Abu ʿAbdur-Rahman who was one of the supporters of ʿUthman said to Abu Talha who was one of the supporters of ʿAli, "I perfectly know what encouraged your leader (i.e. ʿAli) to shed blood. I heard him saying: Once the Prophet ﷺ sent me and Az-Zubair saying, 'Proceed to such-and-such Ar-Roudah (place) where you will find a lady whom Hatib has given a letter. So when we arrived at Ar-Roudah, we requested the lady to hand over the letter to us. She said, 'Hatib has not given me any letter.' We said to her. 'Take out the letter or else we will strip off your clothes.' So she took it out of her braid. So the Prophet ﷺ sent for Hatib, (who came) and said, 'Don't hurry in judging me, for, by Allah, I have not become a disbeliever, and my love to Islam is increasing. (The reason for writing this letter was) that there is none of your companions but has relatives in Mecca who look after their families and property, while I have nobody there, so I wanted to do them some favor (so that they might look after my family and property).' The Prophet ﷺ believed him. ʿUmar said, 'Allow me to chop off his (i.e. Hatib's) neck as he has done hypocrisy.' The Prophet ﷺ said, (to ʿUmar), 'Who knows, perhaps Allah has looked at the warriors of Badr and said (to them), 'Do whatever you like, for I have forgiven you.' " ʿAbdur-Rahman added, "So this is what encouraged him (i.e. ʿAli).  

لاِبْنِ عَطِيَّةَ وَكَانَ عَلَوِيًّا إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ مَا الَّذِي جَرَّأَ صَاحِبَكَ عَلَى الدِّمَاءِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالزُّبَيْرَ فَقَالَ ائْتُوا رَوْضَةَ كَذَا وَتَجِدُونَ بِهَا امْرَأَةً أَعْطَاهَا حَاطِبٌ كِتَابًا فَأَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ فَقُلْنَا الْكِتَابَ قَالَتْ لَمْ يُعْطِنِي فَقُلْنَا لَتُخْرِجِنَّ أَوْ لأُجَرِّدَنَّكِ فَأَخْرَجَتْ مِنْ حُجْزَتِهَا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى حَاطِبٍ فَقَالَ لاَ تَعْجَلْ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَفَرْتُ وَلاَ ازْدَدْتُ لِلإِسْلاَمِ إِلاَّ حُبًّا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ إِلاَّ وَلَهُ بِمَكَّةَ مَنْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي أَحَدٌ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ عِنْدَهُمْ يَدًا فَصَدَّقَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ عُمَرُ دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نَافَقَ فَقَالَ مَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَهَذَا الَّذِي جَرَّأَهُ  

[Machine] The prophet of Allah, ﷺ , intended to invade them, so the prophet of Allah, ﷺ , guided him towards the woman who had the scripture with her. So he sent to her and took her book from her head and said, "O Hattib, have you done so?" Hattib replied, "Yes, but not as a deception to the messenger of Allah." Yunus said, "Not as a deception, O messenger of Allah, but out of loyalty. I knew that Allah supports His messenger and completes His command, but I was in a vulnerable position among them, and my mother was with them. So I wanted to have this advantage with them." Umar asked, "Should I not strike this man's head?" Yunus replied, "Should you kill a man from the companions of Badr? How do you know that perhaps Allah has looked favorably upon the companions of Badr?" Then he said, "Do as you please."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرَادَ غَزْوَهُمْ فَدُلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي مَعَهَا الْكِتَابُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَأُخِذَ كِتَابُهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا وَقَالَ يَا حَاطِبُ أَفَعَلْتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ غِشًّا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ وَقَالَ يُونُسُ غِشًّا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلَا نِفَاقًا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ مُظْهِرٌ رَسُولَهُ وَمُتِمٌّ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَزِيزًا بَيْنَ ظَهْرِيهِمْ وَكَانَتْ وَالِدَتِي مَعَهُمْ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ هَذَا عِنْدَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَلَا أَضْرِبُ رَأْسَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ مَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to attack them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pointed to the woman who had the Book with her, so he sent to her and took her book from her head and said, "O Hatib, what have you done?" He said, "Yes, I did it not out of deceit for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ nor hypocrisy, but I knew that Allah would expose His Messenger ﷺ and fulfill His command, except that I was a stranger among them, and my family was with them, so I wanted to make them feel comfortable. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Shouldn't I strike the head of this man?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Would you kill a man from the people of Badr? And how do you know, perhaps Allah has looked upon the people of Badr?" So he said, "Do as you please."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُ غَزْوَهُمْ فَدَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي مَعَهَا الْكِتَابُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَخَذَ كِتَابَهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا فَقَالَ «يَا حَاطِبُ أَفَعَلْتَ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ غِشًّا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا نِفَاقًا وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُظْهِرُ رَسُولَهُ وَيُتِمُّ أَمْرَهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ غَرِيبًا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَكَانَتْ أَهْلِي مَعَهُمْ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَهَا عِنْدَهُمْ يَدًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَلَا أَضْرِبُ رَأْسَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَقْتُلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ» فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ