Sahih al-Bukhari 4323

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Abu Musa reported: “When the Prophet had finished at Hunayn, he sent Abu Amir at the head of an army to Awtas. Abu Amir met Duraid ibn al-Simma. Duraid was killed, and Allah routed his companions. The Prophet had sent me with Abu Amir. A man from Jusham shot Abu Amir in the knee, and the arrow lodged there. I came to him and asked, ‘Uncle, who shot you?’ He pointed to the man and said, ‘That is my killer, the one who shot me.’ I went after the man and caught up with him. When he saw me, he fled. I pursued him, calling, ‘Are you not ashamed? Will you not stand your ground?’ He stopped, and we exchanged two sword blows. I killed him. Then I said to Abu Amir, ‘May Allah destroy your attacker.’ He said, ‘Pull out this arrow.’ I pulled it out, and fluid flowed from the wound. “He said, ‘Nephew, convey my greetings to the Prophet and ask him to seek forgiveness for me.’ Abu Amir appointed me to lead the people and remained alive for a short while, then died. I returned and went in to the Prophet at his house. He was lying on a bed woven with cords, with bedding on it; the weave of the bed had left marks on his back and sides. I told him what had happened to us and to Abu Amir, including Abu Amir’s request that he seek forgiveness for him. The Prophet called for water, performed ablution, and raised his hands, saying, ‘O Allah, forgive Ubayd, Abu Amir.’ I saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said, ‘O Allah, raise him on the Day of Resurrection above many of Your human creatures.’ I said, ‘And ask forgiveness for me too.’ He said, ‘O Allah, forgive Abdullah ibn Qays his sin and grant him an honored entrance on the Day of Resurrection.’” Abu Burda said: “One of the two prayers was for Abu Amir and the other for Abu Musa.”