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ledges where he could observe the bandits, hurl rocks and shot his arrows down
upon them. The bandits were terrified they had never seen anyone like him.
Salamah continued his attack and in their panic to try to get away they threw
down their baggage and lances and left behind thirty of the stolen camels!
Now that the bandits had fled, Salamah climbed back down the mountain,
reclaimed the camels, gathered the baggage and placed a large stone as a
marker by it, so that when the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, arrived he
would realize that the baggage belonged to the spoils of war!
Salamah set off again in his chase and spotted four bandits in nearby valley and
once again climbed up the side of a mountain and settled himself on one of its
ledges. The bandits saw him and started climbing up towards him whereupon
Salamah stood up and courageously cried out, “Do you recognize me?” “No” they
replied. Salamah defiantly shouted, “I am Salamah, the son of Al-Akwa! I can kill
anyone of you, but you can’t kill me!” Just then Salamah spotted Akhram, Abu
Qatadah, and Al Miqdad Al-Aswad’s son who were the horsemen of the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, riding fast through the trees. The bandits turned
upon them. The bandits were terrified they had never seen anyone like him.
Salamah continued his attack and in their panic to try to get away they threw
down their baggage and lances and left behind thirty of the stolen camels!
Now that the bandits had fled, Salamah climbed back down the mountain,
reclaimed the camels, gathered the baggage and placed a large stone as a
marker by it, so that when the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, arrived he
would realize that the baggage belonged to the spoils of war!
Salamah set off again in his chase and spotted four bandits in nearby valley and
once again climbed up the side of a mountain and settled himself on one of its
ledges. The bandits saw him and started climbing up towards him whereupon
Salamah stood up and courageously cried out, “Do you recognize me?” “No” they
replied. Salamah defiantly shouted, “I am Salamah, the son of Al-Akwa! I can kill
anyone of you, but you can’t kill me!” Just then Salamah spotted Akhram, Abu
Qatadah, and Al Miqdad Al-Aswad’s son who were the horsemen of the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, riding fast through the trees. The bandits turned