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4600. It was narrated that ‘Abdullāh bin Ka’b bin Mālik – who was the one among his sons who served as Ka’b’s guide when he became blind – said: “I heard Ka’b bin Mālik – and Ibn As-Sarḥ (one of the narrators) mentioned the story of his staying behind from the Prophet ﷺ during the campaign to Tābūk – say: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade the Muslims to speak to us three, then when that had gone on for a long time, I climbed the wall of the garden of Abū Qatādah, who was my paternal cousin, and greeted him with Salām, and by Allāh he did not return my greeting.’” Then he quoted the story of the Revelation of the acceptance of his repentance. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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Commentary
Regarding abandoning a Muslim; see numbers 4910-4916, part of this narration preceded, see number 2202. Regarding the entire story of Ka’b and those who remained behind, see no. 4418 of Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī. And the indication here is that for some sins, one may be abandoned, even not replying with the Salām; see the following chapter, and numbers 4910-4916.
