مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب السيرBook of Expeditions
ما قالوا: في الرجل يسلم ثم يرتد ما يصنع به؟Regarding the One Who Accepts Islam Then Apostatizes—How He Is to Be Dealt With
Hadith 34948
٣٤٩٤٨ - حدثنا شبابة قال: ثنا ابن أبي ذئب عن الزهري عن عبيد اللَّه (١) بن عتبة قال: كان ناس من بني حنيفة ممن كانوا مع مسيلمة الكذاب يفشون أحاديثه ويتلونه، فأخذهم ابن مسعود (فكتب ابن مسعود) (٢) إلى عثمان فكتب إليه: أن ادعهم إلى الإسلام فمن شهد منهم أن لا إله إلا اللَّه وأن محمدا رسول اللَّه ﷺ واختار الإيمان على الكفر فأقبل ذلك منهم وخل سبيلهم، فإن أبوا فاضرب أعناقهم، فاستتابهم فتاب بعضهم، وأبى بعضهم فضرب أعناق الذين أبوا (٣).
Hazrat Ubaidullah bin Utbah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that some people from the tribe of Banu Hanifa, who were with Musaylimah the Liar, used to openly express his words and recite them. Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) apprehended them and wrote a letter to Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) informing him about them. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote back in reply, instructing him to invite these people to Islam. So, whoever among them bears witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that indeed Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, and abandons disbelief to embrace faith, then accept their faith and let them go their way. But if they refuse, then execute them. Thus, Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) called them to repentance. Some of them repented, while others refused. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) executed those who refused.
