Hadith #165
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً إِلَى الْحُرَقَاتِ فَنَذِرُوا بِنَا فَهَرَبُوا فَأَدْرَكْنَا رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا غَشِينَاهُ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَضَرَبْنَاهُ حَتَّى قَتَلْنَاهُ فَعَرَضَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
فَقَالَ مَنْ لَكَ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا قَالَهَا مَخَافَةَ السِّلَاحِ وَالْقَتْلِ فَقَالَ أَلَا شَقَقْتَ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَمْ لَا مَنْ لَكَ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أُسْلِمْ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ
Isnad Chain
يعلى
الأعمش
أبي ظبيان
أسامة بن زيد
English Translation
It was narrated from Usama ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: 'The Messenger of Allah ß sent us in a raiding party to al-Huraqa. We found them and they ran away. We caught a man. When we closed in on him, he said: "There is no god but Allah." I stabbed him. I then felt unsettled about it in my heart, so I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ß. He said: "Did he say there is no god but Allah and you killed him?" He kept repeating this until I wished I had only become a Muslim that day.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 40, Hadith 165
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20803
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-57193