سنن نسائی · Hadith 3997

It was narrated that An Numan bin Salim said: “I heard Aws say: ‘I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم among the delegation of Thaqlf and I was with him in a tent. Everyone in the tent had gone to sleep except him and I. A man came and whispered to him, and he said: Go and kill him. Then he said: Does he not bear witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم? He said: He does bear witness to that. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: Leave him alone. Then he said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and their wealth become forbidden to me, except for a right that is due. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: I said to Shu’bah: ‘Doesn’t the Hadith contain: Does he not testify to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم?” He said: ‘I think it is both, but I do not know.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020