The report of Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us with an expedition to Idam. The narrator said: We met Amir bin al-Adbat. The narrator said: He greeted us with the greeting of the Muslims, so we held back from him. But Muhallim bin Jaththamah attacked him and killed him. When he had killed him, he seized his camel and his goods. When we returned, we presented their matter before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) of it. At this this verse was revealed: "O you who believe, when you go forth in the way of Allah, verify, and do not say to one who shows Islam, 'You are not a believer.'" [Al-Nisa: 94]

Ibn Ishaq said: Muhammad bin Ja'far informed me from Zayd bin Dumayrah, who said: My father and my uncle narrated to me, and both of them were present at Hunayn with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They both said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Zuhr and then sat under a tree. Then al-Aqra' bin Habis, the chief of Khindif, stood up before him (peace and blessings be upon him), defending Muhallim from retaliation for the blood, and Uyaynah bin Hisn stood up demanding the blood-price of Amir bin al-Adbat al-Qaysi, who was from Ashja'. The narrator said: I heard Uyaynah bin Hisn saying: "I will make his women taste the same grief that he has made my women taste." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will you accept the blood money?" They refused. Then a man from Banu Layth called Mukaytil stood up and said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the dawn of Islam I can only liken this slain man to sheep that came to water and were shot at, so that the last of them fled. Set a course today and change it tomorrow." The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured with both his hands and said: "You will have fifty on this journey of ours and fifty when we return." The narrator said: So they accepted the blood money. The narrator said: They said: "Bring your man so that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) may seek forgiveness for him." So he was brought, and the narrator described his appearance: he was wearing a suit of clothes in which he had prepared himself to be killed, until he was seated before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is your name?" He replied: "Muhallim bin Jaththamah." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with both his hands, and the narrator described that he raised them, said: "O Allah, do not forgive Muhallim bin Jaththamah." The narrator said: We spoke among ourselves that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had only shown this openly, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) had sought forgiveness for him in private.

Ibn Ishaq said: Amr bin Ubayd informed me on the authority of al-Hasan that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Muhallim: "You gave him safety in the name of Allah and then you killed him." By Allah, Muhallim did not remain seven days before he died. The narrator said: I heard al-Hasan swearing by Allah that Muhallim was buried three times, and each time the earth threw him out. The narrator said: So the people placed him between the two sides of a mountain and piled stones over him, and then wild beasts ate him. The people mentioned his matter to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah, the earth covers those who are worse than him, but Allah Almighty wished to inform you of the sanctity that is between you."