The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 270
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 270 been recorded as Sālim bin ‘Amr, 1 while Ibni ‘Aqabah has mentioned the name Sālim bin ‘Abdullāh. 2 Similarly, with respect to the victim Abū ‘Afak, Ibni Sa‘d has written that he was a Jew, while Wāqidī has not described him as such. 3 Then it is ascertained from both Ibni Sa‘d and Wāqidī that Salim killed Abū ‘Afak out of anger by his own accord. However, in one narration it has been related that he was executed upon the instruction of the Holy Prophet sa. 4 Even with respect to the time of the execution, Ibni Sa‘d and Wāqidī place it after the execution of ‘Aṣmā’. However, Ibni Isḥāq and Abur-Rabi‘ state that it occurred prior to the execution of ‘Aṣmā’. 5 All of these contradictions result in the strong doubt that these tales are fabricated and false, or if there is some truth in them, it is so obscure that a statement cannot be passed with respect to its details and nature. Another argument which establishes these incidents as being false, is that the era in which both these tales are said to have taken place, is one with respect to which all historians are unanimous that until that time, no confrontation or dispute had yet arisen between the Muslims and Jews. History establishes that the Ghazwah of Banū Qainuqā’, was the very first battle, which took place between the Muslims and Jews, and that the Jews of Banū Qainuqā’ were the first ones to practically step forward in their enmity towards 1 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qasṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 347, Qatlu Abī ‘Afak Al-Yahūdiyy, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 * Al-Iṣābah Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 3, p. 8, Sālim bin ‘Umair, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005) * Al-Istī‘ābu Fī Ma‘rifatil-Aṣḥāb, By Abū ‘Umar Yūsuf bin ‘Abdillāh bin Muḥammad, Volume 2, p. 135, Sālimubnu ‘Umairibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2002) 3 Kitābul-Maghāzī, By Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin ‘Umar bin Wāqid Al-Wāqidī, Volume 1, p. 163, Sariyyatu Qatli Abī ‘Afak, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2004) 4 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, pp. 886-887, Sariyyatu Sālim bin ‘Umair Li-Qatli Abī ‘Afak, Ghazwatu ‘Umair bin ‘Adiyy. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 5 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, pp. 886-887, Sariyyatu Sālim bin ‘Umair Li-Qatli Abī ‘Afak, Ghazwatu ‘Umairibni ‘Adiyyin. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qasṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 342, Qatlu ‘Umairin ‘Aṣmā’a, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)