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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب السير
Book of Military Conduct
ما قالوا: في الرجل يسلم ثم يرتد ما يصنع به؟
What they said on a man who accepts Islam and then apostatises: what is done with him?
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34923 — What they said on a man who accepts
٣٤٩٢٣ - حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا سفيان عن قيس بن (مسلم) (١) عن طارق بن شهاب قال: جاء وفد بزاخة: أسد وغطفان إلى أبي بكر يسألونه الصلح فخيرهم أبو بكر بين الحرب (المجلية) (٢) أو السلم المخزية، قال: فقالوا: هذا الحرب المجلية قد عرفناها، فما السلم المخزية؟ قال: قال أبو بكر: تؤدون الحلقة والكراع، وتتركون أقواما (يتبعون) (٣) أذناب الإبل حتى يرى اللَّه خليفة نبيه ﷺ والمسلمين أمرا يعذرونكم به، وتدون قتلانا ولا ندي قتلاكم، وقتلانا في الجنة وقتلاكم في النار، وتردون ما أصبتم منا ونغنم ما أصبنا منكم، فقام عمر فقال: قد رأيت رأيًا وسنشير عليك، أما أن يؤدوا الحلقة والكراع فنعم ما رأيت، وأما أن يتركوا أقوامًا يتبعون أذناب الإبل حتى يرى اللَّه خليفة نبيه ﷺ والمسلمين أمرا يعذرونهم به، فنعم ما رأيت، وأما أن نغنم ما أصبنا منهم ويردون ما أصابوا منا فنعم ما رأيت، وأما (٤) قتلاهم في النار وقتلانا في الجنة فنعم ما ⦗٢٥٧⦘ رأيت، وأما أن لا ندي قتلاهم فنعم ما رأيت، وأما أن يدوا قتلانا فلا، قتلانا قتلوا عن أمر اللَّه فلا ديات لهم فتتابع الناس على ذلك (٥).
Tariq bin Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the delegation of Buzakhah, the tribes of Asad and Ghatafan, came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him (may Allah be pleased with him) for peace. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) gave them the choice between a humiliating peace and a war of expulsion. They said: "This war of expulsion we know. What is this humiliating peace?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You will hand over all your weapons and horses, and you will leave people to follow the tails of the camels, until Allah Almighty shows the successor of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims something for which they consider you excused. You will pay the blood money of our slain, and we will not pay the blood money of your slain. Our slain are in Paradise and your slain are in Hell. You will return what you have taken from us, and what we have taken of your wealth will be spoils of war." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "This is indeed your opinion, and we shall soon give you some advice. As for their handing over weapons and horses, that is a very good opinion. As for their leaving people to follow the tails of the camels until Allah Almighty shows the successor of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims something for which they consider them excused, that too is a very good opinion. As for what we have taken of their wealth being spoils of war, and their returning to us what they have taken of ours, that too is a very good opinion. As for their slain being in Hell and our slain being in Paradise, that too is a very good opinion. As for our not paying the blood money of their slain, that too is a very good opinion. But as for their paying the blood money of our slain, that is not right, for our slain were killed in the cause of Allah Almighty, so there will be no blood money for them." The people agreed with him on this.
