Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَمْعَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَدَ النُّقَبَاءِ يَوْمَ الْعَقَبَةِ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَتْهُ الشَّوْكَةُ فَجَاءَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ بِئْسَ الْمَيِّتُ لَيَهُودُ مَرَّتَيْنِ سَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا دَفَعَ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ وَلَا أَمْلِكُ لَهُ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَأَتَمَحَّلَنَّ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ وَكُوِيَ بِخَطَّيْنِ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ فَمَاتَ.
English Translation
Rawh narrated to us: Zam'a b. Salih narrated to us, who said: I heard Ibn Shihab narrating that Abu Umama b. Sahl b. Hunayf informed him, from Abu Umama Asad b. Zurara - who was one of the leaders on the day of al-Aqaba - that he was struck by a thorn, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit him, and said: "What a bad death it would be for the Jews" - twice - "they would say: 'If only he had warded off harm from his companion.' Yet I have no power over harm or benefit for him, and I shall indeed use every remedy for him." He ordered it, and he was cauterized with two lines above his head, then he died.