Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30883 — What protects blood and spares a man

Al-Zuhri said: Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah said: When those who apostatized in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) apostatized, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to wage jihad against them. At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Will you fight them, although you heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever bears witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, his wealth has become sacred except for some right, and their reckoning is with Allah? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will indeed fight whoever makes a distinction between prayer and zakah. By Allah, I will certainly fight whoever makes a distinction between the two, until I bring them together. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: So we fought alongside him, and that was right guidance. When he had prevailed over those of them whom he prevailed over, he said: Choose from me one of two things: either a war that drives you from your homes, or a humiliating plan of settlement. They said: This war that drives from homes we have understood; so what is this humiliating plan? He said: You bear witness concerning our slain that they are in Paradise, and concerning your own slain that they are in Hell. And they did so.