Hadith No: 1
Al-Bayhaqi - Sunan al-Kubra - Book on the Division of Spoils and Booty
Compilation of Chapters on the Ghanimah - Chapter on the Spoils for the Slayer
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (498)
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12761 - Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Hakam narrated to me, saying: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to me, and I heard Malik ibn Anas say: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to me, and Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr ibn al-Hasan and others informed us, saying: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to me, saying: al-Rabi ibn Suleiman narrated to me, saying: al-Shafi'i narrated to me, saying: Malik narrated to me, and Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hafiz narrated to me, saying: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdus narrated to us, saying: Uthman ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: al-Qacnabi narrated to me, in what he read to Malik, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Umar ibn Kathir ibn Aflah, from Abu Muhammad, the freedman of Abu Qatadah, from Abu Qatadah al-Ansari, who said:
"We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) in the year of Hunayn." When we finally met, the Muslims experienced a setback, and I saw a man from the polytheists overpowering a man from the Muslims. So, I turned around to confront him until I reached behind him and struck him on the nape of his neck. He turned to me, enveloped me in a grip, and I sensed the scent of death from it, then death overtook him.
"He released me, and I caught up with Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and said to him: What is happening with the people?" He replied: The command of Allah," then the people began to return ....