Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Qasim bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched an army: so they searched for a man and he climbed up a tree, then they burned that tree with fire. When these people returned to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of this, the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed, and he said: Surely, I have not been sent to punish in the manner of Allah’s punishment. Indeed, I have been sent to strike necks and to bind firmly.