Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4669

وَحَدَّثَنِى أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِى يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ - وَنَسَبَهُ غَيْرُ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ - أَنَّ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ قَاتَلَ أَخِى قِتَالاً شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى ذَلِكَ وَشَكُّوا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ فِى سِلاَحِهِ. وَشَكُّوا فِى بَعْضِ أَمْرِهِ. قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِى أَنْ أَرْجُزَ لَكَ. فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَعْلَمُ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلاَ تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلاَ صَلَّيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « صَدَقْتَ ». وَأَنْزِلَنَّ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لاَقَيْنَا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ رَجَزِى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « مَنْ قَالَ هَذَا ». قُلْتُ قَالَهُ أَخِى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ ». قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُونَ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلاَحِهِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا ». قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ ابْنًا لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ فَحَدَّثَنِى عَنْ أَبِيهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - حِينَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَهَابُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَيْهِ - فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « كَذَبُوا مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ ». وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ.

Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said: "On the day of (the battle of) Khaibar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), but his sword recoiled on him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said concerning that - doubting (that it was martyrdom): 'A man died by his own weapon.' And they were uncertain about him." Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) came back from Khaibar and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, give me permission to recite some lines of poetry to you."' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) gave him permission, but 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: "I know what you are going to say." "I said: 'O Allah, were it not for You, we would not have been guided, Or given charity or offered prayers.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'You are right.' 'Bestow tranquillity upon us And make us steadfast when we meet (the enemy), For the idolaters have wronged us.' When I had finished reciting these lines, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Who said this?' I said: 'My brother said it.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'May Allah have mercy on him.' I said: 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, people are reluctant 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 (s.a.w) said: 'He died having striven hard in worship and engaged in Jihad in the cause of Allah."' Ibn Shihab said: "Then I asked a son of Salamah bin Al-Akwa', and he told me something similar, except that he said - 'When I said that people were reluctant to offer the funeral prayer for him - that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "They are lying. He died having striven hard in worship and engaged in Jihad in the cause of Allah, and he will have a two fold reward," and he gestured with two fingers."'