[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he sent a group, and he sent Abu Ubaydah with them. When he was about to leave, he cried very hard in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man in his place named Abdullah ibn Jahsh, and he wrote a letter and ordered him to go in a different direction. He also ordered him not to read the letter until he had traveled a certain distance and not to force any of his companions to go with him. When he read the letter, he changed his mind and said, "For the sake of hearing and obeying Allah and His Messenger." He informed the group and read the letter to them. Two men returned and the rest continued. They met Ibn Hadrami and killed him without knowing if it was in the month of Rajab or Jumada al-Akhirah. The polytheists said to the Muslims, "You did such and such in the sacred month." So they went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what happened. Then Allah, may He be exalted, revealed the verse, "They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, 'Fighting therein is great sin'..." [Quran 2:217] until His saying, "And fitnah is worse than killing." [Quran 2:217]  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ رَهْطًا فَبَعَثَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ لِيَنْطَلِقْ لَكِنَّهُ بَكَى صَبَابَةً إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا مَكَانَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ وَكَتَبَ كِتَابًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ وَجْهًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ لَا يَقْرَأَ الْكِتَابَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَا تُكْرِهَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ عَلَى السَّيْرِ مَعَكَ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ الْكِتَابَ اسْتَرْجَعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَخَبَّرَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْكِتَابَ فَرَجَعَ رَجُلَانِ وَمَضَى بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلَقَوَا ابْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَلَمْ يَدْرُوا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ رَجَبٍ أَمْ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ» فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فَعَلْتُمْ وَفَعَلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ فَأَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثُوهُ الْحَدِيثَ فأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيهِ} [البقرة 217] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ} [البقرة 217] الشِّرْكُ