FORBIDDING OF KILLING ANYONE WHO BEARS WITNESS TO THE ONENESS OF ALLAH H 394 "The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sent us out on an expedition to Huraqah, a valley of the Juhainah. We reached its water springs in the morning. An Ansari and I (Osama) caught one of their men and overcame him and he cried out: 'There is no god except Allah.' When the Ansari heard this he restrained himself, but I (Osama) killed him with my spear.' When they returned to Medina, the incident was brought to the attention of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, who asked me: 'Osama, did you kill him after he had said: 'There is no god except Allah?' I replied: 'O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, he only bore witness to save his life.' The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked again: 'Did you kill him after he had said: There is no god except Allah?' and repeated the question over and over again until I wished that I had not embraced Islam before that day." We are also informed: "The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked: "Did he bear witness that there is no god except Allah and yet you killed him?" I (Osama) replied, 'O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, he said it fearing our arms.' The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked him: 'Then why didn't you cut out his heart to discover whether or not he had said it from his heart?' He repeated it so many times that I wished I had only just embraced Islam on that day." R 394 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Osama the son of Zaid who related this.
393- وعن أُسَامة بن زيدٍ رضي الله عنهما ، قَالَ : بعثنا رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم إِلَى الْحُرَقَةِ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ فَصَبَّحْنَا القَوْمَ عَلَى مِيَاهِهِمْ ، وَلَحقْتُ أنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ ، فَلَمَّا غَشَيْنَاهُ ، قَالَ : لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ الله ، فَكفَّ عَنْهُ الأَنْصَاري ، وطَعَنْتُهُ برُمْحِي حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا المَدِينَةَ ، بَلَغَ ذلِكَ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فَقَالَ لِي : "يَا أُسَامَة ، أقَتَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَالَ لا إلهَ إلاَّ اللهُ ؟!" قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُول الله ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ متعوِّذاً ، فَقَالَ : "أقَتَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَالَ لا إلهَ إلاَّ اللهُ ؟!" فما زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا عَلَيَّ حَتَّى تَمنْيَّتُ أنِّي لَمْ أكُنْ أسْلَمْتُ قَبْلَ ذلِكَ اليَوْمِ . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ . وفي رواية : فَقَالَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "أقالَ : لا إلهَ إلاَّ اللهُ وقَتَلْتَهُ ؟!" قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُول الله ، إِنَّمَا قَالَهَا خَوْفاً مِن السِّلاحِ ، قَالَ : "أَفَلاَ شَقَقْتَ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَقَالَهَا أمْ لا ؟!" فمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أنِّي أسْلَمْتُ يَوْمَئذٍ . " الحُرَقَةُ" بضم الحاءِ المهملة وفتح الراءِ : بَطْنٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ : القَبِيلةُ المَعْرُوفَةُ . وقوله : "مُتَعَوِّذاً" : أيْ مُعْتَصِماً بِهَا مِنَ القَتْلِ لاَ معْتَقِداً لَهَا .