أَخْبَرَنَا زَکَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ غَرَّبَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ فِي الْخَمْرِ إِلَی خَيْبَرَ فَلَحِقَ بِهِرَقْلَ فَتَنَصَّرَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَا أُغَرِّبُ بَعْدَهُ مُسْلِمًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5692
It was narrated that Saeed bin Al-Musayyab said: “Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, banished Rabi’ah bin Umaiyah to Khaibar for drinking Khamr, and he went and joined Heraclius and became a Christian. ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘I will never expel any Muslim after this.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020