حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ لِکَعْبِ بْنِ الْأَشْرَفِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ آذَی اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ عَنَّانَا وَسَأَلَنَا الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ وَأَيْضًا وَاللَّهِ لَتَمَلُّنَّهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ اتَّبَعْنَاهُ فَنَکْرَهُ أَنْ نَدَعَهُ حَتَّی نَنْظُرَ إِلَی مَا يَصِيرُ أَمْرُهُ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُکَلِّمُهُ حَتَّی اسْتَمْکَنَ مِنْهُ فَقَتَلَهُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3031
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "Who is ready to kill Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf who has really hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Muhammad bin Maslama said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do you like me to kill him?" He replied in the affirmative. So, Muhammad bin Maslama went to him (i.e. Ka`b) and said, "This person (i.e. the Prophet) has put us to task and asked us for charity." Ka`b replied, "By Allah, you will get tired of him." Muhammad said to him, "We have followed him, so we dislike to leave him till we see the end of his affair." Muhammad bin Maslama went on talking to him in this way till he got the chance to kill him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020