Sunan Abi Da'ud · Hadith 2653

حدثنا الحسن بن علي، حدثنا أبو نعيم، قال حدثنا أبو عميس، عن ابن سلمة بن الأكوع، عن أبيه، قال أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عين من المشركين - وهو في سفر - فجلس عند أصحابه ثم انسل فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ اطلبوه فاقتلوه ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قال فسبقتهم إليه فقتلته وأخذت سلبه فنفلني إياه ‏.‏

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa’ repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet(ﷺ) when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet(ﷺ) said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).