Gardens of the Righteous — Page 88
88. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 394. Tariq ibn Ushaim relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: He who affirms that there is none worthy of worship save Allah and rejects all that is worshipped beside him secures his life and property and is accountable only to Allah (Muslim). 395. Miqdad ibn Aswad relates: I asked the Messenger of Allah: Tell me, if I am fighting a pagan and he cuts off one of my hands with his sword and then takes shelter behind a tree and says: I submit to Allah; shall I kill him after he has said this? He said: No. Do not kill him. I expostulated:. Messenger of Allah, even after he cuts off one of my hands and thereafter says this? He said: Do not kill him, for if you kill him, he will be in the position in which you were before you killed him, and you will be in the position in which he was before he uttered the words that he did utter (Bokhari and Muslim). 396. Usamah ibn Zaid relates: The Holy Prophet sent us on a scouting expedition to Huraqah, a valley of the Juhnah, and we arrived at its springs in the morning. A man of the Ansar and I came upon one of their men and when we had covered him he called out: There is none worthy of worship save Allah. . On this the Ansari held back, but I finished him off with my spear. When we returned to Medina, this incident came to the knowledge of the Holy Prophet. . He asked me: Usamah, did you kill him after he had affirmed: There is none worthy of worship save Allah? I said: Messenger of Allah, he made the affirmation only to save himself. He said again: Did you kill him after he had affirmed: There is none worthy of worship save Allah? He went on repeating it till I wished I had not accepted Islam before that day (Bokhari and Muslim). . Another version is: The Holy Prophet said: Did he affirm: There is none worthy of worship save Allah; and yet you killed him? I said: Messenger of. Allah, he said it out of fear of our arms. He said: Why did you not cleave his heart to discover whether he had said it from his heart or not? He kept repeating it till I wished I had accepted Islam only that day. 397. Jundub ibn Abdullah relates that the Holy Prophet despatched a. Muslim force against a pagan community and the two forces met in combat. . One of the pagans would decide to go for a Muslim and advancing upon him would kill him. One of the Muslims, and it was said among us that it was. Usamah ibn Zaid, was on the look out to take him at a disadvantage. When he raised his sword over him, the man called out: There is none worthy of worship save Allah. But the Muslim killed him. When the news of the combat reached the Holy Prophet he was also informed of this incident. He sent for the Muslim and inquired from him: Why did you kill him? He said:. Messenger of Allah, he created confusion among the Muslims and killed several of them, So and So, So and So, etc. I advanced upon him and when he saw my sword he exclaimed: There is none worthy of worship save Allah. The. Holy Prophet asked: Did you kill him? He said: Yes. The Holy Prophet said:. When the Day of Judgment comes, what will you do to his: There is none worthy of worship save Allah? He said: Messenger of Allah, pray for forgiveness for me. The Holy Prophet kept on repeating without any change: