It has been narrated on the authority of Salama bin al-Akwa' who said: We marched upon Khaibar with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . We journeyed during the night. One of the people said to (my brother) 'Amir bin al-Akwa': Won't you recite to us some of your verses? Amir was a poet. So he began to chant his verses to urge the camels, reciting: O God, if Thou hadst not guided us We would have neither been guided rightly nor practised charity, Nor offered prayers. We wish to lay down our lives for Thee; so forgive Thou our lapses, And keep us steadfast when we encounter (our enemies). Bestow upon us peace and tranquillity. Behold, when with a cry they called upon us to help. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Who is this driver (of the camels)? They said: It is 'Amir. He said: God will show mercy to him. A man said: Martyrdom is reserved for him. Messenger of Allah, would that you had allowed us to benefit ourselves from his life. (The narrator says): We reached Khaibar and besieged them, and (we continued the siege) until extreme hunger afflicted us. Then the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Behold, God has conquered it for you. When it was evening of the day on which the city was conquered. the Muslims lit many fires. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What are these fires? And what are they cooking? They said: They are cooking meat. He asked. Which meat? They said: That of domestic asses. He said: Let them throw it away and break the pots (in which it is being cooked). A man said: Or should they throw it away and wash the pots? He said: They may do that. When the people drew themselves up in battle array 'Amir caught hold of his sword that was rather short He drove a Jew before him to strike him with it. (As he struck him), his sword recoiled and struck his own knee, and 'Amir died of the wound. When the people returned (after the conquest of Kliaibar) and he (Salama) had caught hold of my hand, and said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saw that I was silent (and dejected); he said: What's the matter with thee? I said to him: My father and my mother be thy ransom, people presume that 'Amir's sacrifice has been in vain. He asked: Who has said that? I said: So and so and Usaid bin Hudair al-Ansari. He said: Who has said that has lied. For him (for 'Amir) there is a double reward. (He indicated this by putting two of his fingers together.) He was a devotee of God and a warrior fighting for His cause. There will be hardly any Arab who can fight as bravely as he did. Qutaiba has differed in a few words.

It has been reported on the authority of Salama bin Akwa' who said: On the day of the Battle of Khaibar my brother fought a fierce fight by the side of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . His sword rebounded and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) talked about his death and doubted (whether it was martyrdom). (They said): (He is) a man killed by his own weapon, and expressed doubt about his affair. Salama said: When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) returned from Khaibar, I said: Messenger of Allah, permit me that I may recite to you some rajaz verses. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) permitted him. 'Umar bin Khattab said: I know what you will recite. I recited: By God, if God had guided us not, We would have neither been guided aright nor practised charity, Nor offered prayers. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What you have said is true, 'I (continued): And descend on us peace and tranquillity And keep us steadfast if we encounter (with our enemies) And the polytheists have rebelled against us. When I finished my rajaz, the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Who composed these verses? I said: They were composed by my brother. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: May God show mercy to him! I said: By God, some people are reluctant to invoke God's mercy on him (because) they say he is a man who died by his own sword. (Hearing this) the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: He died as God's devotee and warrior. Ibn Shihab has said: I asked one of the sons of Salama bin Akwa' about (the death of 'Amir). He related to me a similar tradition except that he said: When I said some people were reluctant invoke God's blessings on him, the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: They lied. ('Amir) died as God's devotee and warrior (in the cause of Allah). For him there is a double reward, and he pointed out this by putting his two fingers together.

Salama bin Akwa' reported: We went to Khaibar with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . Then Allah granted (us) victory over them. On that very evening of the day when they had been granted victory, they lit many fires. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What are those fires and what for those have been lit? They said: (These have been lit) for (cooking) the flesh. Thereupon he said: Of what flesh? They said: For the flesh of the domestic asses. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Throw that away and break them (the earthen pots in which the flesh was being cooked). A person said: Messenger of Allah, should we throw it away and wash them (the cooking pots)? He said: You may do so.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yazid bin Abu Ubaid.