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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah),

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Authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid al-Azimi, may Allah preserve him.

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The Expedition of Dhu Qarad, or al-Ghabah.

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The Expedition of Dhu Qarad took place after the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah,

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and, according to the correct view, three days before the Battle of Khaybar,

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as established in Sahih Muslim

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on the authority of Salamah ibn al-Akwa', may Allah be pleased with him,

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who was the hero of this expedition.

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He said:

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"We arrived at al-Hudaybiyyah with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and we numbered fourteen hundred."

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Then he recounted the story of the Expedition of Dhu Qarad

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and their return with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to Medina.

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He then said:

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"By Allah, we stayed only three nights

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before we set out for Khaybar with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."

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Imam al-Bayhaqi said:

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"That which is beyond doubt

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is that it took place after al-Hudaybiyyah,

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and the hadith of Salamah ibn al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him)

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explicitly attests to that."

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Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said:

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"A number of the scholars of military campaigns and the Seerah erred in this matter,

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stating that it occurred before al-Hudaybiyyah."

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The Cause of this Expedition:

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The two Shaykhs [al-Bukhari and Muslim] narrated in their Sahihs,

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and the wording is Muslim's,

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on the authority of Salamah ibn al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him),

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who said:

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"I went out before the first call to prayer was called,"

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meaning before the call to the dawn prayer was made,

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"and the milch camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) were grazing at Dhu Qarad."

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He said:

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"A servant boy belonging to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, met me

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and said:

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'The milch camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) have been raided!'

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I asked:

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'Who took them?'

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He replied:

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'Ghatfan.'"

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He said:

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"So I let out three shouts:

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'Ya Sabahah!' [A cry of alarm]

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and made it heard between the two volcanic tracts of Medina.

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Then I rushed headlong until I overtook them at Dhu Qarad."

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In another narration in Sahih Muslim,

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he said—

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Salamah, may Allah be pleased with him:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent his riding camels with Rabah,

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the servant boy of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and I accompanied him.

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I went out with him riding a horse belonging to Talhah,

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leading it alongside the camels.

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When morning came,

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'Abd al-Rahman al-Fazari suddenly raided the riding camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),

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drove them all off, and killed their herdsman.

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So I said: 'O Rabah,

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take this horse,

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deliver it to Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah,

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and inform the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that the polytheists have raided his grazing herds.'"

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Salamah's (may Allah be pleased with him) Pursuit of Ghatfan:

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Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

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"Then I pursued the people with my sword and my arrows,

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shooting at them and hamstrunging their mounts,

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and that was when the trees became thick.

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Whenever a horseman turned back toward me,

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I sat at the base of a tree,

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and then I shot.

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No horseman approached me but that I hamstrung his mount.

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I kept shooting at them while saying:

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'I am Ibn al-Akwa',

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and today is the day of the ignoble's demise!'

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I would catch up with a man among them

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and shoot him while he was on his riding mount,

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so my arrow would strike the man

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until it pierced through his shoulder blade.

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And I would say:

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'Take that!

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For I am Ibn al-Akwa',

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and today is the day of the ignoble's demise!'

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Whenever I was among the trees,

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I pelted them mercilessly with arrows,

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and whenever the mountain passes narrowed, I scaled the mountain

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and showered them with stones.

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That remained my condition and theirs:

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I pursued them while chanting battle verses,

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until there was not a single beast of the camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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that I did not place behind my back,

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rescuing them all from their hands.

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Then I continued to shoot at them until they cast aside more than thirty spears

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and more than thirty cloaks to lighten their burden.

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They did not discard any of these things

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but that I placed stones upon them

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and gathered them along the path of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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Until when the forenoon was well advanced,

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'Uyaynah ibn Badr al-Fazari came to them

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as a reinforcement for them,

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while they were in a narrow mountain pass.

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Then I climbed the mountain

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so that I was above them.

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'Uyaynah said:

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'What is this that I see?'

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They said:

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'We have endured severe hardship from this man!

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—meaning severe distress—

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He has been dogging us since dawn until now,

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taking everything out of our hands

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and leaving it behind his back.'

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'Uyaynah said:

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'Were it not that this man knows a pursuit is behind him,

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he would surely have left you alone.

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Let a group among you rise against him.'

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So a group of four men rose against him

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and climbed up the mountain.

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When they were within earshot,

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I said:

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'Do you know me?'

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I said:

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'I am Ibn al-Akwa'!

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By the One Who honored the face of Muhammad,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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not a single man among you can pursue me

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and catch me,

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nor can I pursue any of you and have him elude me.'"

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The Departure of the Messenger,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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in Pursuit of the Enemy:

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When word reached the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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of the shouting of Salamah ibn al-Akwa',

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may Allah be pleased with him:

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"Alarm! Alarm!"

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the horsemen rushed swiftly

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to the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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Al-Miqdad ibn 'Amr,

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may Allah be pleased with him,

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was the first horseman,

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and the next to reach the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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after al-Miqdad from among the Ansar were:

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Sa'd ibn Zayd,

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Usayd ibn Zuhayr,

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'Ukkashah ibn Mihsan,

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Muhriz ibn Nadlah,

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Abu Qatadah

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al-Harith ibn Rib'i,

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and Abu 'Ayyash 'Ubayd ibn Zayd

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ibn al-Samit,

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may Allah be pleased with them all.

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When they gathered around

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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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he appointed as their commander

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Sa'd ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with him.

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Then he said:

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"Go forth in pursuit of the enemy

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until I catch up with you with the rest of the men."

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Salamah said,

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may Allah be pleased with him:

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"I did not leave that position of mine

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until I saw the horsemen of

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the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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making their way through the trees.

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The foremost of them was

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al-Akhram al-Asadi,

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who was Muhriz ibn Nadlah,

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may Allah be pleased with him.

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Closely behind him was Abu Qatadah,

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the horseman of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him;

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and closely behind Abu Qatadah was

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al-Miqdad ibn 'Amr,

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may Allah be pleased with him."

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He said:

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"The polytheists then turned and fled,

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so I descended the mountain

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and seized the reins of the horse of

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al-Akhram.

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I said to him: 'O Akhram,

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beware of the people!'

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—meaning be cautious of them—

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'For I fear that they may cut you off,

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so take your time until the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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catches up.'

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But he said:

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'O Salamah!

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If you believe in Allah

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and the Last Day,

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and know that Paradise is real

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and the Fire is real,

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then do not stand between me and martyrdom!'

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'So I released the reins of his horse,

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and he caught up with 'Abd al-Rahman

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ibn 'Uyaynah.

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'Abd al-Rahman turned to face him,

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and they traded blows:

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Al-Akhram hamstrung 'Abd al-Rahman's horse,

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and 'Abd al-Rahman struck him with a spear,

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killing him.

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'Abd al-Rahman then mounted

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al-Akhram's horse.

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Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) caught up

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with 'Abd al-Rahman,

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and they exchanged spear strikes:

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'Abd al-Rahman hamstrung Abu Qatadah's mount,

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but Abu Qatadah slew him,

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and Abu Qatadah then mounted

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al-Akhram's horse.

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Then I set out,

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sprinting after the enemy,

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until I could no longer see behind me the dust

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of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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at all.

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Before sunset, the enemy turned

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toward a ravine containing water

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known as Dhu Qarad.

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They intended to drink

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from it, but catching sight of me

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rushing after them,

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they turned away from it

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and sped up the mountain pass, the pass

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of Dhu Nathar.

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The sun set,

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and catching up with one man, I shot an arrow at him,

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calling out: "Take that!

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For I am Ibn al-Akwa',

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and today is the day of the ignoble!"

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He said:

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"May my mother be bereaved!

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Are you the same al-Akwa' of this morning?"

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Meaning: Are you the same al-Akwa' who was pursuing us

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early this morning?

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I replied: "Yes,

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O enemy of your own soul!"

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He was the one I had struck early that morning,

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so I struck him with another arrow,

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and the arrow stuck fast in him.

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They abandoned two horses,

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which I led back

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to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

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He was stationed at the water

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from which I had driven them away,

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Dhu Qarad.

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The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) was there

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amidst five hundred men,

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and Bilal

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had slaughtered one of the she-camels that I had retrieved,

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roasting for the Messenger of Allah

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(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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some of its liver and hump.

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I came before the Messenger of Allah

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(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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and said: "O Messenger of Allah!

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Let me choose one hundred men from among your companions so that I may overtake the disbelievers in the evening, leaving no informant among them alive!"

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked: "Could you really

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do that, Salamah?" I replied: "Yes, by the One Who honored you!" Whereupon the Messenger of Allah

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laughed until I could see his premolars in the firelight. Then the Messenger of Allah

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said: "At this moment, they are being hosted in the land of Ghatafan." Then a man from Ghatafan arrived

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and said: "They passed by a certain man of Ghatafan, who slaughtered a camel for them. But as they were

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skinning it, they saw a cloud of dust, so they abandoned it and fled in panic!" When morning came,

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the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Our best horseman today is Abu Qatadah, and our best foot soldier is Salamah."

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) then awarded me both the share of

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a foot soldier and that of a horseman, and had me ride behind him on al-'Adba' as we returned.

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When it was nearly forenoon, there was a man among the

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Ansar who had never been beaten in a race, and he began calling out: "Is there anyone to race? Will no man race

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to Medina?" He repeated this several times, while I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah

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(peace be upon him). So I said to him: "Do you not honor a noble man, nor revere a dignitary?"

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He said: "None, save the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father

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and mother be sacrificed for you, permit me to race this man!" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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"If you wish." I said: "Step down to your mark!" He leaped from his mount, and I swung my legs

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and leaped down from the camel. I held myself back over one or two hillocks, pacing myself,

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and then I sprinted until I caught up with him, struck him between his shoulders with my hand, and said: "By Allah, I have beaten you!"—or words to that effect.

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He laughed and said: "Indeed, I think so too," until we arrived in Medina.

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*The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah)*

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If the longing of people for one another should long endure, the longing for you exceeds all bounds;

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May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, and lips move with enduring praise.