Sunan Ibn Majah 3930

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

It was narrated from al-Sumayt ibn al-Sumayr that ‘Imran ibn al-Husayn said: ‘Nafi‘ ibn al-Azraq and his companions came and said, “You are doomed, ‘Imran.” I said, “I am not doomed.” They said, “Indeed, you are.” I asked, “What has doomed me?” They said, “Allah says, ‘Fight them until there is no persecution and the religion belongs wholly to Allah.’” I replied, “We fought them until we drove them away, and the religion belonged wholly to Allah. If you wish, I will tell you a report I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” They asked, “Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” I said, “Yes. I was present when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army of Muslims against the polytheists. When they met, they fought fiercely and drove them back. A man from among my people attacked a polytheist with a spear. When he had closed in on him, the man said, ‘I testify that there is no god but Allah; I am a Muslim.’ But he stabbed and killed him. He then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I am doomed.’ The Prophet asked him once or twice, ‘What have you done?’ He told him what had happened, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Why did you not open his belly and see what was in his heart?’ He said, ‘Messenger of Allah, if I had opened his belly, would I have known what was in his heart?’ He replied, ‘You neither accepted what he said nor could you know what was in his heart.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then fell silent about him. Before long, the man died, and we buried him. The next morning he was lying on the ground. We said, “Perhaps an enemy had dug him up,” so we buried him again and ordered our young men to guard him. The next morning he was lying on the ground again. We said, “Perhaps the young men fell asleep,” so we buried him and guarded him ourselves. The next morning he was lying on the ground again, so we cast him into one of those mountain passes.’