حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ و حَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَی الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَی الْيَمَنِ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْکُمْ فَأَلْقَی لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَی وِسَادَةً لِيَجْلِسَ عَلَيْهَا فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ کَانَ يَهُودِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ کَفَرَ فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ لَا أَجْلِسُ حَتَّی يُقْتَلَ قَضَائُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ قَعَدَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4081
It was narrated from Abu Burdah bin Abl MusaAl-Ash’ari, from his father: “That the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sent him to Yemen, then he sent Muadh bin Jabal after that. When he arrived he said: ‘people, I am the envoy of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to you.’ Abu Musagave him a cushion to sit down, then a man was brought who had been a Jew, then he became a Muslim, then he reverted to Kufr. Muadh said: ‘I will not sit down until he is killed; this is the decree of Allah and His Messenger,’ (saying it) three times. When he was killed, he sat down.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020