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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ سَلَبَ قَاتِلِ عَيْنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَتَلَهُ إِيَّاهُ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةَ

ibnhibban:4839Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Salām Bibayrūt > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Sallām > Muḥammad b. Rabīʿah > Abū ʿUmays > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] "A man came from the Prophet ﷺ and was informed that he was a spy for the polytheists. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever kills him, his belongings are his.' I encountered him, so I killed him and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rewarded me with his belongings."  

ابن حبّان:٤٨٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بِبَيْرُوتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْسٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ عَيْنٌ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَهُ فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ» قَالَ فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَنَفَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلَبَهُ