Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ حَدِّثُونِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَطُّ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ النَّاسُ سَأَلُوهُ مَنْ هُوَ فَيَقُولُ أُصَيْرِمُ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ عَمْرُو بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ وَقْشٍ قَالَ الْحُصَيْنُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ شَأْنُ الْأُصَيْرِمِ قَالَ كَانَ يَأْبَى الْإِسْلَامَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُحُدٍ بَدَا لَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ فَأَسْلَمَ فَأَخَذَ سَيْفَهُ فَغَدَا حَتَّى أَتَى الْقَوْمَ فَدَخَلَ فِي عُرْضِ النَّاسِ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى أَثْبَتَتْهُ الْجِرَاحَةُ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا رِجَالُ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ يَلْتَمِسُونَ قَتْلَاهُمْ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ إِذَا هُمْ بِهِ فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا لَلْأُصَيْرِمُ وَمَا جَاءَ لَقَدْ تَرَكْنَاهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُنْكِرٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَسَأَلُوهُ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ قَالُوا مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا عَمْرُو أَحَرْبًا عَلَى قَوْمِكَ أَوْ رَغْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ بَلْ رَغْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَسْلَمْتُ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ سَيْفِي فَغَدَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَاتَلْتُ حَتَّى أَصَابَنِي مَا أَصَابَنِي قَالَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فَذَكَرُوهُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ.
English Translation
It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah used to say, "Tell me of a man who entered Paradise without ever having prayed." When people did not know whom he meant, they would ask him who it was, and he would say, "Al-Usayrim of Banu Abd al-Ashhal, Amr b. Thabit b. Waqsh." Al-Husayn said: I asked Mahmud b. Labid, "What was the story of al-Usayrim?" He said: He used to refuse Islam despite his people's urging. When the day of Uhud came and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set out for Uhud, Islam became clear to him, so he embraced it, took up his sword, and went out early until he reached the fighting men, entering the thick of the battle and fighting until his wounds overcame him. Then, while men of Banu Abd al-Ashhal were searching the battlefield for their own dead, they came upon him and said, "By Allah, this is indeed al-Usayrim - what has brought him here? We had left him rejecting this matter." They asked him what had brought him, saying, "What brought you here, O Amr - war against your people, or desire for Islam?" He said, "Rather, desire for Islam. I believed in Allah and His Messenger and embraced Islam, then took up my sword and went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and fought until what befell me befell me." He did not live long after that before he died in their hands. They mentioned him to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, "He is indeed among the people of Paradise."