[Machine] He informed him that he said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I encounter a polytheist and he attacks me, hitting one of my hands and cutting it off, and then he seeks refuge from me in a tree and says, 'I have embraced Islam. Will I be allowed to kill him after he says this?' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, 'Do not kill him after he says that.' The man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, he has already cut off one of my hands and then said this.' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, 'If you kill him, you will be equal to his status before he said those words, and you will be in the same position as him before he said his statement.'"
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَاتَلَنِي فَضَرَبَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ فَقَطَعَهَا ثُمَّ لَاذَ مِنِّي بِشَجَرَةٍ وَقَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِلَّهِ أَقْتُلُهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقْتُلْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَهَا» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ قَطَعَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَطَعَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ وَإِنَّكَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَلِمَتَهُ الَّتِي قَالَ»