Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ عَنِ أَبِيهِ قَالَ دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ يَجْمَعُ لِي النَّاسَ لِيَغْزُوَنِي وَهُوَ بِعُرَنَةَ فَأْتِهِ فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ انْعَتْهُ لِي حَتَّى أَعْرِفَهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ وَجَدْتَ لَهُ أُقْشَعْرِيَرَةً قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِسَيْفِي حَتَّى وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِعُرَنَةَ مَعَ ظُعُنٍ يَرْتَادُ لَهُنَّ مَنْزِلًا وَحِينَ كَانَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ مَا وَصَفَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الْأُقْشَعْرِيرَةِ فَأَقْبَلْتُ نَحْوَهُ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مُحَاوَلَةٌ تَشْغَلُنِي عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّيْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي نَحْوَهُ أُومِئُ بِرَأْسِي الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ مَنْ الرَّجُلُ قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ سَمِعَ بِكَ وَبِجَمْعِكَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَجَاءَكَ لِهَذَا قَالَ أَجَلْ أَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَمْكَنَنِي حَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ السَّيْفَ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ ظَعَائِنَهُ مُكِبَّاتٍ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَآنِي فَقَالَ أَفْلَحَ الْوَجْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَتَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مَعِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدَخَلَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَأَعْطَانِي عَصًا فَقَالَ أَمْسِكْ هَذِهِ عِنْدَكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالُوا مَا هَذِهِ الْعَصَا قَالَ قُلْتُ أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَمْسِكَهَا قَالُوا أَوَلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي هَذِهِ الْعَصَا قَالَ آيَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ أَقَلَّ النَّاسِ الْمُتَخَصِّرُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَرَنَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِسَيْفِهِ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا مَاتَ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَصُبَّتْ مَعَهُ فِي كَفَنِهِ ثُمَّ دُفِنَا جَمِيعًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ لِيَقْتُلَهُ وَكَانَ يُجَمِّعُ لِقِتَالِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِعُرَنَةَ وَهُوَ فِي ظَهْرٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ فَخِفْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مُحَاوَلَةٌ تَشْغَلُنِي عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَصَلَّيْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي أُومِئُ إِيمَاءً فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ قُلْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ إِيَّاهُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
He said: Ya'qub told us: my father told us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr told me, from a son of Abdullah ibn Unays, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, called me and said, 'It has reached me that Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh is gathering people to attack me, and he is at Uranah. Go to him and kill him.' He said: I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, describe him to me so that I may recognize him.' He said, 'When you see him, you will feel a shiver run through you.' He said: So I went out wrapped in my sword, until I came upon him at Uranah, together with some traveling women for whom he was seeking a place to camp, and it was the time of the Asr prayer. When I saw him, I felt the shiver that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had described to me. So I approached him, and I feared that a struggle might arise between us that would keep me from prayer, so I prayed while walking toward him, gesturing with my head for bowing and prostration. When I reached him, he said, 'Who is the man?' I said, 'A man from the Arabs who heard of you and of your gathering people against this man, and has come to you for that purpose.' He said, 'Yes, I am indeed engaged in that.' He said: So I walked with him a while, until, when the opportunity arose, I struck him with the sword until I killed him. Then I left, leaving his womenfolk collapsed over him. When I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he saw me and said, 'The face has prospered.' I said, 'I have killed him, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'You have spoken the truth.' He said: Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, rose with me and went into his house, and gave me a staff, and said, 'Keep this with you, O Abdullah ibn Unays.' He said: So I went out with it among the people, and they said, 'What is this staff?' I said, 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave it to me and commanded me to keep it.' They said, 'Will you not go back to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and ask him about that?' He said: So I went back to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, why did you give me this staff?' He said, 'As a sign between me and you on the Day of Resurrection; indeed the fewest of the people who will carry a staff on that Day, the Day of Resurrection, [will be so honored].' So Abdullah kept it joined together with his sword, and it stayed with him until, when he died, he ordered that it be placed with him in his shroud, and so the two were buried together. He said: Yahya ibn Adam told us: Ibn Idris told us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr, from one of the sons of Abdullah ibn Unays, from Abu Abdullah ibn Unays, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent him to Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali to kill him, for he was gathering men to fight the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: I came upon him at Uranah, while he was among his livestock, and the time of Asr had come, and I feared that a struggle might arise between us that would keep me from prayer. He said: So I prayed while walking, gesturing. When I reached him, I said such and such — and he related the hadith — then he came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and told him that he had killed him, and he related the hadith.