Sahih Muslim Hadith 4569 – The Killer Is JUi L,) – or ii)

English

[4569] 42 – (1752) It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahmân bin 'Awf said: Whilst I was standing in the ranks on the Day of Badr, I looked to my right and my left, and I saw that I was between two boys of the Anâr who were very young. I wished that I was standing between two who were stronger than them. One of them gestured to me and said: 0 uncle, do you know Abü Jahl? I said: Yes; what do you want with him, O son of my brother? He said: I have been told that he reviles the Messenger of Allah 4h. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if I see him I will not leave him until the one of us who is destined to die first is dead. I was impressed by that. Then the other one gestured to me and said something similar. It was not long before I saw Abü Jahl moving about among the people. I said (to the boys): Do you not see? This is your companion about whom you were asking. They hastened towards him and struck him with their swords until they killed him. Then they went to the Messenger of Allah and told him. He () said: "Which of you killed him?" Each of them said: I killed him. He said: "Have you wiped your swords yet?" They said: No. So he (QT looked at their swords then he said: "Both of you killed him." And he gave his (Abü Jahl's) belongings to Mu'âdh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamüh. The two men were Mu'ãdh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamüh and Mu'âdh bin 'Afrâ'.