فَبَرَزَ إِلَيْهِ عَامِرٌ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ قَدْ عَلِمَتْ...
فَبَرَزَ إِلَيْهِ عَامِرٌ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي عَامِرٌ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ بَطَلٌ مُغَامِرٌ So Aamir duelled to him and he was saying (a poem), ‘ Khyber has known I am Aamir, the weapons complain of the adventurous hero ’.
فَاخْتَلَفَا ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَوَقَعَ سَيْفُ الْيَهُودِيِّ فِي تُرْسِ عَامِرٍ وَ كَانَ سَيْفُ عَامِرٍ فِيهِ قِصَرٌ فَتَنَاوَلَ بِهِ سَاقَ الْيَهُودِيِّ لِيَضْرِبَهُ فَرَجَعَ ذُبَابُ سَيْفِهِ فَأَصَابَ عَيْنَ رُكْبَةِ عَامِرٍ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ They exchanged strikes and the sword of the Jew fell in the shield of Aamir, and the sword of Aamir was short in it, so he grabbed the leg of the Jew in order to strike him, but the end of the sword recoiled and hit an eye of Aamir and he died from it.
قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَإِذَا نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُونَ بَطَلَ عَمَلُ عَامِرٍ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص وَ أَنَا أَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ قَالُوا إِنَّ عَامِراً بَطَلَ عَمَلُهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ أُولَئِكَ بَلْ أُوتِيَ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ Salama said, ‘Then a number of companions of Rasool-Allah -saww said, ‘The deed is invalidated, Aamir killed himself’.
So, I went to the Prophet -saww and I was crying and said, ‘They are saying that Aamir invalidated his deed’. He -saww said: ‘Who said that?’ I said, ‘A number of your -saww companions’. He -saww said: ‘They are lying, but he will be given from the Recompense, twice’.
قَالَ فَحَاصَرْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا أَصَابَتْنَا مَخْمَصَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَتَحَهَا عَلَيْنَا وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص أَعْطَى اللِّوَاءَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَ نَهَضَ مَنْ نَهَضَ مَعَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَلَقُوا أَهْلَ خَيْبَرَ فَانْكَشَفَ عُمَرُ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يُجَبِّنُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ يُجَبِّنُهُمْ He said, ‘We besieged them until when we were afflicted with severe hunger, then Allah -azwj Gave us (the News of) victory upon it, and that is that the Prophet -saww gave the flag to Umar Bin Al-Khattab (after having given it to Abu Bakr and he having returned unsuccessful), and there rushed the ones who rushed with him from the people, and they met the people of Khyber, and Umar and his companions were uncovered, so they returned to Rasool-Allah -saww .
His companions called him a coward and he called them cowards.
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