17. Book of Expeditions
١٧۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] I went out to find a horse for myself from the magic place, and I passed by a mosque from the mosques of Bani Hanifah, and I heard them saying that Musaylimah is the messenger of Allah. So, I returned to Abdullah bin Mas'ud and informed him, and he sent the police to them, and they captured them and brought them to him. The people repented and retracted their statement, and their path was left except for a man from among them called Abdullah bin Nawahah. He struck his neck, and they said to him, "Have you abandoned the people and killed this man?" He said, "I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) when this man entered, and two men came from Musaylimah, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked them, 'Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?' They said to him, 'We testify that Musaylimah is the Messenger of Allah.' And he (pbuh) said, 'I believe in Allah and His Messengers. If I were fighting a delegation, I would have killed both of you.' So, for that reason, I killed him and ordered the demolition of their mosque."
خَرَجْتُ أُسْفِرُ فَرَسًا لِي مِنَ السَّحَرِ فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى مَسْجِدٍ مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ فَسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمُ الشُّرَطَ فَأَخَذُوهُمْ فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ فَتَابَ الْقَوْمُ وَرَجَعُوا عَنْ قَوْلِهِمْ فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُمْ وَقَدَّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ النُوَاحَةِ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ تَرَكْتَ الْقَوْمَ وَقَتَلْتَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا إِذْ دَخَلَ هَذَا وَرَجُلٌ وَافِدَيْنِ مِنْ عِنْدِ مُسَيْلِمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَشْهَدَانِ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» فَقَالَا لَهُ نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَوْ كُنْتُ قَاتِلًا وَفْدًا لَقَتَلْتُكُمَا» فَلِذَلِكَ قَتَلْتُهُ وَأَمَرَ بِمَسْجِدِهِمْ فَهُدِمَ