أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْئٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا فِي صَحِيفَةٍ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّی أَخْرَجَ الصَّحِيفَةَ فَإِذَا فِيهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَکَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ يَسْعَی بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَی مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِکَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4760
It was narrated that Abu Hassan said: “Ali said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not tell me anything that he did not tell the peoPle except what is in a sheet in the sheath of my sword.’ They did ot leave him alone until he brought out the sheet, and in it (were the words): ‘The lives of the believers are equal in value, and they hasten to support the asylum granted by the least of them, and they are one against others. But no believer may be killed in return for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant is in effect.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020