وعن أبي هريرة
رضي الله عنه، قال: بعث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عشرة رهط عينًا سرية، وأمَّر عليهم عاصم بن ثابت الأنصاري، رضي الله عنه، فانطلقوا حتى إذا كانوا بالهدأة، بين عسفان ومكة، ذكروا لحي من هذيل يقال لهم: بنو لحيان، فنفروا لهم بقريب من مائة رجل رام، فاقتصوا آثارهم، فلما أحس بهم عاصم وأصحابه، لجئوا إلى موضع فأحاط بهم القوم، فقالوا: انزلوا، فأعطوا بأيديكم ولكم العهد والميثاق أن لا نقتل منكم أحدًا، فقال عاصم بن ثابت: أيها القوم أما أنا، فلا أنزل على ذمة كافر: اللهم أخبر عنا نبيك صلى الله عليه وسلم، فرموهم بالنبل فقتلوا عاصمًا، ونزل إليهم ثلاثة نفر على العهد والميثاق، منهم خُبيب، وزيد بن الدِّثِنَّة ورجل آخر.
فلما استمكنوا منهم أطلقوا أوتار قسيهم، فربطوهم بها، قال الرجل الثالث: هذا أول الغدر والله لا أصحبكم إن لي بهؤلاء أسوة، يريد القتلى، فجروه وعالجوه، فأبى أن يصحبهم، فقتلوه، وانطلقوا بخُبيب، وزيد بن الدِّثِنَّة، حتى باعوهما بمكة بعد وقعة بدر، فابتاع بنو الحارث بن عامر بن نوفل بن عبد مناف خُبيبًا،
وكان خُبيب هو قتل الحارث يوم بدر، فلبث خُبيب عندهم أسيرًا حتى أجمعوا على قتله، فاستعار من بعض بنات الحارث موسى يستحد بها فأعارته، فدرج بُنيٌّ لها وهي غافلة حتى أتاه، فوجدته مجلسه على فخذه الموسى بيده، ففزعت فزعة عرفها خُبيب، فقال أتخشين أن أقتله ماكنت لأفعل ذلك قالت: والله ما رأيت أسيرا خيرا من خُبيب فوالله لقد وجدته يومًا يأكل قطفًا من عنب في يده وإنه لموثق بالحديد وما بمكة من ثمرة، وكانت تقول: إنه لرزق رزقه الله خُبيبًا، فلما خرجوا به من الحرم ليقتلوه في الحل، قال لهم خبيب: دعوني أصلي ركعتين، فتركوه، فركع ركعتين، فقال: والله لولا أن تحسبوا أن ما بي جزع لزدت.
اللهم أحصهم عددًا، واقتلهم بددًا، ولا تُبقِ منهم أحدًا، وقال: فلست أبالي حين أُقتل مســــلمًا**على أي جنب كان لله مصرعــي وذلك في ذات الإله وإن يشأ**يبارك على أوصـــال شلو ممزع وكان خُبيب هو سَنَّ لكل مسلم قُتل صبرًا الصلاة، وأخبر (يعني النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم) أصحابه يوم أصيبوا خبرهم، وبعث ناسٌ من قريش إلى عاصم بن ثابت حين حدثوا أنه قُتل أن يؤتوا بشيء منه يُعرف، وكان قتل رجلا من عظمائهم، فبعث الله لعاصم مثل الظلة من الدبر فحمته من رسلهم، فلم يقدروا أن يقطعوا منه شيئًا
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sent an espionage mission of ten men under the leadership of Asim ibn Thabit Al-Ansari (radiyallahu anhu). They proceeded till they reached Al-Hadah, a place between Usfan and Makkah and the news of their arrival reached a section of the tribe of Hudhail, called Banu Lihyan. About one hundred men, who were all archers, hurried to follow their tracks.
When ‘A sim and his companions came to know of their pursuers, they took refuge in a safe place. The infidels encircled them and said to them: ‘Come down and surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that we will not kill anyone of you.’
Asim ibn Thabit (radiyallahu anhu) said: ‘By Allah! I will not come down to be under the protection of disbelievers. O Allah! convey this news to our Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).’ Then the infidels shot arrows at them till they killed Asim. Three men came down relying on their promise and covenant. They were Khubaib, Zaid ibn ad-Dathinah and another man.
When the disbelievers captured them, they tied them up with the strings of their bows. The third of the captives said: ‘This is the beginning of first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you. I have a good example in these (martyrs).’ So they dragged him and tried to compel him to accompany them, but he refused. At last they killed him.
They took Khubaib and Zaid ibn Ad- Dathina with them and sold them as slaves in Makkah. This incident took place after the battle of Badr. Khubaib was bought by the sons of Al-Harith ibn Amir ibn Naufal ibn Abd Manaf. It was Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith in the battle of Badr. Khubaib remained a prisoner with those people for a few days till the sons of Al-Harith resolved to kill him.
When Khubaib (radiyallahu anhu) got wind of this plot, he borrowed a razor from one of Al- Harith’s daughters in order to remove his pubic hair. Her little son crawled towards Khubaib because of her carelessness. Later on, she saw her son on his thigh and the razor was in his hand. She got scared so much that Khubaib noticed the agitation on her face and said: ‘Are you afraid that I will kill him?
No, I will never do that.’ She later remarked (after Al-Khubaib got martyred): ‘By Allah! I never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib.’ She added: ‘By Allah! I saw him once eating of a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was chained and there was no such fruit at that time in Makkah. Probably it was a boon which Allah bestowed upon Khubaib.’When they took him out of the Haram of Makkah to kill him outside its boundaries, Khubaib requested them to let him offer two Rakah of voluntary prayer.
They allowed him and he offered two Rakah prayer. Then he said: ‘Had I not apprehended that you would think that I was afraid of death, I would have prolonged the prayer. O Allah! Count their number; slay them one by one and spare not one of them.’ He then recited these poetic verses: ‘I do not care how they kill me as long as I get martyred in the Cause of Allah as a Muslim.
I received my death for Allah’s sake. If Allah so desires, He will bless, the amputated limbs of the torn body.’Then the son of Al-Harith killed him. It was Khubaib who set the tradition for any Muslim sentenced to death in captivity to offer two Rakah of voluntary prayer. On that day the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) informed his Companions of the martyrdom of Khubaib.
Later on, when some disbelievers from Quraish were informed that Asim had been martyred, they sent some people to fetch a significant part of his body to ascertain his death. (This was because) Asim had killed one of their chiefs. So Allah sent a swarm of wasps, resembling a shady cloud, to hover over the body of Asim and to shield him from their messengers, and thus they could not cut off anything from his body.’