Volume 4, Book 52, Number 281:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle sent a Sariya of ten men as spies under the leadership of ‘Asim bin Thabit al-Ansari,
the grandfather of ‘Asim bin Umar Al-Khattab. They proceeded till they reached Hadaa, a place
between ‘Usfan, and Mecca, and their news reached a branch of the tribe of Hudhail called Bani Li –
hyan. About two-hundred men, who were all archers, hurried to follow their tracks till they found
the place where they had eaten dates they had brought with them from Medina. They said, “These
are the dates of Yathrib (i.e. Medina), “and continued following their tracks When ‘Asim and his
companions saw their pursuers, they went up a high place and the infidels circled them. The infidels
said to them, “Come down and surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that we will not kill
any one of you” ‘Asim bin Thabit; the leader of the Sariya said, “By Allah! I will not come down to be
under the protection of infidels. O Allah! Convey our news to Your Prophet. Then the infidels threw
arrows at them till they martyred ‘Asim along with six other men, and three men came down accept –
ing their promise and convention, and they were Khubaib-al-Ansari and Ibn Dathina and another
man So, when the infidels captured them, they undid the strings of their bows and tied them. Then
the third (of the captives) said, “This is the first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you. No doubt
these, namely the martyred, have set a good example to us.” So, they dragged him and tried to compel
him to accompany them, but as he refused, they killed him. They took Khubaid and Ibn Dathina with
them and sold them (as slaves) in Mecca (and all that took place) after the battle of Badr. Khubaib
was bought by the sons of Al-Harith bin ‘Amir bin Naufal bin ‘Abd Manaf. It was Khubaib who had
killed Al-Harith bin ‘Amir on the day (of the battle of) Badr. So, Khubaib remained a prisoner with
those people.
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 4 > BOOK 52: FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF ALLAH (JIHAAD)
Narrated Az-Zuhri: ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Iyyad said that the daughter of Al-Harith had told him,
“When those people gathered (to kill Khubaib) he borrowed a razor from me to shave his pubes and I
gave it to him. Then he took a son of mine while I was unaware when he came upon him. I saw him
placing my son on his thigh and the razor was in his hand. I got scared so much that Khubaib no –
ticed the agitation on my face and said, ‘Are you afraid that I will kill him? No, I will never do so.’ By
Allah, I never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib. By Allah, one day I saw him eating of a bunch of
grapes in his hand while he was chained in irons, and there was no fruit at that time in Mecca.” The
daughter of Al-Harith used to say, “It was a boon Allah bestowed upon Khubaib.” When they took
him out of the Sanctuary (of Mecca) to kill him outside its boundaries, Khubaib requested them to let
him offer two Rakat (prayer). They allowed him and he offered Two Rakat and then said, “Hadn’t I
been afraid that you would think that I was afraid (of being killed), I would have prolonged the
prayer. O Allah, kill them all with no exception.” (He then recited the poetic verse):– “I being mar –
tyred as a Muslim, Do not mind how I am killed in Allah’s Cause, For my killing is for Allah’s Sake,
And if Allah wishes, He will bless the amputated parts of a torn body” Then the son of Al Harith killed
him. So, it was Khubaib who set the tradition for any Muslim sentenced to death in captivity, to offer
a two-Rak’at prayer (before being killed). Allah fulfilled the invocation of Asim bin Thabit on that
very day on which he was martyred. The Prophet informed his companions of their news and what
had happened to them. Later on when some infidels from Quraish were informed that Asim had
been killed, they sent some people to fetch a part of his body (i.e. his head) by which he would be re –
cognized. (That was because) ‘Asim had killed one of their chiefs on the day (of the battle) of Badr.
So, a swarm of wasps, resembling a shady cloud, were sent to hover over Asim and protect him from
their messenger and thus they could not cut off anything from his flesh.