Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4677

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ - عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِى عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ الأَكْوَعِ يَقُولُ خَرَجْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُؤَذَّنَ بِالأُولَى وَكَانَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- تَرْعَى بِذِى قَرَدٍ - قَالَ - فَلَقِيَنِى غُلاَمٌ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ فَقَالَ أُخِذَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَخَذَهَا قَالَ غَطَفَانُ قَالَ فَصَرَخْتُ ثَلاَثَ صَرَخَاتٍ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ. قَالَ فَأَسْمَعْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَىِ الْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ انْدَفَعْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِى حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ بِذِى قَرَدٍ وَقَدْ أَخَذُوا يَسْقُونَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ بِنَبْلِى وَكُنْتُ رَامِيًا وَأَقُولُ أَنَا ابْنُ الأَكْوَعِ وَالْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ الرُّضَّعِ فَأَرْتَجِزُ حَتَّى اسْتَنْقَذْتُ اللِّقَاحَ مِنْهُمْ وَاسْتَلَبْتُ مِنْهُمْ ثَلاَثِينَ بُرْدَةً - قَالَ - وَجَاءَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَالنَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّى قَدْ حَمَيْتُ الْقَوْمَ الْمَاءَ وَهُمْ عِطَاشٌ فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْهِمُ السَّاعَةَ فَقَالَ « يَا ابْنَ الأَكْوَعِ مَلَكْتَ فَأَسْجِحْ ». - قَالَ - ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا وَيُرْدِفُنِى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ.

Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said: "I went out before the first Adhan, and the milch-camels of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) were grazing at Dhu Qarad. A slave of 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf met me and said: 'The milch-camels of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) have been stolen.' I said: 'Who took them?' He said: 'Ghatafan.' So I shouted three times: 'Ya Sabahah! (a cry of alarm),' and I made the whole city between the two lava plains hear me. Then I ran off in pursuit until I caught up with them in Dhu Qarad, and they were watering (the animals). I started shooting them with my arrows, as I was an archer, and saying: 'I am the son of Al-Akwa' And today is the day when the ignoble meet their doom.' I kept chanting these lines, until I rescued the milch-camels from them, and I snatched thirty cloaks from them too. Then the Prophet (s.a.w) and the people came, and I said: 'O Prophet of Allah, I kept the people away from the water when they were thirsty. Send someone after them now.' He (s.a.w) said: 'O son of Al-Akwa', you have taken (what you have taken); be kind.' Then we came back, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) seated me behind him on his she-camel, until we entered Al-Madinah."