Ahadith

Anas relates that two of the companions of the Holy Prophet (Usaid ibn Huzair and Abbad ibn Bishr) left the Holy Prophet late one dark night and perceived as if there were two lights in front of them; and when they separated each of them had one light in front of him till he arrived home (Bokhari). (Al-Qalam 12, Qaf 20)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet sent a scouting party of twelve under the command of ‘Asim ibn Thabit Ansari. They left, and when they arrived at Hudat which is between Ustan and Mecca, a sub-tribe of Huzail, called Banu Lehyan, was alerted about them, and they set out in pursuit of them with about a hundred archers following them in their" footsteps. When ‘Asim and his companions perceived them they took refuge on a piece of high ground. They were surrounded by their enemies and were told: If you will come down and surrender we promise that‘not one of you will be killed. Upon this ‘Asim said: I will not get down on the promise of an unbeliever. Allah, do Thou convey our situation to Thy Prophet. The enemy shot arrows at them and killed ‘Asim. Only three of the Muslims, Khubaib, Zaid ibn Dathanah and another, relied on their promise and came down. When the enemy had them in their power they took off the chords of their bows with which they tied them up securely. The third man said: This is the first contravention of your pledge. I will not accompany you and shall follow the example of my other companions, They pulled him and tried to drag him with them but he resisted going with them. So they killed him and carried Khubaib and Zaid ibn Dathanah with them and sold them in Mecca. All this had happened subsequent to the Battle of Badr. Khubaib was purchased by the heirs of Harith ibn ‘Amir ibn Naufal ibn Abd Manaf. and it was Khubaib who had slain Harith in the Battle of Badr. Khubaib remained a prisoner with them till they agreed among themselves to kill him. He had borrowed a razor from one of the daughters of Harith and a child of hers came up to Khubaib who seated him in his lap while the razor was in his hand and the mother was not looking. When she noticed the situation of the child she was terrified and -Khubaib, perceiving her terror, said to her: Are you afraid that I would kill him? I am not capable of such a thing. She used to say about him: I have never seen a prisoner better then Khubaib. I found him one day eating fresh grapes off a grapevine which he held in his hand while he was in chains. At that time there was no fruit available in Mecca. She used to say: I am sure it was food provided by Allah for Khubaib. When they took him out of the Sanctuary to execute him, Khubaib said to them: Let me offer two raka‘as in Prayer. So they released him and he offered two raka‘as; whereafter he said: I would have made my supplication longer did I not feel that you might think that I was afraid of death. He then supplicated: Allah count their number, slay them one by one and spare not one of them. He then recited: If I am slain a Muslim, I care not on which side ! fall dead. My death is in the cause of Allah and if He so wills He would bless the severed portions of my limbs. It was Khubaib who set the example for every Muslim who might be slain in the cause of Allah to be steadfast and offer Prayer before execution. The Holy Prophet informed his companions of the event on the day when Khubaib and his comrade were executed. Asim ibn Thabit had killed one of the chieftains of the Quraish in the Battle of Badr. When they were told that he had been slain they sent a few of their people to bring away something from which he might be identified, but Allah raised a cloud of bees (or wasps) which surrounded the corpse of ‘Asim so that the envoys of the Quraish were not able to cut away any portion of his body as a memento (Bokhari).

Ibn Umar relates: I never heard Umar say about anything: I" conceive it to be thus and thus; but that it turned out to be as he had conceived it (Bokhari).