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English translation
2533. It was narrated from Abu Umāmah bin Sahl bin Hunaif that 'Uthmān bin 'Affān looked at them and heard them when they spoke of killing. He said: "Are they threatening to kill me? Why would they kill me? I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'It is not lawful to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three (cases): a man who commits adultery when he is a married person, then he should be stoned; a man who kills a soul not in retaliation for murder; and a man who apostatizes after becoming Muslim.' By Allāh, I never committed adultery either during Ignorance days nor in Islam, and I have never killed a Muslim soul,and I have not apostatized since Ibecame Muslim.” (Sahih)
Arabic text
2533 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَسَمِعَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ الْقَتْلَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمْ لَيَتَوَاعَدُونِي بِالْقَتْلِ؟ فَلِمَ يَقْتُلُونِي؟ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا فِي إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ زَنَى وَهُوَ مُحْصَنٌ فَرُجِمَ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ ارْتَدَّ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ " فَوَاللَّهِ مَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا فِي إِسْلَامٍ، وَلَا قَتَلْتُ نَفْسًا مُسْلِمَةً، وَلَا ارْتَدَدْتُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ
