have prevailed over me, and I do not blame myself regarding you. So by the order of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) he was taken to Ahjar al-Zayt in the marketplace and beheaded. All of this took place in the presence of Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him). It is said that Sa'd's (may Allah be pleased with him) wound had by then recovered and was close to healing; then he supplicated: O Allah! O Lord of the heavens and the earth! There is no people on earth more hateful to me than the people who denied Your Messenger and drove him out. And I think that You have ended the war between us and them. If any war remains between us and them, then keep me alive so that I may fight them in Your cause; and if You have ended the war between us and them, then open up this place (of the wound) again and make my death in it. So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, opened it, while he was sleeping at night; the people did not know of it until he died, and the wound did not stop bleeding until he died, may Allah have mercy on him.