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And let us be strong and firm-hearted
when meeting our enemies.
In that battle Aamir wanted to strike a polytheist with his sword. However, his sword bent and its
edge injured him fatally. Some Muslims said, "Poor `Aamir, he has been deprived of martyrdom."
Salamah's anxiety was severe because he thought, like others, that his brother, who had killed
himself accidently, was deprived of the recompense of jihaad and the reward of martyrdom. But soon the
Prophet (PBUH) put things in their right order when Salamah went to him saying. "O Messenger of
Allah, is it true that by dying in this way `Aamir has been deprived of the reward of all his previous
deeds?" The Messenger (PBUH) answered, "He has been killed as a mujaahid. He is to be granted two
rewards. He is right now swimming in the rivers of Paradise.
Salamah was very generous. However, he was more so when asked to give something for the sake
of Allah. If someone had asked him to give away his life for the sake of Allah, he would not have
hesitated to do so. People knew this attitude of his, so when anyone needed something, he just asked him
for the sake of Allah. He always said, "If someone would not give for the sake of Allah, for whose sake
then would he give?"
On the day of `Uthmaan's murder (May Allah be pleased with him) the great mujaahid realized that
the gates of sedition had been opened. How could it be possible for him who had fought among his
brethren all his life to turn into a warrior against his brethren? It was not his right to use his fighting skill,
which had been praised by the Prophet (PBUH), against believers and Muslims.
It was therefore more proper that he carry his belongings and leave Al-Madiinah for a place called
Ar-Rabzah, the same place to which Abu Dhar chose to emigrate and settle.
Salamah spent the rest of his life at Ar-Rabzah. In A.H. 74 his burning desire took him to Al-
Madinah, where he spent one or two days as a visitor, and on the third day he died. It was as if the dear,
moist earth of Al-Madiinah appealed to him to offer his body a cool, safe shelter, as it had previously
offered all the blessed Companions and pious and virtuous martyrs.