Hadith #252

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ʿArim narrated to us, Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from his father, who said: al-Sumayṭ al-Shaybānī narrated to me, from Abū al-ʿAlāʿ, who said: A man from the tribe narrated to me that ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn told him that ʿUbays — or Ibn ʿUbays — along with some people from Banū Jusham came to him. One of them said to him: ‘Will you not fight until there is no more fitnah?’ He said: ‘Perhaps I have already fought until there was no fitnah.’ He said: ‘Shall I not tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said? Though I do not think it will benefit you, so listen.’ He said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘March, O Banū so-and-so, with so-and-so.’ The men were lined up and the women were behind the men. Then when they returned, a man said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, seek forgiveness for me, may Allah forgive you.’ He said: ‘Have you done something new?’ He said: ‘When the enemy was routed, I found a man between the fighters and the women who said: I am a Muslim — or said: I have submitted — and I killed him.’ He said: ‘Seeking refuge by that when the spear had already reached him?’ He said: ‘Did you split open his heart to look at it?’ He said: ‘No, by Allah, I did not.’ So he did not seek forgiveness for him. And he said in his hadith: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘March, O Banū so-and-so, with so-and-so.’ A man from my kin went with them. When he returned to the Prophet ﷺ of Allah ﷺ, he said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, seek Allah’s forgiveness for me, may Allah forgive you.’ He said: ‘Have you done something new?’ He said: ‘When the enemy was routed, I caught up with two men between the fighters and the women, and they said: We are Muslims — or said: We have submitted — and I killed them.’ the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘What do I fight people for except for Islam? By Allah, I will not seek forgiveness for you’ — or as he said. The man died afterwards, and his clan buried him. But by morning, the earth had expelled him. They buried him again and guarded him a second time, but the earth expelled him again. They said: ‘Perhaps someone came while you were sleeping and removed him.’ So they buried him a third time and guarded him, but the earth expelled him a third time. When they saw that, they left him — or as he said.