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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Musnad Abi Ya'la 1861 — Marhab bin al-Harith, the Jew of Khaybar, came

حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ : خَرَجَ مَرْحَبُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْيَهُودِيُّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ :
قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي مَرْحَبُ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ بَطَلٌ مُجَرَّبُ أَطْعَنُ أَحْيَانًا وَحِينًا أَضْرِبُ إِذَا اللُّيُوثُ أَقْبَلَتْ تَلَهَّبُ وَأَحْجَمَتْ عَنْ صَوْلَةِ الْمُجَرِّبِ كَانَ حِمَايَ الْحِمَى لَا يُقْرَبُ
هَلْ مِنْ مُبَارِزٍ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : مَنْ لِهَذَا ؟ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ : أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا وَاللهِ الْمَوْتُورُ الثَّائِرُ ، قَتَلُوا أَخِي بِالْأَمْسِ ، فَقَالَ : قُمْ إِلَيْهِ ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُ . فَلَمَّا دَنَا أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ عَرَضَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا شَجَرَةٌ ، فَطَفِقَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَلُوذُ بِهَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ ، فَكُلَّمَا لَاذَ بِهَا مِنْهُ اقْتَطَعَ بِسَيْفِهِ مَا دُونَهُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهَا كَالرَّجُلِ الْقَائِمِ حَتَّى خَلُصَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ ، فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَرْحَبٌ فَضَرَبَهُ وَاتَّقَاهُ بِالدَّرَقَةِ ، فَوَقَعَ سَيْفُهُ فِيهَا فَنَشَبَ ، وَعَضَّتْ لَهُ الدَّرَقَةُ فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ ، فَضَرَبَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَتَلَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Marhab bin al-Harith, the Jew of Khaybar, came out reciting this battle verse: "Khaybar knows well that I am Marhab, fully armed, a seasoned warrior; sometimes I strike with the spear and sometimes with the sword; when the fiery warriors come forward, I do not hold back; my pasture (sanctuary) is one that cannot be approached. Is there anyone to fight me in single combat?" So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will (face) him?" Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I (will). By Allah, I am the wronged one seeking revenge; they killed my brother only yesterday." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go out to him," and he supplicated: 'Allahumma a'inhu' (O Allah, help him). Then when each of the two came close to his opponent, a tree came between them, and each of them began to take cover behind it from his opponent. Whenever one of them hid behind it, Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) would cut away with his sword the branches in front of him, until I saw that tree (after its branches had been cut) left like the trunk of a standing man. Then when the two came face to face, Marhab attacked him fiercely; he warded off the blow with his shield, and Marhab's sword sank into the shield and got stuck. When the shield had gripped his sword, Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) struck him with full force and killed him.
Hadith Reference مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند جابر / 1861
Hadith Takhrij «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: حسن»
«أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 14714، وأخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 5899، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1856»

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