On the day when Mecca was conquered, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave protection to the People except four men and two women and he named them. Ibn AbuSarh was one of them. He then narrated the tradition. He said: Ibn AbuSarh hid himself with Uthman ibn Affan. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the people to take the oath of allegiance, he brought him and made him stand before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Messenger of Allah, receive the oath of allegiance from him. He raised his head and looked at him thrice, denying him every time. After the third time he received his oath. He then turned to his Companions and said: Is not there any intelligent man among you who would stand to this (man) when he saw me desisting from receiving the oath of allegiance, and kill him? They replied: We do not know, Messenger of Allah, what lies in your heart; did you not give us an hint with your eye? He said: It is not proper for a Prophet to have a treacherous eye. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah (b. Abi Sarh) was the foster brother of 'Uthman, and Walid b. 'Uqbah was his brother by mother, and 'Uthman inflicted on him hadd punishment when he drank wine. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2683)   

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْفَتْحِ أَيْ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ أَمَّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةَ نَفَرٍ وَامْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَأَمَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ فَإِنَّهُ اخْتَبَأَ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَلَمَّا دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْبَيْعَةِ جَاءَ بِهِ حَتَّى أَوْقَفَهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَايِعْ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَأْبَى فَبَايَعَهُ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَمَا فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَشِيدٌ يَقُومُ إِلَى هَذَا حَيْثُ رَآنِي قَدْ كَفَفْتُ يَدِي عَنْ بَيْعَتِهِ فَيَقْتُلَهُ؟ قَالُوا مَا يُدْرِينَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ هَلَّا أَوْمَأْتَ إِلَيْنَا بِعَيْنِكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَكُونَ لِنَبِيٍّ خَائِنَةُ الْأَعْيُنِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said that war is deception.  

النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْحَرْبُ خُدْعَةٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever has Li'ka'b bin Al-Ashraf, then he has harmed Allah and His Messenger." Muhammad bin Maslamah said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you want me to kill him?" He ﷺ said: "Yes." Muhammad bin Maslamah requested permission to speak and he ﷺ granted it to him. Muhammad bin Maslamah then mentioned the story, narrating the plot to kill Li'ka'b bin Al-Ashraf. Muhammad bin Maslamah said: "When I had the chance, I killed him." They then came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what they did. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deception." An-Nasa'i 4064  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ الْأَشْرَفِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ آذَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ؟ فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ؓ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأْذَنْ لِي فَأَقُولَ قَالَ قَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَكَ فَذَكَرَ الْقِصَّةَ فِي احْتِيَالِهِ فِي قَتْلِ كَعْبِ بْنِ الْأَشْرَفِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا اسْتَمْكَنَ مِنْهُ قَتَلُوهُ فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ