Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاهِبًا نَحْوَ الْغَابَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ بِثَنِيَّةِ الْغَابَةِ لَقِيَنِي غُلَامٌ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَيْحَكَ مَا لَكَ قَالَ أُخِذَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَخَذَهَا قَالَ غَطَفَانُ وفَزَارَةُ قَالَ فَصَرَخْتُ ثَلَاثَ صَرَخَاتٍ أَسْمَعَتْ مَنْ بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا يَا صَبَاحَاهْ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ ثُمَّ انْدَفَعْتُ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذُوهَا قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ وَأَقُولُ أَنَا ابْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ وَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمٌ أَقْرَعُ قَالَ فَاسْتَنْقَذْتُهَا مِنْهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا فَأَقْبَلْتُ بِهَا أَسُوقُهَا فَلَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ عِطَاشٌ وَإِنِّي أَعْجَلْتُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا فَاذْهَبْ فِي أَثَرِهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ مَلَكْتَ فَأَسْجِحْ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ يُقْرَوْنَ فِي قَوْمِهِمْ.
English Translation
He said: Makki ibn Ibrahim narrated to me, who said: Yazid ibn Abi 'Ubayd narrated to us, from Salamah ibn al-Akwa', that he told him, saying: I went out from Madinah heading toward al-Ghabah, and when I was at the pass of al-Ghabah, a servant boy of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf met me. I said: "Woe to you, what is wrong?" He said: "The milk-camels of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, have been taken." I said: "Who took them?" He said: "Ghatafan and Fazarah." He said: So I cried out three cries that were heard by everyone between its two lava tracts: "O disaster this morning! O disaster this morning!" Then I rushed on until I caught up with them, and they had already taken them. He said: So I began shooting arrows at them, saying: "I am Ibn al-Akwa', and today is a day of reckoning!" He said: So I rescued the camels from them before they could drink. Then I came, driving them, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, met me. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, the people are thirsty, and I hurried them along before they could drink, so go after them." He said: "O Ibn al-Akwa', now that you have prevailed, be lenient; indeed, they are being hosted among their own people."