[Machine] Because he had embraced Islam and used to write down the revelations for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he reverted to polytheism and returned to Mecca. He only ordered the killing of Abdullah ibn Khatal because he was a Muslim. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him as a witness and sent a man from the Ansar with him, and he had a servant who used to serve him as a Muslim. They stayed in a place, and the servant was commanded to slaughter a goat and prepare food for him. Then he slept and woke up to find that nothing had been prepared for him, so he attacked the servant and killed him. Then he returned to polytheism and he had a female singer and her companion who used to compose poems mocking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . So he ordered both of them to be killed with him.  

لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيَ فَرَجَعَ مُشْرِكًا وَلَحِقَ بِمَكَّةَ وَإِنَّمَا أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَطَلٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَبَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُصَدِّقًا وَبَعَثَ مَعَهُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَ مَعَهُ مَوْلًى يَخْدُمُهُ مُسْلِمًا فَنَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَأَمَرَ الْمَوْلَى أَنْ يَذْبَحَ تَيْسًا وَيَصْنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا وَنَامَ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَلَمْ يَصْنَعْ لَهُ شَيْئًا فَعَدَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ مُشْرِكًا وَكَانَتْ لَهُ قَيْنَةٌ وَصَاحِبَتُهَا فَكَانَتَا تُغَنِّيَانِ بِهِجَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِمَا مَعَهُ