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Sahih Bukhari 4087 — Who Killed Khubaib
The Ghazwa of Ar-Raji’, Ri’l, Dhakwan and Bi’r Ma’una and the narration about Khubaib and his companions
وَحَدِيثِ عَضَلٍ وَالْقَارَةِ وَعَاصِمِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَخُبَيْبٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنَّهَا بَعْدَ أُحُدٍ.
Hadith About Khubaib and the Person Who Killed Him
Sahih Bukhari : 4087
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4087
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، سَمِعَ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ الَّذِي قَتَلَ خُبَيْبًا هُوَ أَبُو سِرْوَعَةَ.
Jabir Narrated from:
The person who killed Khubaib was Abu Sarua (i.e. `Uqba bin Al-Harith).
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4087In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 131USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 413
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4087
This brief hadith about Khubaib gives one clear detail. Jabir said that the person who killed Khubaib was Abu Sarua, meaning 'Uqba bin Al-Harith. The narration is short, but it connects directly with the longer report about Khubaib’s captivity and death. It does not add a new ruling or a long lesson by itself. Its value is in naming the person involved in the event. For readers searching for the Khubaib hadith, this report helps identify a detail within the larger story. The safest way to understand it is to keep it tied to what the text says: it identifies the killer of Khubaib by name.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report identifies the person who killed Khubaib.
- It supports the details of the longer Khubaib narration.
- The hadith teaches careful preservation of event details.
