17. Book of Expeditions
١٧۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as part of a delegation from Thaqif. I was in the lower part of the dome where there was no one except the Prophet ﷺ sleeping. Then a man came to him and woke him up, saying, "Go and kill him." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Is he not a witness that there is no god but Allah?" Shu'bah said, "And I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The man said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been ordered to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah. Once they say it, their lives and wealth become inviolable unless it is in accordance with Islamic law." He said, "And he is the one who killed Abu Mas'ud." He said, "And he did not die until he had killed the best man in Ta'if."
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ وَكُنْتُ فِي أَسْفَلِ الْقُبَّةِ لَيْسَ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَائِمٌ إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَارَّهُ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَاقْتُلْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ؟» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا حَرُمَتْ عَلَيَّ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا قَالَ وَهُوَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ وَمَا مَاتَ حَتَّى قَتَلَ خَيْرَ إِنْسَانٍ بِالطَّائِفِ