سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الجهادThe Book of Jihad
بَابُ : مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُChapter: The One Who Fights In The Cause Of Allah And His Sword Recoils Upon Him And Kills Him
Hadith 3152
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ ابنا كعب بن مالك ، أن سلمة بن الأكوع ، قَالَ : " لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ ، قَاتَلَ أَخِي قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ ، فَقَتَلَهُ ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ وَشَكُّوا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ ، قَالَ سَلَمَةُ : فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ ، فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَرْتَجِزَ بِكَ ؟ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُ ، فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : صَدَقْتَ ، فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ رَجَزِي ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ قَالَ هَذَا ؟ قُلْتُ : أَخِي ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ ، يَقُولُونَ : رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا " ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ ابْنًا لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ، فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ , غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حِينَ قُلْتُ : إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : كَذَبُوا مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا ، فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ .
´Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said:` "On the day of Khaibar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then his sword recoiled upon him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), complaining about that, said: 'A man has died by his own weapon.'" Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned from Khaibar and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you permit me to recite some lines of Rajaz verse to you?' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him permission but 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Think what you are saying." "I said: 'By Allah, if Allah had not guided us we would not have been guided We would not have given in charity nor prayed' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'You have spoken the truth.' (I continued:) 'Send down tranquility upon us, And make us steadfast when we meet the enemy. For the idolators have transgressed against us.' When I completed my Rajaz verse, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Who said that?' I said: 'My brother.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'May Allah have mercy on him.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, and they are saying that he is a man who died by his own weapon.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'He died striving as a Mujahid.'" Ibn Shihab said: "Then I asked a son of Salamah bin Al-Akwa', and he narrated a similar report to me from his father, except that he said: 'When I said: Some people are afraid to offer the (funeral) prayer for him, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: They lied. He died striving as Mujahid, and he will have a twofold reward, and he gestured with two of his fingers.'"
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
English Translation:
The person whose intention is to fight against the disbelievers in jihad, and he is killed during jihad—whether at the hands of the enemy or by mistake at the hands of his own companions—he will still be considered a martyr (shaheed), because Allah Almighty looks at the intention, not at outward actions. Although the brother of Salamah (radi Allahu anhu) was killed by his own weapon, his intention was not suicide; therefore, he will have a double reward: one for jihad and one for martyrdom. Radi Allahu anhu wa ardaahu.
The person whose intention is to fight against the disbelievers in jihad, and he is killed during jihad—whether at the hands of the enemy or by mistake at the hands of his own companions—he will still be considered a martyr (shaheed), because Allah Almighty looks at the intention, not at outward actions. Although the brother of Salamah (radi Allahu anhu) was killed by his own weapon, his intention was not suicide; therefore, he will have a double reward: one for jihad and one for martyrdom. Radi Allahu anhu wa ardaahu.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3152
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: (1)
‘Amir bin Akwa‘,
in one respect, is the paternal uncle of Salamah radi Allahu anhu,
and in another respect, he is his half-brother,
because according to the custom of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period),
Akwa‘ took into his home ‘Amir’s mother, who was the wife of his father,
but not his (Salamah’s) own mother.
Takmila, vol. (3) p. (225).
(2)
This hadith proves that
if an arrow misses its target and strikes oneself, causing death,
it will not be counted as suicide.
These poetic verses were originally heard by you (the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) from ‘Amir,
but now Salamah radi Allahu anhu recited them,
so you asked,
“Whose rajaz (poetic) verses are these?”
‘Amir bin Akwa‘,
in one respect, is the paternal uncle of Salamah radi Allahu anhu,
and in another respect, he is his half-brother,
because according to the custom of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period),
Akwa‘ took into his home ‘Amir’s mother, who was the wife of his father,
but not his (Salamah’s) own mother.
Takmila, vol. (3) p. (225).
(2)
This hadith proves that
if an arrow misses its target and strikes oneself, causing death,
it will not be counted as suicide.
These poetic verses were originally heard by you (the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) from ‘Amir,
but now Salamah radi Allahu anhu recited them,
so you asked,
“Whose rajaz (poetic) verses are these?”
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4669
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Glad tidings of double reward are possible for this mujahid.
It may be due to jihad and martyrdom.
And Allah knows best.
Glad tidings of double reward are possible for this mujahid.
It may be due to jihad and martyrdom.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2538
