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ahmad:3851Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Ṣilah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "That Musaylimah's messenger came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him, 'Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?' The Prophet ﷺ responded with something and then said to him, 'If it were not that I do not kill messengers, or if I had killed any messenger, I would have killed you.'"  

أحمد:٣٨٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ صِلَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْلَا أَنِّي لَا أَقْتُلُ الرُّسُلَ أَوْ لَوْ قَتَلْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ لَقَتَلْتُكَ