[Machine] He told him about Al-Miqdad bin Amr Al-Farsi, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was a man from Kindah and an ally of the Banu Zuhrah. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I meet a man from the polytheists and we clash with each other and exchange blows? I overpower him and have the ability to kill him. Should I kill him or spare him?" He said, "No, spare him." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if he cuts off one of my hands?" He said, "Even if he does so." So, I reconsidered and he said, "If you kill him after he says, 'There is no god but Allah,' then you are in the same position as he was before he said it, and he is in the same position as you were before you killed him."
أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَارِسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ كِنْدَةَ وَهُوَ حَلِيفٌ لِبَنِي زُهْرَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَاخْتَلَفْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَأَبَانَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ فَضَرَبْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَدَرْتُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَهْوِيَ إِلَيْهِ بِسِلَاحِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَقْتُلُهُ أَمْ أَتْرُكُهُ؟ قَالَ «بَلِ اتْرُكْهُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَإِنْ قَطَعَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ؟ قَالَ «وَإِنْ فَعَلَ» فَرَاجَعْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَأَنْتَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَهَا وَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ