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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 17724 — Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin Amr - who was

حَدَّثَنَا مَسْعَدَةُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَطَّارُ الْمَكِّيُّ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْجُنْدَعِيُّ، أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْخِيَارِ أَخْبَرَهُ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَارِسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - هُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ كِنْدَةَ، وَهُوَ حَلِيفٌ لِبَنِي زُهْرَةَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ فَاخْتَلَفْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَنِي فَأَبَانَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ، فَضَرَبْتُهُ، ثُمَّ قَدَرْتُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَهْوِي إِلَيْهِ بِسِلَاحِي: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، أَقْتُلَهُ أَمْ أَتْرُكُهُ؟ قَالَ: «لَا، بَلِ اتْرُكْهُ» ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَإِنْ قَطَعَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ؟ قَالَ: «وَإِنْ فَعَلَ» ، 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 "
Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) - who was the horseman of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a man of Kindah and an ally of Banu Zuhrah - said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think: if I were to encounter a man from the disbelievers and he and I exchanged two blows each, and he struck me and cut off one of my hands, and I struck him, then I gained the upper hand to kill him, and when I was about to lunge at him with my weapon he said: 'There is no true god except Allah' - should I kill him or leave him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather leave him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if he had cut off one of my hands?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even if he did that." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if he had cut off one of my hands?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even if he did that." I repeated this to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you kill him after he has said 'There is no true god except Allah', you will be in the position he was in before he said it, and he will be in the position you were in before you killed him."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الميم / 17724
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 20، صفحہ 249، حدیث 590