Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَوْدِيُّ عَن حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ أَنَّ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ حَمَمَةُ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ إِلَى أَصْبَهَانَ غَازِيًا فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ حَمَمَةَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَمَمَةُ صَادِقًا فَاعْزِمْ لَهُ صِدْقَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَاعْزِمْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَرِهَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَرُدَّ حَمَمَةَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ هَذَا قَالَ فَأَخَذَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً الْبَطْنُ فَمَاتَ بأَصْبَهَانَ قَالَ فَقَامَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا وَاللَّهِ مَا سَمِعْنَا فِيمَا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا بَلَغَ عِلْمَنَا إِلَّا أَنَّ حَمَمَةَ شَهِيدٌ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Abu Awana told us: Dawud b. Abdullah al-Awdi told us, from Humayd b. Abd al-Rahman al-Himyari, that a man called Hamama, who was one of the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, went out to Isfahan on a military expedition during the caliphate of Umar, may Allah Almighty be pleased with him, and said, "O Allah, Hamama claims that he loves to meet You. If Hamama is truthful, then confirm his truthfulness for him; and if he is lying, then decree it for him even though he dislikes it. O Allah, do not turn Hamama back from this journey of his." He said: Then death - or illness, Affan once said "the stomach" - seized him, and he died in Isfahan. He said: Abu Musa then stood up and said, "O people, by Allah, from what we heard from your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and from what has reached our knowledge, Hamama is indeed a martyr."