Sahih al-Bukhari 3022

'Ali ibn Muslim narrated to us; Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'ida narrated to us and said: My father narrated to me from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a group of men from the Ansar to Abu Rafi' to kill him. One of them set out and entered their fortress. He said: I went into their animal enclosure. They closed the fortress gate. Then they noticed that one of their donkeys was missing and went out to search for it. I went out with those who went, pretending to search for it with them. They found the donkey and went back inside, and I went in with them. They closed the fortress gate at night and placed the keys in a window where I could see them. When they slept, I took the keys, opened the gate, and entered where Abu Rafi' was. I said, ‘Abu Rafi'.’ He answered me. I deliberately followed the sound and struck him. He cried out, so I went out. Then I returned, as if I were coming to help, and said, ‘Abu Rafi',’ changing my voice. He said, ‘What is the matter with you? May your mother lose you!’ I said, ‘What has happened?’ He said, ‘I do not know who entered and struck me.’ I placed my sword in his belly and pressed on it until it struck bone. Then I went out, bewildered. I came to their ladder to descend, fell, and injured my leg. I went out to my companions and said, ‘I will not leave until I hear the death wail.’ I stayed until I heard the death wailing for Abu Rafi', the merchant of the people of Hijaz. Then I got up with no ailment, until we came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed him.