Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4569

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ الْمَاجِشُونِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ فِى الصَّفِّ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ نَظَرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِى وَشِمَالِى فَإِذَا أَنَا بَيْنَ غُلاَمَيْنِ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ حَدِيثَةٍ أَسْنَانُهُمَا تَمَنَّيْتُ لَوْ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ أَضْلَعَ مِنْهُمَا فَغَمَزَنِى أَحَدُهُمَا. فَقَالَ يَا عَمِّ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ وَمَا حَاجَتُكَ إِلَيْهِ يَا ابْنَ أَخِى قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ يَسُبُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ لاَ يُفَارِقُ سَوَادِى سَوَادَهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ الأَعْجَلُ مِنَّا. قَالَ فَتَعَجَّبْتُ لِذَلِكَ فَغَمَزَنِى الآخَرُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَهَا - قَالَ - فَلَمْ أَنْشَبْ أَنْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَبِى جَهْلٍ يَزُولُ فِى النَّاسِ فَقُلْتُ أَلاَ تَرَيَانِ هَذَا صَاحِبُكُمَا الَّذِى تَسْأَلاَنِ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَابْتَدَرَاهُ فَضَرَبَاهُ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا حَتَّى قَتَلاَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَأَخْبَرَاهُ. فَقَالَ « أَيُّكُمَا قَتَلَهُ ». فَقَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَنَا قَتَلْتُ. فَقَالَ « هَلْ مَسَحْتُمَا سَيْفَيْكُمَا ». قَالاَ لاَ. فَنَظَرَ فِى السَّيْفَيْنِ فَقَالَ « كِلاَكُمَا قَتَلَهُ ». وَقَضَى بِسَلَبِهِ لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْجَمُوحِ وَالرَّجُلاَنِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْجَمُوحِ وَمُعَاذُ ابْنُ عَفْرَاءَ.

It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahman 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 Ansar 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: O uncle, do you know Abu 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 (s.a.w). 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 Abu 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 (s.a.w) and told him. He (s.a.w) 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 (s.a.w) looked at their swords then he said: "Both of you killed him." And he gave his (Abu Jahl's) belongings to Mu'adh bin 'Arm bin Al-Jamuh. The two men were Mu'adh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamuh and Mu'adh bin 'Afra'.