Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Ikrah (Coercion)
1 م- بَابُ مَنِ اخْتَارَ الضَّرْبَ وَالْقَتْلَ وَالْهَوَانَ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ:
(1b) Chapter. Whoever preferred to be beaten, killed and humiliated rather than to revert to Kufr (i.e., disbelief).
3 hadith · references 6941–6943
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Bukhari · 6941ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ : أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the (following) three qualities will have the sweetness of faith (1) The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else; (2) Who loves a person and he l5 narratorsBukhari · 6942لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنَّ عُمَرَ مُوثِقِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَلَوِ انْقَضَّ أُحُدٌ مِمَّا فَعَلْتُمْ بِعُثْمَانَ ، كَانَ مَحْقُوقًا أَنْ يَنْقَضَّI heard Sa'id bin Zaid saying, "I have seen myself tied and forced by 'Umar to leave Islam (Before 'Umar himself embraced Islam). And if the mountain of Uhud were to collapse for the evil which you people had done to 'Ut5 narratorsBukhari · 6943أَلَا تَسْتَنْصِرُ لَنَا ، أَلَا تَدْعُو لَنَا ؟ ، فَقَالَ : قَدْ كَانَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ يُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ فَيُحْفَرُ لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ ، فَيُجْعَلُ فِيهَا ، فَيُجَاءُ بِالْمِنْشَارِ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، فَيُجْعَلWe complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about our state) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the shade of the Ka`ba. We said, "Will you ask Allah to help us? Will you invoke Allah for us?" He said, "Among tho5 narrators