Hadith #222
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لِابْنِ النَّوَّاحَةِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَ
لَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ لَقَتَلْتُكَ فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَسْتَ بِرَسُولٍ يَا خَرَشَةُ قُمْ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية
الأعمش
أبي إسحاق
حارثة بن مضرب
رسول الله
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya, from al-A'mash, from Abi Ishaq, from Haritha ibn Mudarrib — that he said: ''Abdullah [ibn Mas'ud] said to Ibn al-Nawwaha: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say [to you once]: Were you not a messenger [an ambassador], I would have killed you. But today you are no longer a messenger. O Kharasha, stand up and strike his neck! He stood up and struck his neck.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 222
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3460
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39850