Bāliʿ al-Amrād was Khubayb ibn ʿAdī ibn Mālik ibn ʿĀmir ibn
Majdāʿah ibn Jahjabah ibn ʿAwf ibn Kalfah al-Anṣārī al-Awsi. His father was
ʿAdī ibn Mālik, and his mother was Umm ʿĀṣim bint ʿAdī.
He was a close companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him) from the time he migrated to Medina. He was known for his gentle
spirit and strong faith. He participated in the Battle of Badr, proving himself
a valiant soldier and a courageous fighter, killing a large number of
polytheists, including al-Harith ibn Amir ibn Nawfal.
One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
wanted to ascertain the intentions of the Quraysh and their readiness for a new
invasion. He chose ten of his companions, including Khubayb ibn Adi, and
appointed Asim ibn Thabit as their leader. The group set out towards Mecca and
drew near. News of their approach reached some of the Banu Lihyan, who began to
pursue them. Asim sensed their pursuit and called upon his companions to ascend
a high mountain peak. A hundred polytheists approached and surrounded them,
offering them safe passage and calling for their surrender. The companions
looked at their leader, Asim, and he said, "As for me, by God, I will not
surrender to a polytheist. O God, inform Your Prophet about us."
When the polytheists saw that the Muslims did not intend to
surrender, They shot arrows at them, and Asim and six others were martyred.
Only Khubayb and two others with him remained: Zayd ibn al-Dathnah and Marthad
ibn Abi Marthad. When Marthad saw the beginning of the treachery, he tried to
escape, but the rebels killed him. Then they tied up Khubayb and Zayd and took
them to Mecca. They sold them there. When the Banu Harith heard of Khubayb's
whereabouts, they hastened to buy him to avenge their father, whom Khubayb had
killed at the Battle of Badr. Khubayb remained a prisoner in the house of Uqbah
ibn Harith, bound in chains.
One day, one of Harith's daughters entered his house and
found something strange. She went out calling to them, saying, "By God, I
saw him carrying a large bunch of grapes, eating from it, even though he was
bound in chains! There isn't a single grape in all of Mecca. I think it is a
blessing God has bestowed upon Khubayb."
When the polytheists decided to kill Khubayb, he borrowed a
razor from one of Harith's daughters to shave his pubic hair. She lent it to
him, and she had a young son whom she was momentarily distracted from. The boy
went to Khubayb and placed him on his lap, holding the razor. When the woman
saw him, she was terrified and feared for her child. Khubayb asked her,
"Are you afraid I will kill him? I would not, God willing." The woman
replied, "I have never seen a better captive than Khubayb."
The polytheists wanted to instill fear in Khubayb's heart,
so they brought him news of the killing of Zayd ibn al-Dathinnah and tried to
bargain with him over his faith, promising him salvation if he abandoned the
religion of Muhammad and returned to their idols. But Khubayb remained
steadfast in his faith until the last moment of his life. When they despaired
of him, they took him to a place called al-Tan'im and intended to crucify him.
He asked their permission to pray two rak'ahs, and they granted it. Khubayb
prayed two rak'ahs with humility, thus becoming the first to establish the
practice of praying two rak'ahs before execution.
After he finished his prayer, he looked at them and said,
"By God, were it not that you might think I was afraid of death..." I
prayed even more. Then he raised his hands to the sky and prayed against them:
“O God, count them one by one, kill them all, and leave not one of them alive.”
Then they rose to crucify him, and before their swords could
reach him, one of the leaders of Quraysh approached him and said, “Would you
like Muhammad to be in your place and you to be safe and sound with your
family?” Khubayb cried out to them, saying, “By God, I would not wish to be
with my family and children, enjoying all the comforts and pleasures of this
world, if it meant that the Messenger of God would be harmed by even a thorn.”
These were the words that Zayd ibn al-Dathnah had spoken the
day before, and Khubayb was saying them the day before, which caused Abu
Sufyan—who had not yet embraced Islam—to clap his hands together and say, “By
God, I have never seen anyone love anyone as much as the companions of Muhammad
love Muhammad.”
No sooner had Khubayb finished speaking than one of the
polytheists approached him and struck him with his sword, and he fell as a
martyr. Every time they tried to turn his face away from the qibla, they found
it still facing the qibla. When they could not change his face, they left him
and returned to Mecca.
The martyr's body remained on the wooden cross on which he
had been crucified until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) learned
of his fate. He sent Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Miqdad ibn Amr to take him down.
Zubayr then carried him on his horse, and since his body was still fresh and
unaltered, he rode on. When the polytheists caught up with them, Zubayr threw
the body down. When he returned to retrieve it, he could not find it. He
searched high and low until morning but still could not find it. He returned to
the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of
what had happened. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
said, "Do not worry, do not worry, for the angels have buried him."
Thus, he became known as "the one buried by the angels" (may Allah be
pleased with him).
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