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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عبد الله بن مسعود
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Musnad Abi Ya'la 5263 — he said: I reached Abu Jahl
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَثَّامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، قَالَ : انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَهُوَ صَرِيعٌ وَعَلَيْهِ بَيْضَةٌ وَمَعِي سَيْفٌ رَثٌّ ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْقُفُ رَأْسَهُ بِسَيْفِي ، وَأَذْكُرُ نَقْفًا كَانَ يَنْقُفُ رَأْسِي بِمَكَّةَ ، حَتَّى ضَعُفَتْ يَدُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَيْفَهُ ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ، فَقَالَ : عَلَى مَنْ كَانَتِ الدَّبْرَةُ ؟ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ لَنَا ، أَلَسْتَ رُوَيْعِيَنَا بِمَكَّةَ ؟ قَالَ : فَقَتَلْتُهُ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَقُلْتُ : قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ ، قَالَ : اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ قَتَلْتَهُ ؟ فَاسْتَحْلَفَنِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ مَعِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I reached Abu Jahl (on the day of the Battle of Badr) while he was lying on the ground, overcome by wounds, with an iron helmet on his head, and I had an old, worn-out sword. I began striking his head with that sword of mine, and I remembered the time in Makkah when he used to strike me on my head, until his hand grew weak and I seized his sword. Then he raised his head and said (arrogantly): 'Who suffered the defeat? Against us or in our favour? And were you not our little shepherd in Makkah?'" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I killed him, and I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said that I had killed Abu Jahl." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "By Allah, besides whom there is no deity worthy of worship, did you really kill him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) made me swear three times; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went with me to those (slain men) and supplicated against them.
