Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35973 — The account of al-Yamamah and those

Abu Bakr bin Muhammad said: Sayyiduna Habib bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed by Musaylimah. In the Battle of Yamamah, his brother Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) and his mother set out to fight. His mother had vowed that no ritual bath would touch her until Musaylimah was killed. So mother and son set out with the army. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zayd said: I kept Musaylimah in my sights, then charged at him and struck him with the spear. He advanced toward me along the spear, and a man from among the people called out to me: "Thrust the spear into his mouth." He did not understand this. Then he called out to him: "Throw the spear from your hand." He threw the spear from his hand, and Musaylimah was overcome.