[Machine] Shurayh ibn 'Amr al-Khuza'i, who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , reported that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ killed a man from the tribe of Hudhayl. They were seeking him because he had committed a crime during the period of ignorance inside the sacred sanctuary while intending to swear allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon embracing Islam. When the killing of the man reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he became extremely angry. The Banu Bakr rushed to Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ interceded with them to seek intercession with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When the evening came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among the people and praised Allah for what He had decreed. Then he said, "As for what follows, Allah has prohibited Makkah and the people have not prohibited it. He has permitted it to me for a certain period during the day, and then it is sacred as Allah prohibited it the first time. Indeed, the most oppressive of people to Allah are three: a man who was killed in it, a man who killed someone other than his killer, and a man who sought to commit an act of pre-Islamic ignorance. By Allah, I will avenge this man whom you have killed," said Abu Shurayh. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ desired to protect him from his own wrath.
شُرَيْحِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَتَلُوا رَجُلًا مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِذَحْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي الْحَرَمِ يَؤُمُّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِيُبَايِعَهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَتْلُهُ غَضِبَ أَشَدَّ غَضَبٍ فَسَعَتْ بَنُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ وَأَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَشْفِعُونَ بِهِمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَشِيُّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّاسِ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا النَّاسُ وَإِنَّمَا أَحَلَّهَا لِي سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ هِيَ حَرَامٌ كَمَا حَرَّمَهَا اللهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْتَى النَّاسِ عَلَى اللهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ فِيهَا وَرَجُلٌ قَتَلَ غَيْرَ قَاتِلِهِ وَرَجُلٌ طَلَبَ بِذَحْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَأَدِيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي أَصَبْتُمْ قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ