أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا أَوْ رِجَالًا مِنْ عُکْلٍ قَدِمُوا عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَکَلَّمُوا بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا أَهْلُ ضَرْعٍ وَلَمْ نَکُنْ أَهْلَ رِيفٍ وَاسْتَوْخَمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَوْدٍ وَرَاعٍ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا فِيهَا فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا فَلَمَّا صَحُّوا وَکَانُوا بِنَاحِيَةِ الْحَرَّةِ کَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِمْ وَقَتَلُوا رَاعِيَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاسْتَاقُوا الذَّوْدَ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَبَعَثَ الطَّلَبَ فِي آثَارِهِمْ فَأُتِيَ بِهِمْ فَسَمَرُوا أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ ثُمَّ تُرِکُوا فِي الْحَرَّةِ عَلَی حَالِهِمْ حَتَّی مَاتُوا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 308
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik narrated that “some people from ‘Ukl came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and spoke about Islam. They said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, we are nomads who follow the herds, not farmers and growers, and the climate of Al-Madinah does not suit us.’ So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم told them to go out to a flock of female camels and drink their milk and urine. When they recovered — and they were in the vicinity of Al-Harrah — they apostatized after having become Muslim, killed the camel-herder of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and drove the camels away. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he sent people after them. They were brought back, their eyes were smoldered with heated nails, their hands and feet cut off, then they were left in Al-Harrah in that state until they died.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020