سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2653

Book 15: Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

كِتَاب الْجِهَادِ

Chapter 110

Chapter: Regarding A Spy Who Is Under Protection (In A Muslim Territory).

باب فِي الْجَاسُوسِ الْمُسْتَأْمَنِ

English narration

Narrated by سلمة بن الأكوع الأسلمي

Ibn Salamah bin Al Akwa repoted on the authority of his father. A spy of the polytheists came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was on a journey. He sat near his Companions and then slipped away. The Prophet ﷺ said “look for him and kill him”. He said “I raced to him and killed him. I took his belongings which he (the Prophet) gave me.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا ، قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اطْلُبُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ " ، قَالَ : فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَلَبَهُ فَنَفَّلَنِي إِيَّاهُ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2653In-book: Book 15, Hadith 2653

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