Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3979
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَسَارَّهُ فَقَالَ " اقْتُلُوهُ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ " أَيَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنَّمَا يَقُولُهَا تَعَوُّذًا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullah ibn al-Mubarak reported to us; he said: al-Aswad ibn ʿAmir narrated to us; he said: Israʾil narrated to us, from Simak, from al-Nuʿman ibn Bashir, who said: We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a man came and spoke privately to him. He said: ‘Kill him.’ Then he asked: ‘Does he testify that there is no god but Allah?’ The man replied: ‘Yes, but he only says it to protect himself.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Do not kill him. I have only been commanded to fight the people until they say, “There is no god but Allah.” When they say it, their lives and property are protected from me, except by a right that is due, and their reckoning is with Allah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report gives the command ‘Kill him’ before the question about his testimony, then explicitly says not to kill him; the sequence is retained as transmitted.